Another Biglaw Deal Bites The Dust: McKenna No Longer Longs For Dentons
What led the McKenna Long partnership to reject the overtures of Dentons?
Supersizing Biglaw: Welcome to McDentons
Some thoughts from Anonymous Partner on the Dentons/McKenna Long talks and the rise of the global mega-firm.
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Law Firm Merger Mania: Dentons And McKenna Long Are Talking
How big would the combined entity be? Very big....
Musical Chairs: Internet Boutique Spun Off from Sonnenschein Goes on Hiring Spree
Back in February, we reported that Marc Zwillinger and Christian Genetski, who previously headed up the internet practice group at Sonnenschein, were leaving to start their own firm, Zwillinger Genetski LLP. The firm is only a few months old, but it’s already at seven lawyers — and growing. The Blog of Legal Times reports: New […]
Ghosts of Thacher Proffitt Get SNR Denton Off on a Sour Note
Now that both partnerships have voted, the merger between Sonnenschein and Denton Wilde is a done deal. But the ride between now and the effective merger date of September 30th could still be bumpy. The first bump is coming from Thacher Proffitt & Wood. As TPW was dissolving, Sonnenschein scooped up 100 lawyers from Thacher […]
Sonnenschein Merger with Denton Wilde Is Official
A few weeks ago, news broke that Sonnenschein would merge with the U.K.-based firm of Denton Wilde. Today the firms announced that partners on both sides of the Atlantic unanimously voted in favor of the merger. From the Sonnenschein press release: The partnerships of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP (SNR) and Denton Wilde Sapte LLP […]
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Law Firm Merger Mania: Sonnenschein to Merge with Denton Wilde
Sonnenschein isn’t going to let the recession slow down its expansion. Back during the heart of the recession, Sonnenschein saved around 100 lawyers from the sinking Thacher Proffitt. Today brings news that Sonnenschein has expanded its reach across the Atlantic Ocean. The firm has proposed a merger with U.K.-based Denton Wilde, to form SNR Denton. […]
Rescission Open Thread: Which Firms Are Pulling Offers?
Incoming associates get really angry when firms rescind offers for full-time employment. As Lat said this afternoon here in the office, law students react “as if rescinding offers is like eating babies.” Incoming associates understand that the market remains tough, but these recruits still have harsh words for firms that pull offers. We can understand […]
Sonnenschein’s New Compensation Potpourri Starts to Take Shape
Back in December, Sonnenschein announced the outlines of its new merit-based compensation structure. At the time, the firm promised its associates more details in March. The firm is true to its word: we’re now in March, and we have more details. Above the Law talked with a spokesperson for Sonnenschein. Here’s the top line news: […]
Musical Chairs: Sonnenschein Internet Practice Group Leaders to Launch New Boutique
Today is the last day at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal for Marc Zwillinger and Christian Genetski — the chair and vice-chair, respectively, of SNR’s internet practice group. Their bios have already been removed from the Sonnenschein website (our links go to cached versions), and if you email them — as we did, to confirm the […]
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
Non-Sequiturs 01.22.10
* “I think the record should reflect that the witness is vomiting.” [Young Lawyers Blog] * Morbid adventures in lawyer advertising. [New York Personal Injury Law Blog] * PPP numbers from 2009 are not sunny at Sonnenschein. [AmLaw Daily] * A scorned mistress wreaked revenge on her married ex-lover, putting ads up on billboards in […]
Update: More Law Firms Help Out Haiti
On Wednesday, we commended the firm of Paul Hastings for moving so quickly to support Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Since then, a number of other top law firms have pledged their support to this worthy cause. (Okay, Rush Limbaugh questions the worthiness of the cause. But we suspect that Limbaugh’s position — like that of […]
Sonnenschein: Staff Layoffs and New Associate Compensation Model Potpourri
Last month, we asked you if it was better to be laid off before the holidays, so you could adjust your holiday spending accordingly, or after the holidays, so you could bank the extra paychecks. Above the Law readers were pretty evenly split on the question: 50.8% would rather be laid off before, 49.2% wanted […]
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.18: Jean-John
Congratulations to Caroline Nyenke and LaRue Robinson, selected by ATL readers as our August Couple of the Month in a close race. Things were a bit more lopsided in our September Couple of the Month poll, as SCOTUS clerks and lovebirds Karen Dunn and Brian Netter took the crown with 40 percent of the vote. […]
Sonnenschein Claims Paterson Crony
But for the state of Illinois, New York State would be receiving more national recognition for its state political situation. Even the President is embarrassed by the performance of New York Governor David Paterson. Perhaps Paterson’s chances of beating Andrew Cuomo, or Rudolph Giuliani, or the Naked Cowboy are depressed because of stories like these. […]