Firm Profiles

Winning Less May Mean More to Your Client in the End

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Dominic J. Picca : Corporate Counsel : February 25, 2013

When faced with multi-pronged litigation, there are benefits to successfully dismissing most claims while leaving properly pled ones alone.

Implementing Health Care Law to Create New Work for Firms

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Matthew Huisman : The National Law Journal : February 13, 2013

While health care has been a steady practice at D.C. firms, the Affordable Care Act created more work on the regulatory, transactional and enforcement fronts. Attorneys expect a flood of business on the topic in 2013 — work that may stick around for some time.

The Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: Modest Gains in Revenue, Profits for Goodwin

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Ross Todd : The Am Law Daily : February 11, 2013

Goodwin Procter squeezed out slightly more in gross revenues and profits per partner last year than it did in 2011, according to The American Lawyer's reporting, but chair Regina Pisa isn't satisfied with the Boston-based firm's 2012 performance.

A prosperous diagnosis

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Matthew Huisman : The National Law Journal : February 11, 2013

While health care has been a steady practice at D.C. firms, the Affordable Care Act created more work on the regulatory, transactional and enforcement fronts. Attorneys expect a flood of business on the topic in 2013 — work that may stick around for some time.

Modest Gains in Revenue, Profits for Goodwin

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Ross Todd : The Am Law Daily : February 11, 2013

Former Mintz Levin Partner Tapped to Fill Kerry's U.S. Senate Seat

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Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : January 30, 2013

Massachusetts is getting another senator with Am Law 200 ties. William "Mo" Cowan, who became a senior adviser to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick in 2009 after spending 12 years as a litigation partner at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo in Boston, has been tapped by Patrick to replace newly minted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry until a special election is held in June.

Government Access to Email and Data Stored Online

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Bridget M. Rohde and Sara J. Crasson : New York Law Journal : January 29, 2013

Bridget M. Rohde, a member at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, and Sara J. Crasson, a senior associate at the firm, write that while proposed amendments to ECPA would require the government to obtain a search warrant before accessing online user communications, regardless of the age of the data, the government will still be able to obtain broad access to user data stored online so long as it provides sufficient support.

Merger Creates Israel's Third-Largest Law Firm

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Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : January 28, 2013

Leading Israeli firms Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein and Kantor Elhanani Tal & Co. have agreed to merge and create a firm with over 200 lawyers, 58 of them partners. The deal forms the third-largest firm in the country, whose legal market is proving increasingly attractive to international firms.

Discovery Reform Comes to the Northern District

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Ben L. Wagner : The Recorder : January 2, 2013

A new model order forces attorneys to change how they address ESI retention, production and requests, explains Ben Wagner of Mintz Levin.

Big Deals

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: The Asian Lawyer : January 1, 2013