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By Alanna Byrne |
May 23, 2012
Law firms have seen an uptick in M&A activity this year, but the corporate world is increasingly turning to smaller deals and strategic alliances to grow their companies, according to a new survey from professional services firm Deloitte.
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By Alex Vorro |
May 21, 2012
It appears as though Dewey & LeBoeuf’s hiring of bankruptcy counsel Albert Togut in April really was foreshadowing for a final filing. Despite many assertions to the contrary by firm leadership, of which all save for one already has jumped ship, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the New...
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By Julie Beck |
May 17, 2012
The times, they are a’changin’. For everyone, but for the legal industry in particular.
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By Alex Vorro |
May 16, 2012
So far this week, there’s been good news and bad news for failing New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. First the bad news: The Public Benefit Guaranty Corp., which oversees U.S. private-sector pension plans and interjects to cover plans when employers cannot pay promised benefits, sued Dewey on Monday.
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By Alex Vorro |
May 14, 2012
The well-publicized collapse of New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf likely is coming to its closing chapters. The firm has now lost about 160 of its nearly 320 partners since January 2012 to other firms, with 81 of those partners having announced their departures in May. And for many...
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By Julie Beck |
May 11, 2012
When it comes to Dewey & LeBoeuf, we’ve been like gawkers driving slowly past a car crash, our morbid fascination at times overwhelming the tragedy of the long-established firm’s slow and painful demise.
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By Alex Vorro |
May 9, 2012
It’s getting to the point where even the rats will want off the ship with the crew before it sinks. Another chapter was written yesterday in New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf’s well-chronicled collapse as a raft of rainmakers ran for the exits.
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By Alex Vorro |
May 8, 2012
Hostess Brands Inc. can breathe a little easier now. The Twinkie maker got a little help from a judge yesterday when it was given the green light to reject certain union contracts and modify some retiree benefits as it attempts to extract itself from the vat of Fruit Pie filling...
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By Richard Flynn |
May 8, 2012
“Big Data” is a term that is capturing a lot of attention. Almost every industry is involved with some type of transaction that leads to mass amounts of data. These large data sets are often referred to as Big Data because they are difficult to optimize: How do you capture,...
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By Alex Vorro |
May 7, 2012
Signs are now solidly pointing toward the end for New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. Dewey issued advance notice to its employees under the Federal Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act (WARN) last Friday that they may soon lose their jobs if the firm is forced to shutter.
