A year after opening an outpost in Venezuela, Littler Mendelson is again expanding in Latin America, this time by opening a pair of offices in Mexico. The labor and employment specialty firm will gain 24 lawyers from full-service Mexican firm Basham, Ringe & Correa on Jan

In a sign of continuing expansion by employment firms, Littler Mendelson is opening an office in Nashville after picking up two partners from Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Miller & Martin.

Following months of partner departures in New York, Nixon Peabody saw two leave Monday for Littler Mendelson, including the head of Nixon’s international labor and employment specialty team. Philip M

Littler Mendelson is opening an office in Lexington, Ky., the latest example of aggressive expansion by labor and employment firms at a time when most large general practice firms are maintaining or shrinking their domestic footprints. Shareholder Susan Sears will head the new office, the firm’s first in Kentucky

Littler Mendelson, a national firm whose Web site proclaims it as a source for “Employment and Labor Law Solutions Worldwide,” is having its mettle tested in a suit by former employee Emma Preston. The threshold question is whether the firm can compel arbitration based on agreements it says bind all employees suing the firm. Preston’s lawyer says Littler’s expertise in employment law resulted in a greater disparity in bargaining position and a “heightened responsibility” to ensure that any waiver of rights is fair.