Wake Up Call: McKenna Long Waived Rules to Ease Dentons Merger

Below is a list of law firm news to keep you up on the most recent developments affecting your peers:

• To ease the way for its merger with Dentons, the top management of McKenna Long reportedly waived internal rules and allowed select partners to openly look for lateral opportunities, and in exchange those partners’ votes to approve the firm’s mergerwith Dentons were counted. (The Recorder)

• A survey of Harvard Law School alumni from four separate graduating classes found that thecompensation gap between genders actually grew. (Big Law Business)

• EY Legal has hired 12 lawyers from Baker ...