Law Firms

Many American presidents have been lawyers, but almost none have come to office with Barack Obama’s knowledge of the Supreme Court. Before he was 30, he was editing articles by eminent legal scholars on the court’s decisions. Later, as a law professor, he led students through landmark cases from Plessy v. Ferguson to Bush v. […]

AmLaw Daily spent the morning digging into some of the filings already crowding the Chrysler bankruptcy docket, but it’s going to be a while before we find one more interesting than Jones Day’s application to be Chrysler’s lead counsel. The firm already has billed Chrysler a smidgen more than $18.5 million since Chrysler paid the

Too many lawyers are chasing too little work. And meanwhile a number of law firms are effectively serving as bankers for cash-strapped clients struggling in a difficult economy. After a “disastrous” fourth quarter in 2008, many law firms can expect an even more worrisome 2009, writes Dan DiPietro in the Am Law Daily. He serves

Legal barriers to prosecuting Bush-era officials over alleged torture would be substantial, legal experts said Wednesday. But Democrats were seizing on the issue to score political points anyway, while some Republicans warned against opening a Pandora’s box of recrimination, and a new congressional report suggested widespread involvement in the matter. A day after President Barack

Midsize law firms in the Midwest, outside the biggest cities, are hiring lawyers, opening offices and bringing on new associates this fall as they fare better than many larger urban rivals in the face of the recession. Law firm leaders at the firms, with between 100 and 450 lawyers, say their better fortunes are mainly

When a Swedish court ruled last week that the four people behind the Pirate Bay website were to be sentenced to a year in prison each and face a cumulative fine of €2.7 million, the reaction from the entertainment industry was one of glee, and media reports were all of a ridiculous “we’ve turned a

A group of New York-based lawyers and legal scholars has joined other alarmed observers of China in attempting to intercede for Gao Zhisheng, a well-known Chinese human rights lawyer who disappeared after he reportedly was forcibly removed from his home by police on Feb. 4. The Committee to Support Lawyers in China wrote to Minister

President Obama answered the call of the left Tuesday by opening the door for prosecution of the Bush administration lawyers who wrote the so-called “torture memos,” which cleared the way for the CIA to use harsh interrogation methods when questioning suspected terrorists. But that doesn’t mean those attorneys will end up facing prison sentences any