Skadden Not The Only Law Firm on the 2012 Private Companies List

Partners at the New York law firm Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz make $4.9 million a year on average, according to the American Lawyer Magazine's new law firm ranking.

The American Lawyer magazine released its annual ranking of the country's law firms today. ??Much of

Better yet, keep all of that and “inappropriate humor” out of e-mails or any other written records altogether, lest another client takes issue with your “sweeping practice of overbilling.” Which is not to say the problem here is overbilling. The problems are loose lips and tight-fisted clients. DLA Piper’s leadership sent an e-mail throughout the… Continue reading »

DLA Piper has strengthened its construction team in Sheffield with the appointment of Simon Palmer as partner and Luke Baines as legal director. Mr Palmer, who joins from Addleshaw Goddard\'s offices ...

First junior lawyers and office staff lost their jobs. Now, as the legal market continues to underperform, law firms are coming for their partners' jobs.

What do the companies in these three groups have in common?Group A. American Motors, Studebaker, Detroit Steel, Maytag and National Sugar Refining.Group B. Boeing, Campbell Soup, Deere, IBM and Whirlpool.Group C. Cisco, eBay, McDonald's, Microsoft and Yahoo.All the companies in Group A were in the Fortune 500 in 1955, but not in 2011.

GLOBAL: Legal firms Baker & McKenzie and UAE-based Habib Al Mulla are scheduled to merge on the 1st July, under the name Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla...