Law News

• Sullivan, Skadden and Davis Polk post falling profits in 2008 Feb 12 2009
• DLA Piper to cut 140 jobs in the UK Feb 11 2009
• Hogan & Hartson asks 240 staffers to leave voluntarily Feb 10 2009
• Winston & Strawn loses bankruptcy team to Proskauer Rose Feb 10 2009
• Chinese law firm Guantao opens in Hong Kong Feb 10 2009
• Squire Sanders expands Sino-German practice Feb 10 2009
• Lovells to lay off 94 in London Feb 09 2009
• Freshfields freezes associate pay to prepare for tough times ahead Feb 09 2009
• Latham profits down $470k per partner, turnover below $2bn Feb 09 2009
• Wilson Sonsini cuts 113 jobs, freezes associate salaries Feb 09 2009
• M&A boost for US law firms in Latin America Feb 09 2009
• When big law firms crumble Feb 09 2009
• Latham & Watkins revenues expected down $400m in 2008 Feb 06 2009
• $1,000-an-hour bankruptcy lawyer fees excessive? Feb 06 2009
• Madoff trustee hires Lovells to hunt for missing assets Feb 06 2009
• NY lawyer Marc Dreier gets house arrest in $400m fraud case Feb 06 2009
• Sonnenschein, Cadwalader advise on auto restructuring Feb 06 2009
• Five suggestions on how summer associates get offers Feb 06 2009
• McDermott lays off 150 in the US, including 60 attorneys Feb 05 2009
• Roschier and Mannheimer advise on €4.2 bn postal merger Feb 05 2009