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FTC and DOJ may update merger guidelines
Efficiencies are a fairly controversial aspect of antitrust merger review. The agencies should revise the guidelines to provide greater flexibility to consider a broader range of efficiencies in order to reflect the underlying business realities of many mergers.
Hope for a silver lining
The current legal market offers attorneys an opportunity to figure out what they want to do outside of a big firm.
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL
Jedi lawyer
Profile of David Anderman, general counsel for Lucasfilm Ltd.
BUSINESS
MOVERS
Mark Pearlstein has been named head McDermott Will & Emery's Boston office effective Jan. 1, 2010. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
VOIR DIRE
Money woes plague law firms and pop stars, but the Beatles come out on top in this week's column.
INADMISSIBLE
A lawyer vents through tweets; a merger name is chosen; the SEC gets a dose of its own audit; a fraud section leader is found; an Akin partner breaks boards out of court; Arnold & Porter's appellate work gets an overseer; and Al Franken's former recount attorney moves to Perkins Coie in this week's column.
