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Law Firm Insider: 6/28/11
Tweet Share on Facebook June 28, 2011 CommentThe NHL's Atlanta Thrashers were sold to True North Sports & Entertainment, a group from Winnipeg, Canada. The group will move the team there next year—DLA Piper advised Atlanta Spirit—the Atlanta ownership group—on the $170 million sale. The firm also hired Michael Macaluso from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. He will work in the firm's finance practice.
Matthew Powers is leaving Weil, Gotshal & Manges to form his own boutique firm. The firm also lost Nichola Groombridge and David Ball, Jr., who have joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
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Law Firm Insider: 6/21/11
Tweet Share on Facebook June 21, 2011 CommentIsaacson Rosenbaum, a Denver-based firm, will shut down at the end of the month. The firm has existed since 1961.
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Law Firm Insider: 6/14/11
Tweet Share on Facebook June 14, 2011 CommentThe number of minority lawyers at major law firms has risen since last year, according to The American Laywer's 2011 Diversity Scorecard. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and White & Case topped the rankings—about a quarter of all U.S. attorneys at those firms are minorities.
Lawyers from Cahill Gordon & Reindel helped NBC secure rights to televise the winter and summer Olympics in the U.S. through 2020. The network will pay the Intenational Olympic Committee $4.38 billion for the rights.
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Law Firm Insider: 6/7/11
Tweet Share on Facebook June 7, 2011 CommentMay held more bad news for the legal job industry. About 1,000 jobs were lost in the legal industry according to the new May job report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. About 2,700 law jobs have been lost since this this time last year.
