Legal News

Law Firm Mergers Rose in 2008
Merger and acquisition work has been slowed by the economy - but you'd never know it from following law firm mergers. According to the legal consulting agency Altman Weil, there were 70 new law firm mergers in 2008...

Law Firm Mergers II: Reality Bites
Following up on last week’s merger viewpoints, I’ve pulled this post off a bricked laptop and split it into two parts. Today, why there will be fewer law firm mergers; this Friday, why most of those that close will not make strategic or tactical sense...

Law Firm Mergers Slowing
On their face, the numbers might indicate otherwise, but law firm merger activity has slowed, according to Thomas Clay, a principal at the legal consulting firm Altman Weil whose practice focuses on, among other things, law firm mergers and acquisitions...

A Theory of Mergers
(Editor?s Note: This post comes from Gary Gorton of Yale University, Matthias Kahl of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Richard J. Rosen from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago...

Law Firm Mergers: Up or Down in 2009
Altman Weil's MergerLine report found that the number of law firm mergers last year dropped to 53, down by 24 percent from 2008. Hildebrandt Baker Robbins' MergerWatch report says mergers were up slightly, from 55 in 2008 to 57 in 2009...

Law Firm Mergers III: Lets Make a Deal
Someone once said good things come in threes. To debunk that, here is the last law firm merger rant for awhile. The first looked two recent merger attempts that didn’t close; the second as to why there will be fewer law firm mergers...

Repossessed car wins $700,000 Settlement
A class action lawsuit that was brought against Virginia Beach-based Tidewater Finance Co., alleging that the company had questionable repossession practices, has been settled.

Internet Gambling
Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo pay $31.5 million settlement for advertising and promoting illegal gambling sites online.

California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products
California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Products

Colorado Firm Recalls Beef Products
Due To Possible E. coli Contamination

South Carolina Firm
Recalls Frozen Meat and Poultry Products

Firm Associate
Attorney Jay Wingate ordered to pay widow $2.5 million settlement for collected legal fees.