• May 22, 2006 | Legal Times

    Management Advice Takes Off

    The next five years will see a profound deepening and broadening of knowledge about how best to manage law departments. As many law departments could do a better job in management, this

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  • December 28, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Lippman Set to Swear In Governor, Attorney General Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman will swear in new governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the other statewide officeholders during a

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  • November 9, 2009 | National Law Journal

    2009 Worst Year for Lawyer Headcount in 3 Decades, Says 'NLJ 250' Survey

    The United States' largest law firms this year suffered the deepest cuts in their attorney numbers since The National Law Journal began tracking their census figures more than 30 years ago

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  • April 17, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Deal of the Week

    New York's Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is representing American Home Products Corp. in the $3.8 billion sale of its agricultural chemical business to Germany's BASF A.G. BASF has hired New York'

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  • January 14, 2013 | International

    Baker & McKenzie Hires Korea Partner for Hong Kong

    Baker & McKenzie has hired a new Korea practice partner for its Hong Kong office.   Former a href="http://www.kim

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  • February 18, 2003 | The Recorder

    Insuring Their Future

    Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold's San Francisco office seems to scream "old-school law firm" with its dark wood paneling and thick carpeting.Veteran partners have computers, of

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  • October 31, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Survey: Associates Are Staying Put

    When Josh McMorrow graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1999, he knew what he wanted from a prospective employer. In law school he had split his summers so that he could cle

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  • July 11, 2005 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    ALSTON & BIRD Edward McClellan, 49, will join Alston & Bird as a partner in the legislative and public policy group. McClellan is currently tax counsel to t

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  • August 5, 2005 | The Recorder

    Toward a More Perfect Pitch

    Gigi Benson-Smith, a former Shakespearean actress who recast herself as a marketing executive, has played a lot of roles at law firms.Years ago, as a marketing assistant at Heller Ehrm

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  • October 20, 2006 | National Law Journal

    U.S. firms look to Canada for talent

    Brisk business and a dwindling talent pool are prompting law firms to fortify their efforts in recruiting from their neighbors to the north. Many of the country's top firms are i

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