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Three Philadelphia Law Firms Cut Staff 2008-12-16 19:50:22 Three law firms in The City of Brotherly Love have laid off lawyers or support staff in recent days.
A spokesperson of Philadelphia
’s Dechert LLP confirmed it has laid off 72 of its 570 administrative staff across its 11 US offices. The firm, which has about 1,000 lawyers, said it does not have plans [...] Read more:Staff
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Winston & Strawn Elects 18 New Partners 2008-12-16 19:34:45 Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that 18 attorneys have been elected partner.
Paris:
Thomas Bevilacqua, Litigation
David Colin, Tax
San Francisco
Hannah L. Blumenstiel, Litigation
Marcus T. Hall, Litigation
New York
Jeffrey R. Burke, Litigation
Jason F. Hellwig, Corporate
Chicago
Andrew Richard DeVooght, Litigation
Thomas L. Kirsch II, Litigation
Karen M. Kowalski, Tax
Derek P. Linde, Cor Read more:Partners
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Clifford Chance Names DiBari Managing Partner for DC 2008-12-16 19:09:44 The partnership of London-based Clifford
Chance has elected David DiBari, a partner in the firm’s litigation group, to managing partner of the firm’s 52-lawyer Washington, DC office.
DiBari replaces Leiv Blad, after Blad left in November for Boston’s Bingham McCutchen. Along with Blad, two other Clifford lawyers — Boyd Cloern, and Jon Roellke — also left Clifford [...] Read more:Names
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Yahoo’s IP Guru Resigns 2008-12-16 18:51:37 Joseph Siino, the lawyer who built Yahoo
’s intellectual property department, is leaving the struggling Internet search firm.
Siino said he’s leaving to join the growing patent monetization industry, which includes businesses like patent brokerages.
He was hired in 2005 to build Yahoo’s IP department. Siino says he feels his work is done because the group, now with [...]
“Meltdown Task Force” Becomes “Madoff Task Force” 2008-12-16 18:29:00 The WSJ Law Blog writes about Susman Godfrey:
Susman Godfrey is trying to put its “financial fraud task force,” which the firm says was formed recently in response to the meltdown, to good use.
In a press release the firm says its task force has “launched a comprehensive investigation into the collapse of Madoff Investment Securities, LLC. [...] Read more:Force
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Muslim Former Foley & Lardner Associate Alleges Discrimination 2008-12-16 18:12:08 Zafar Hasan, a former associate in Foley
& Lardner’s Chicago office, can proceed with an employment discrimination suit against the law firm, the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals today said.
The ruling today overturned a decision by the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Hasan, an Indian and a Muslim
, alleges in the 2004 [...] Read more:Discrimination
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Associates’ Bonuses Drop In Bad Year For Legal Biz 2008-12-16 17:16:13 From The American Lawyer:
Want an early look at how law firms will end 2008? Check out their associate bonus memos.
Of the 14 firms whose memos have made it onto the blogosphere, all but one in some way refer to the economy or firm finances in explaining why bonuses are down this year….
Take Debevoise & Plimpton…. [...] Read more:Associates
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Reardon Dealt Setback in Fight with Former Associate 2008-12-16 16:58:06 Speaking of former associates suing a firm:
Connecticut plaintiffs lawyer Robert I. Reardon, the so-called “Titan of Torts,” has suffered a setback in a lawsuit brought against him by former Reardon Law Firm associate Angelo A. Ziotas.
Before leaving the firm, Ziotas asked Reardon whether he would get a pro-rata bonus for the year, and was told he would. [...] Read more:Former
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Madoff’s (Alleged) Crimes Hit Charities Hard 2008-12-16 16:21:36 Altman & Altman’s Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog is unamused by the illegal shenanigans of investor Bernard Madoff:
Ironically, the Defendant’s [Madoff's] gift of restraints and forced government housing was connected to charity and gift work throughout the nation. His actions have apparently brought about the destruction and near-destruction of various charities and philanthropies throu Read more:Alleged
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Dechert Denies Ex-Associate’s Claims 2008-12-16 15:49:17 Former Dechert LLP associate Marc Dubin has sued the firm for allegedly making false promises to lure him to the Philadelphia firm, and for allegedly firing him for being Jewish.
Dubin’s suit seeks nearly $6 million in back pay and damages.
The firm and its counsel at Miller & Wrubel say that every one of Lubin’s claims [...]
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