Toward the end of the 1954 film “On the Waterfront,” Marlon Brando’s character, Terry, makes one of the most famous speeches in the history of movies. The most often quoted line is “I could have been ...

In the world of Big Law, history isn’t just measured in years, it is measured in reputation, resilience, and the ability to adapt. Some firms can claim centuries of legacy, surviving upheavals that ...

In letters to the firms, the lawmakers suggested “that the administration’s coercion of your law firm may be ongoing and escalating.” By Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman Top House and Senate ...

The traditional law firm partnership model is under strain as firms seek new sources of capital, with litigation funder Burford Capital recently indicating it is pursuing equity investments through ...

Crain's today released its latest list of the largest law firms in the Chicago area, and, unsurprisingly, Kirkland & Ellis remains on top. The multinational practice, which recently moved its Chicago ...

Global law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is getting ready to sign a massive deal at a new office skyscraper in Midtown, Commercial Observer has learned. It’s unclear whether the deal represents a ...

The nation’s largest corporate law firms have been on their heels during President Trump’s second term, but for small firms with impeccable conservative bona fides these have been boom times. What ...

The American Bar Association sued the Trump administration Monday, arguing President Trump's wide-ranging push to punish law firms is unconstitutional. It joined several targeted firms that have filed ...

At least 11 large companies—including Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, and Oracle—are cutting ties with law firms that caved to President Trump’s threats of political retribution, according to The Wall ...

Law firms like Paul Weiss that bent to the Trump administration’s demands are finding that big-name clients prefer to take their business elsewhere, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. McDonald’s ...

Major companies in the U.S. have begun shifting legal work away from prominent law firms that struck deals with the Trump administration, according to The Wall Street Journal. The WSJ reported on a ...