• November 30, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • John Gaffney, a former partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, has joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner. He focuses on comple

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  • November 10, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Minority attrition blamed on 'bad actors'

    The ranks of women and minority attorneys at U.S. law firms declined last year, according to a number of recent surveys, but the numbers don't tell the full story. Data compiled by Building

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  • April 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    A Deluge, Then a Drought

    Despite the subprime mortgage woes and the credit crunch that struck Wall Street last summer, 2007 turned out to be a strong year for initial public offerings in the United States. In fact, de

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  • March 11, 2011 | New York Lawyer

    Another Bonus Bonus Is Upon Us - Is Onus on the Scrooges?

    LONDON - Clifford Chance (CC) is set to pay out a new spring bonus to its US associates, following the trend seen in the US legal market in recent months. The magic circle firm informed

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  • February 6, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Boutique Makes a Name in Associate Salary Wars

    When the small Manhattan firm Duval & Stachenfeld handed out a slate of year-end associate bonuses in December that trumped the market-leading largesse of old-line firms like Cravath, Swai

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  • October 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Lawyer Epiphanies

    Through recent interviews with lawyers, both partners and associates, undertaken in connection with the 25th anniversary of Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS), I have come to appreciate the epiphan

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  • October 11, 2004 | Ip Magazine

    Even Legendary Martha Graham Created Dances 'for Hire'

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit has held that many of the works of famed modern dance artist and choreographer Martha m were created as "works for hire" while the late

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  • January 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Law firm bonuses flat in �06

    Law firm associate bonuses generally were flat in 2006 compared with the year before, but with business brisk and law firms scrambling to attract and keep good associate help, the questi

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  • September 20, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    Latham Launches App to Translate Deal Jargon Latham & Watkins is getting into the social media game with the launch of a new iPhone application geared to Wall Street

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  • May 10, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    New Deals

    UNITED AIRLINES TO MERGE WITH CONTINENTAL AIRLINES Jennifer Vogel, senior vice president, general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer of Continental Airlines Inc., turned

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