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August 16, 1999 |

Anything They Can Do, I Can Do Cheaper

When big U.S. law firms set their sights on the growing demand for legal services by international businesses, their instinct seems to be: merge with an established foreign firm and overwhelm the competition. Jeffrey Shields is going after the same clients with exactly the opposite strategy. Two years ago, after 14 years as an international litigator with Morrison & Foerster and Bryan Cave, he dropped out and opened a solo practice in Irvine.
5 minute read
July 01, 1999 |

The Case for Going Public

Most lawyers instinctively feel that law firms shouldn't go public. But why not? Putting aside for a moment the professional rules that appear to prevent this (and these rules could be changed), it's time to think hard about this option. There's a compelling argument that a public law firm not only makes sense, but is necessary to keep the profession alive.
11 minute read
June 05, 2003 |

SECURED TRANSACTIONS

13 minute read
June 28, 1999 |

Hayboo!

As it approaches its 30th anniversary, Haynes and Boone, the baby of Texas' big-firm family, is living in "holy terror." And that's just the way it likes it. A look at why the firm is well-known for its passionate management.
13 minute read
November 13, 2008 |

Bagram's Black Hole

On its face, the legal status of detainees at Bagram, a U.S.-controlled air base leased from the government of Afghanistan, appears to be much like that of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. military station leased from Cuba. One would expect the Bagram detainees to benefit from legal arguments raised on behalf of Guantanamo inmates, whose due process rights the Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed. But so far, that?s not the case.
17 minute read
September 15, 2004 |

Defending Detainees

One day he's on a brief with conservative scholar Richard Epstein, the next he's challenging the Guantanamo tribunals. Neal Katyal defies easy categorization. Just seven years after a Supreme Court clerkship, the young Georgetown University law professor has already figured in many important cases. Says a former deputy attorney general who supervised Katyal at the Department of Justice: "He is already a force, and he will be recognized as a national figure in the law."
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Baker Botts and Asarco Duke It Out in Grandaddy of All Fee Fights
Publication Date: 2010-06-03
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The Asarco bankruptcy was a huge success, resulting in full payment to all creditors and the emergence of a going concern. Baker Botts, the debtor's counsel, wants the judge to approve a total of about $142 million in fees and expenses. But Asarco is now owned again by its former parent, which Baker Botts whipped to the tune of a $6 billion fraudulent conveyance judgment in the Chapter 11. And--no surprise--the vanquished opponent doesn't want to pay up.

May 15, 2006 |

The Happy Warrior

Judge Paul Michel and professor Sherman Cohn remember the late Howard Markey (right), first chief of the Federal Circuit.
6 minute read
May 13, 2004 |

Coercive Jury Instructions Lead to Drug Conviction Upset

A judge who told a deadlocked jury its job was "to get a result" coerced it into returning a guilty verdict five minutes later, New York's Court of Appeals has ruled. The Appellate Division, 1st Department, had earlier reversed the conviction in a 3-2 decision identifying five errors in the trial judge's charge. The Court of Appeals agreed with the 1st Department majority, and admonished trial judges to strike an appropriate balance in jury instructions.
2 minute read
June 28, 1999 |

Branding: It's Not That Easy

Building brand name recognition is all the rage these days among law firms. But how do you get your firm's name to harbor the singular magic of words like "Cravath" and "Skadden"? Marketing firm guru Jay M. Jaffe analyzes key trends, problems and strategies in the naming game.
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