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Pierson Ferdinand among largest law firm debuts in US history

When it comes to Biglaw trends, the past year or so has taught us that group lateral moves are here to stay. Whether its an entire practice group head

Hot on the heels of a defection en masse led by a group of departing partners, Lewis Brisbois is staring down another yet another issue: its founding p

A former partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith tries to square the firm's efforts to increase diversity with an environment that kept bigotry secret.

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In one fell swoop, the venerable firm Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard and Smith managed to torpedo its new rival, destroy the defecting partners’ careers and send the legal establishment reeling.

Jeffrey S. Ranen, one of the Los Angeles lawyers disgraced by bigoted emails, made political donations to a crop of progressive candidates.

One of the nations largest law firms has released troves of emails that show two of their former partners regularly using racist, homophobic and misogynist language.

In an analogy comparing Big Law mergers to the PGA Tour’s proposed tie-up with the Saudis, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan is cast in the role of a managing partner selling an unpopular deal to a deeply divided group, and he’s lost the most important currency for a leader of a partner-run organization: Trust.

The good news about the two high-powered Los Angeles lawyers fired for sending antisemitic messages is they insulted everyone else, too.