Wake Up Call: Opposition Mounts to ABA Proposal on Law Firm Ownership

In today’s column, the New York Times hired Morgan Lewis to defend it against a Harvard Law professor’s defamation suit; Davis Wright Tremaine grabbed a six-lawyer energy group from Alston & Bird; and flexible-legal staffing company Axiom added 60 lawyers to its network with an acquisition.

• Leading off, New York bar leaders are seeking to lead a coalition of American Bar Association members who, they say, oppose a “dangerous” ABA proposal that could open the way to outside investment in law firms and to nonlawyers practicing law. (New York Law Journal)

• The New York Times hired Morgan, Lewis ...