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Ex-Dewey Partner: ‘I’m Not Sure How They Can Weather the Departures’
A Dewey & LeBoeuf partner who left the firm last week for DLA Piper says he expects more people will be leaving his former firm, and he’s not sure how it will fare in the aftermath. John Altorelli will co-chair the U.S. finance practice for DLA Piper....
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Law Firms Snag Top Five Spots on DC List of Best-Quality 401(k) Plans
Working for a law firm can be lucrative even in retirement, according to a new list of top-quality 401(k) plans offered by Washington, D.C., businesses. Law firms earned the top five spots on the list by financial information company BrightScope, the Washington...
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Difficult Job Market Not a Problem for 4 Law Grads Who Set Up Their Own Firm
At a time when many law students and recent graduates are having a hard time finding jobs in the legal field, four Willamette University alumni knew what they were doing months before they graduated in 2010. In a venture that some law professors warned them...
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Dewey Structured Finance Chief to Join Mayer Brown; He Is the 47th Partner to Exit Firm
Another partner of Dewey & LeBoeuf has given notice, bringing to at least 47 the number who have headed for the exit in 2012. Stephen Rooney, who heads the firm’s structured finance practice, is the ninth partner to announce his exit...
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Kelley Drye and EEOC May Be Near Settlement of Partner Age-Discrimination Case
A New York law firm may be close to a settlement with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in an age-discrimination case focused on an 81-year-old partner. A settlement conference is scheduled Friday in federal court in Manhattan, although...
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Tool Available to Law Firms Compares Judge-by-Judge Sentencing Patterns
A report unveiled Monday based on a massive new interactive database that looks at criminal sentences rendered judge-by-judge throughout the federal judiciary quickly attracted perhaps as much criticism as praise, but the surest and biggest result is this: The...
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