| Companies trimming legal budgets, taxing in-house staffers As staffing gets leaner and the work piles up, corporate legal departments are thinking creatively these days about how to save money for their companies. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Baker Donelson inks Nashville expansion Memphis law firm Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC is making its presence better known in Nashville, where it is expanding its offices by about 30,000 square feet and putting its name up in lights on the Nashville skyline. bizjournals.com |
Fresh out of school, attorneys hired for Phelps Dunbar insurance practice TAMPA — Phelps Dunbar has added four new associates in Tampa, defying the trend of downsizing and beefing up a growing insurance coverage practice. bizjournals.com |
Black fights conviction under ‘honest services’ law Lord Black of Crossharbour, the disgraced media magnate, will appeal tomorrow in America’s highest court against his fraud conviction, in a case that could make it more difficult for regulators to prosecute the architects of the financial crisis. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Wichita attorney wins $12M personal injury suit against Oklahoma electric coop A Wichita attorney last week won a record $12 million jury verdict on a personal injury case against an electric cooperative in Oklahoma. bizjournals.com |