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Law Practice

Jan. 16, 2014

Lateral moves delayed by firms' resignation policies

Requiring a departing partner to notice of an impending move is a common provision in law firm partnership agreements. But until recently, their enforcement has been unusual.


By Kylie Reynolds


Daily Journal Staff Writer


It took about two weeks for litigator Daniel Grunfeld to make the move from Kaye Scholer LLP's Los Angeles office to his current firm, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. His transition, in July, marked the beginning of a flurry of eight partner departures from Kaye Scholer's L.A. office over roughly the past six months. But when other partners resigned in Grunfeld's wake, many were blocked by the fi...

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