Hanover Legal: In the Press Archives

2010 Year End Report

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on Jan 23, 2011 Comments (0)

Our long held view that BigLaw is among the most conservatively run and change resistant industries on the planet seems understated in light of the tornedos that we've been experiencing of late. That said, 2010 served to raise awareness of issues critical to our long term viability such as globalization, diversification of practices as well as personnel, alternative billing and work-life balance and it appears that by and large, while still far from healthy, BigLaw is a better place to live and work as we enter 2011 than it was a year ago.

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Work-Life Balance and the Tour de France

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on Jul 29, 2009 Comments (0)

We may be a millenium from the day that BigLaw is healthy enough to enable its attorneys to train sufficiently for a spot in the real Tour de France. But we certainly took a spin in the right direction when three members of Hogan & Hartson, namely Warren Gorrell, 55 (Hogan's chairman), Stephen Immelt, 57 (partner in Hogan's Baltimore office) and Dennis Tracey, 53 (managing partner of Hogan's U.S. offices) hammered unofficially but with ample BigLaw fanfare through one particularly beautiful stage of the celebrated bike race, culminating atop a pristine peak amidst the Alps.

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Best Wishes for an Ethical 2009

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on Jan 7, 2009 Comments (0)

As we at Hanover Legal enter this new year and look back on BigLaw in 2008, we are reminded of the bibical tale of Lot's wife glancing towards Sodom and turning to salt. So in the hope of avoiding a similar fate, we'll keep our retrospective analysis brief.

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Milberg, Dreier, and the Shanda of It All

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on Dec 9, 2008 Comments (0)

As Marc Dreier, the sole equity partner of Dreier LLP, faces federal charges of transferring $113 million in bogus securities to two hedge funds, an impersonation charge filed against him in Toronto as well as a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to recover the $113 million, the firm he created, namely Dreier LLP, sits in receivership pursuant to the order of United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum and faces an additional civil suit filed in the Southern District by Wachovia Bank alleging that the firm and Dreier himself defaulted on a $9 million revolving credit note made in connection with a $14.5 million credit agreement and a term note in the amount of $5.5 million.

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