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K&L Gates’ Singapore Office Hires 2 DLA Piper Corporate Partners

K&L Gates’ Singapore office, K&L Gates Straits Law, has hired two corporate partners from DLA Piper to boost its corporate practice as the country increasingly becomes an Asian hub for large corporations. The duo is David Kuo, a U.S.-qualified lawyer admitted in California and a foreign-registered lawyer in Singapore, and…

Law Firm Numbers: They’re Not All That They Seem

The legal industry is fixated on numbers—law firm revenue, profits per equity partner, revenue per lawyer, associate pay, rankings, and more. But numbers by themselves have little meaning. There’s a story behind them. And it may not be what you think. M&A league tables, for example, purport to show winners…

US Judge Dismisses Giuliani Bankruptcy Case

Rudy Giuliani, the now-disbarred former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was confronted with another legal setback on Friday when a judge dismissed his bankruptcy case. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane tossed the action, finding Giuliani had not been forthcoming about his financial situation.