A decade after the subprime mortgage crisis sent shockwaves across the global economy and upended an unprecedented run of prosperity for the legal profession, many law firms are still struggling to adjust to stagnant demand for their services and the ...

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One law firm parties with popcorn. Lots of firms use their holiday get-togethers for networking or helping others. And then there are the ones that are marked on calendars a year in advance. When Brown Hutchinson LLP throws its 14th ...

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The Association of Corporate Counsel is recognizing several legal organizations as 2012 “ACC Value champions that delivered “substantial value” to clients through value-focused legal management skills. “These law departments and law firms have developed and implemented initiatives to deliver bottom-line ...

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The majority of lawyers plan to increase their marketing efforts in 2012, according to a new legal marketing survey released by Avvo and LexBlog. The 2012 Legal Marketing Survey Report also discusses how lawyers plan to spend their marketing dollars. ...

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Rochester area law firms are cautiously optimistic for the new year, with many starting to hire again at pre-recession levels. “I’m really bullish on the outlook,” said Carolyn Nussbaum, managing partner for Nixon Peabody LLP’s Rochester office. “I expect we ...

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The removal of Amherst-based Steven J. Baum PC from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac foreclosure cases means other firms will be picking up the work. Baum’s firm handled a large portion of the state’s foreclosure cases, and experts predict more ...

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WASHINGTON — Mortgage giant Fannie Mae knew about allegations of improper foreclosure practices by law firms in 2003 but did not act to stop them, a government watchdog says. Similar allegations are the subject of a probe by state attorneys general ...

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Chambers and Partners, publishers of guides to law firms, has ranked international law firm Nixon Peabody LLP highly in the 2011 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers Europe.

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Anyone who checks the paper regularly for foreclosure notices can spot that there aren’t many as of late. Some of the larger firms handling the bulk of foreclosures have come to a grinding halt ...

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Many firms across the nation have created programs targeted to women that give more lenient maternity leave and reduced caseloads, but a new study shows women are drastically underrepresented in the leadership ranks of major law firms and paid much less.

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ALBANY — A questionable military service record. An immigrant housekeeper without a visa. A criminal charge from long ago. Sexual indiscretions. Such private issues thought long buried are the currency ...

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Nixon Peabody LLP Chairman Harry P. Trueheart has been elected chair-elect of TerraLex, a global network of law firms to which Nixon Peabody belongs. Trueheart will become chairman and CEO ...

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