• DLA Piper leaders disputed key numbers in recent reports that a group of about 50 lawyers is leaving for Chicago-based McDermott Will & Emery and bringing a big chunk of business with them. DLA Piper’s Global Co-chairman Roger Meltzer, Americas Co-chairman Cameron Rains and Americas Managing Partner Stasia Kelly claimed in an internal email that the attorneys leaving in fact number far fewer than 50 and account for “dramatically” less than the $100 million in business cited in some reports. ( Crain’s Chicago Business )
• As required by U.K. law, U.S. Big Law firms with offices in London have been disclosing ...