In the past year, Kasowitz Benson and five other firms have withdrawn from representing WebXchange in infringement suits against Dell and FedEx.
After racking up an astounding record of high-stakes victories, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher beat out 71 other firms for the title of Litigation Department of the Year, winning the prize for the second time in a row.
Six sets of lawyers from Kasowitz Benson, Grant & Eisenhofer and other firms have fled WebXchange’s infringement suit against Dell and FedEx, citing irreconcilable breakdowns in attorney-client relationships. Now a judge has had enough of the game of musical chairs and is threatening to dismiss the case.
Law students who spent summer 2011 as associates at some of the United States’ largest firms went into their jobs knowing the negative reputation that life at such firms can have.
Half the firms fighting the Heller estate’s claims over fees from unfinished business have settled their claims — but the U.S.