Law360 Updates

Law360 Spotlighted As Legal News Leader

Law360 got a shout-out last week in the pages of The New Yorker. The magazine’s feature on the 2012 demise of Dewey & LeBoeuf highlights Law360’s reporting on the crisis and excerpts our breaking coverage of its imperiled leader.

The feature documents the firm’s tailspin and the plight of its former chairman Steven H. Davis, who learned of a criminal probe against him from Law360. It recounts how a colleague in Riyadh made an urgent call to Davis and forwarded him the Law360 article, which revealed potential criminal charges over the firm’s mismanagement.

“It’s exciting anytime our work is publicized, but in this case it’s particularly sweet,” Law360 managing editor Cat Fredenburgh said. “Nobody covered Dewey’s collapse as closely as Law360 or examined the fallout more rigorously, so it’s nice to get the acknowledgment.”

 

The article at the heart of The New Yorker piece is just one of the roughly 300 news stories Law360 published on Dewey’s turmoil and ensuing bankruptcy. And the coverage continues. We recently reported, for instance, on a lawsuit the defunct firm’s landlord filed against 450 former partners for millions in unpaid rent, and its recovery of $11 million in business proceeds.

Hospitality, Aerospace & Defense Sections Lift Off

Before launching the Aerospace & Defense and Hospitality sections in September, Law360 spent months fine-tuning the coverage to best serve attorneys working in those industries. And a month in, it looks like those efforts paid off.

We worked closely with practitioners to ensure the new sections focus on the issues that lawyers care about. From day one, the newsletters have epitomized Law360’s superior coverage — breaking news of the important cases, policy developments and deals accompanied by in-depth analysis of the implications.

“I’m glad to say that the new sections are a hit,” assistant managing editor Jackie Bell said. “In only a matter of weeks, the newsletters have built a large audience, and  the coverage attracts more readers and contributors every day.”