• February 25, 2009 | The Recorder

    Heller's Last Laterals Took $7 Million

    Heller Ehrman paid out more than $7 million to 35 departing or retiring partners in 2008, a Friday bankruptcy filing by the firm shows a href="http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/ca/heller0225.pdf"

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  • December 20, 2007 | Legal Times

    Feds Rev Up Export Prosecutions

    For defense contractors and arms exporters, 2007 is the year the feds turned up the heat.Government agencies report a record number of criminal investigations and prosecutions of indiv

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  • April 14, 2003 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    AKIN GUMPAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's D.C. office has brought on two new attorneys.Jeffrey Kehne, 45, joins the firm's litigation practice as senior

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  • November 12, 2007 | International Edition

    U.K. Firms Gear Up for Sixth Pro Bono Week

    A raft of major U.K. law firms have unveiled plans to ramp up their not-for-profit activities on Monday to coincide with the sixth National Pro Bono Week.The program, which this year will fo

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  • September 5, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Segueing from law student to junior associate

    Most new lawyers are well aware that the number of students graduating from law schools has been constantly increasing. They also know that they worked very hard to get into the best col

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  • October 31, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Survival Tips For Law Firms

    So, how will the law firm of the future survive? Here are a few tips: Be willing to discount fees or use "success fees," and embrace other other creative arrangements over large hourly bi

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  • May 9, 2005 | The Recorder

    Coming to America

    When the founders of King & Wood -- now the largest law firm in the People's Republic of China -- chose that name 11 years ago, it wasn't about ego."Actually, we do not have a Mr.

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  • January 3, 2012 | Daily Business Review

    Florida law firms figure prominently in list of failures

    It's easy to think of 2011 as yet another chapter in a long trend of regional firm consolidation. While that may be true, the year also has seen its share of law firm failures. This week alo

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  • November 27, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Anxiety Attack

    NEW YORK � In April 2003, Steven Garfinkel, the chief financial officer of DVI Inc., wrote a memo to chief executive officer Michael O'Hanlon about the crushing liquidity crisis facing the hea

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  • May 2, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Consultant

    COMPANY PROFILE The "FTI" in FTI Consulting Inc. stands for Forensic Technology International. The company, founded in 1982, has widened its services bey

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