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New York City lobbyists made $36 million in 2005

According to a new annual report, Kasirer Consulting displaced Greenberg Traurig as the top lobbying firm of last year. The report tracked 223 political lobbying firms, their clients and lobbying costs throughout 2005.

As reported, Kasirer Consulting made $2.4 million, while Greenberg Traurig earned $2.3 million. Kasirer's top clients included real estate, construction and telecom corporations. Greenberg's top clients ranged from hotel giants, a golf course, manufacturers and another consulting firm.

06-08-2006

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LexisNexis' new business model

US-based information provider LexisNexis has announced new goals for 2006. The company is planning to beef up it's presence in the UK market, strengthen its existing brand and produce growth in the double digits. Currently, UK law firms pay less than U.S. law firms for legal information services. Lexis sees this as an opportunity for the company to grow in the UK legal market.

The LexisNexis, owned by the Anglo-Dutch group Reed Elsevier, is currently in the process of upgrading its services. Unlike its chief competitor Factiva, which is active in the corporate market, Lexis is strong in the litigation segment, supplying information to judges. Lexis is trying to build specific packages for its end users, including in the corporate sector. Clients need to know their customers better and this is where Lexis is trying to step in.

06-08-2006

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Law firm merger tension

Klett Rooney Lieber and Buchanan Ingersoll are in the midst of merger talks, and a number of lawyers within the two firms are reported to have expressed dissatisfaction over the proceedings. According to Am Law sources, some attorneys may be opting out of the combined entity.

Recent surveys indicate that, assuming the merger goes through without any major drain in personnel, the combined strength of the new firm would make it the largest in Pennsylvania, overtaking Reed Smith, the current leader in manpower resources.

06-07-2006

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Littler Mendelson makes the move to Kansas City

Giant San Francisco-based law firm Littler Mendelson has just announced the opening of a new office in Kansas City, the firm's 36th office in the U.S.

According to a firm spokesperson, this branch will be a springboard for launching into new territories. With a total of 470 lawyers nationwide, Littler Mendelson is the largest law firm in the United States devoted exclusively to representing management in employment, employee benefits and labor law matters.

06-07-2006

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Lawyers Without Borders to address United Nations

Currently, at the UN headquarters in New York a high-level meeting on AIDS is being conducted. Representatives from Lawyers Without Borders will be speaking on the plight of uninfected African children who have lost parents to the disease and whose countries have failed to enforce their inheritance rights.

Speakers include volunteers from Shearman & Sterling, McDermott Will & Emery, White & Case and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

Lawyers Without Borders is a not-for-profit organization that has provided pro bono services since 2000. In alliance with Africare, it is spearheading the Children Inheritance Research Project to work in Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique.

06-07-2006

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Vinson & Elkins takes on jury dodgers

Leading Texas law firm Vinson & Elkins is proposing a carrot-and-stick approach to absenteeism among jurors. It has made the pay package for jurors in Texas more attractive by successfully proposing that juror pay be raised from $6 per day to $40.

Now the firm is proposing stiffer action against absent jurors including harsher fines and revoking driver's licenses.

What does driving have to do with jury duty? Why not revoke their right to party?

06-07-2006

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Vinson & Elkins takes on jury dodgers

Leading Texas law firm Vinson & Elkins is proposing a carrot-and-stick approach to absenteeism among jurors. It has made the pay package for jurors in Texas more attractive by successfully proposing that juror pay be raised from $6 per day to $40.

Now the firm is proposing stiffer action against absent jurors including harsher fines and revoking driver's licenses.

What does driving have to do with jury duty? Why not revoke their right to party?

06-07-2006

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