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• DLA Piper hires away Edwards Angell's Wilmington office
• 'Soft bounce' in entry level associate hiring, NALP reports
• Suit against Boston firm over partnership stake moves into arbitration
• Corporate partner chosen to lead Bingham's Boston office
• Howrey partners vote to dissolve the firm
• Fee fight headed for courtroom
• Former McGuireWoods partner pleads to falsifying tax document
• Former L.A. city attorney joins Liner Grode
• Former Dewey & LeBoeuf associate charged with insider trading
• Kelley Drye faces malpractice suit, now in federal court
• Advice for success: Go abroad, young lawyers
• THE CONNECTED LAWYER: Social media? Nothing to be afraid of
• Lewis Brisbois appeals award to legal placement firm
• Hagens Berman adds offices and an IP practice
• Disbarment recommended for litigator Chesley over fen-phen fees
• Two decamp Jackoway Tyerman for Venable in Los Angeles

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DLA Piper hires away Edwards Angell's Wilmington office	Top
The 10-attorney group in the Wilmington, Del., office of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has moved to DLA Piper, which has launched its own Wilmington practice. The group of five partners and five associates will be lead by Stuart Brown.
'Soft bounce' in entry level associate hiring, NALP reports	Top
New figures show that offer rates to summer associates rose from the historic low of 69% in 2009 to 87% in 2010. That 18% increase puts offer rates back in the ballpark of the 90% offer rates of 2008, which was the last summer program season before the financial crisis hit in earnest.
Suit against Boston firm over partnership stake moves into arbitration	Top
A Massachusetts state court dispute between attorney John Hanify and the firm he helped found, which is now named Murphy & King, has moved to arbitration.
Corporate partner chosen to lead Bingham's Boston office	Top
Bingham McCutchen tapped its corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities group co-chairman Steve Browne as the new managing partner of its Boston office.
Howrey partners vote to dissolve the firm	Top
Partners in the embattled Washington firm Howrey voted on March 9 to dissolve the firm, effective on March 15.
Fee fight headed for courtroom	Top
A $4 million jury award for a man savagely beaten outside a Washington nightclub is at the center of a rare court fight over fees between attorneys who represented the plaintiff.
Former McGuireWoods partner pleads to falsifying tax document	Top
Former McGuireWoods partner Michelle Renee Walker has pleaded guilty to providing firm's general counsel with a fake document indicating that the IRS had lifted a levy on payments made to her by the partnership.
Former L.A. city attorney joins Liner Grode	Top
Former Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo is joining Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor after being of counsel in the Los Angeles office of Goodwin Procter for nearly two years.
Former Dewey & LeBoeuf associate charged with insider trading	Top
The SEC said Todd Leslie Treadway, who worked in Dewey's New York office, made $27,000 in profits on trades in Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. and CNET Networks Inc. stock based on information he obtained at Dewey.
Kelley Drye faces malpractice suit, now in federal court	Top
A former client of Kelley Drye & Warren has sued the law firm and one of its partners for legal malpractice, claiming that they failed the company on several fronts during its push to expand.
Advice for success: Go abroad, young lawyers	Top
Three lawyers shared their thoughts on globalization with more than 100 up-and-coming attorneys chosen for the Leadership Counsel on Legal Diversity's new Fellows Program.
THE CONNECTED LAWYER: Social media? Nothing to be afraid of	Top
Many lawyers claim to be technologically too far behind to ever use Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. But as technology advances, it becomes ever simpler to use.
Lewis Brisbois appeals award to legal placement firm	Top
Hagens Berman adds offices and an IP practice	Top
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro has opened offices in Minneapolis and New York City and has launched an intellectual property litigation practice that will focus only on plaintiffs.
Disbarment recommended for litigator Chesley over fen-phen fees	Top
A Kentucky trial commissioner has recommended permanent disbarment of attorney Stanley Chesley for allegedly taking millions in unauthorized fees in fen-phen litigation.
Two decamp Jackoway Tyerman for Venable in Los Angeles	Top
Alan Epstein and Michele Mulrooney have left entertainment boutique Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein for Venable's office in Los Angeles.

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