| Six litigators leave Mintz Levin to form IP boutique | Top |
| Six intellectual property litigators have left Boston's Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo to form a Massachusetts intellectual property litigation boutique. |
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| Fisher & Phillips acquires Cleveland labor shop | Top |
| Fisher & Phillips has opened its 25th office by absorbing Cleveland labor and employment boutique Millisor + Nobil. |
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| Putting the part-time pieces together | Top |
| We speak with the co-author of Flex Success: The Lawyer's Guide to Balanced Hours about avoiding the obstacles of working reduced hours. |
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| Carlton Fields entitled to be paid by convicted murderer | Top |
| A Florida appeals court has found that Carlton Fields did not violate the rules of fair play when it represented a Florida multimillionaire convicted of plotting with his brother to kill his wife. |
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| State Bar drops complaint against Dole plaintiffs' attorney | Top |
| The State Bar of California has closed its investigation of Juan Dominguez, the lawyer at the center of a judge's finding that fraud tainted a lawsuit brought against Dole Food Co. on behalf of Nicaraguans who worked on its banana plantations. |
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| Federal Circuit sanctions lawyer for improper confidentiality markings in briefs | Top |
| The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sanctioned Katten Muchin Rosenman partner Daniel Shapiro with a $1,000 fine for the "extensive use of improper confidentiality markings." |
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| Malpractice suit revived against Armstrong Teasdale | Top |
| A federal appeals court has revived a legal malpractice lawsuit brought against Armstrong Teasdale by a former client who claims that the law firm had a conflict of interest when it represented him in developing a technology company. |
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| Taking an objective measure of firms that promote women | Top |
| There's no shortage of advocacy organizations that evaluate law firms for the flexibility of their work policies and success in advancing and retaining women, but a new effort is underway to objectively identify the firms with strong records of women in leadership positions. |
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| Ice Miller sued over alleged disability insurance error | Top |
| A former attorney at Ice Miller who was severely injured in a motorcycle crash has sued the law firm for allegedly botching the administration of his long-term disability payments. |
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| Cuban prisoner released, with pro bono help from two U.S. firms | Top |
| Six years of "back channel work" by lawyers from Sidley Austin and Hogan Lovells finally paid off earlier this month, when the Cuban government released a human rights activist from prison after more than eight years behind bars, often in solitary confinement. |
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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. |
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| '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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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