US Courts Plan to Furlough Staff and Limit Work as Funds Run Out
Federal courts across the US are preparing to furlough some staffers and curb operations as the judiciary prepares to run out of funding amid an ongoing government shutdown.
Kirkland & Ellis promoted a record number of lawyers to the firm’s partnership this year, topping the previous high of 205 in 2023, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Federal courts across the US are preparing to furlough some staffers and curb operations as the judiciary prepares to run out of funding amid an ongoing government shutdown.
The government shutdown threatens to stress resources for an already strapped criminal defense bar, as the federal judiciary prepares to run out of cash.
UC College of the Law, San Francisco can keep its new name after a California appeals court upheld a trial judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought by alumni and descendants of Serranus Clinton Hastings.
Big Law’s Ropes & Gray is competing for a wider range of deals work, thanks to artificial intelligence tools, according to the firm’s leaders.
Federal courts across the US are preparing to furlough some staffers and curb operations as the judiciary prepares to run out of funding amid an ongoing government shutdown.
The chair of Ropes & Gray LLP’s business restructuring practice group, Ryan Dahl, has been poached by Latham & Watkins LLP, along with two other partners.
Kirkland & Ellis promoted a record number of lawyers to the firm’s partnership this year, topping the previous high of 205 in 2023, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Chaim Stern joined Alston & Bird as a partner in its federal and international tax group in New York, the firm announced Friday.
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Latham & Watkins strengthened its grip on the top spot among Big Law’s M&A advisers in a third quarter boosted by record large deals.
Latham & Watkins strengthened its grip on the top spot among Big Law’s M&A advisers in a third quarter boosted by record large deals.
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