Wake Up Call: Will Tie Up Mean Massive Growth for Greenberg Traurig?

• Greenberg Traurig said Wednesday that it is inpreliminary talks to combine with the London-based law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner, in a tie-up that would create a firm with more than 2,500 lawyers, including nearly 750 in New York and London. (Big Law Business)

• More than a third of practicing U.S. attorneys are problem drinkers, a far higher level than for other professions, according to a new study from the American Bar Association and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation that observers called “very alarming” and “disheartening.” (National Law Journal)

• Partner profits at Paul, ...