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  • June 4, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Kirkland Hits on '21' For Latest Bankruptcy Batch

    The firm's high-powered bankruptcy practice has picked up two more notable Chapter 11 cases. Kirkland & Ellis is serving as lead counsel to teen fashion retailer Rue21 Inc. and 21st Century Oncology Inc., as well as energy industry manufacturer AFGlobal Corp., in their recent bankruptcy filings.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • June 1, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Littler Names New Panama Leadership

    The global labor and employment giant, which became a Swiss verein in 2013 after expanding into Central America, has hired partner Yeris Nielsen to helm its office in Panama City. Three partners at Littler Mendelson recently left its base in the city to join a leading Panamanian firm.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • May 30, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Winston & Strawn, Gibson Dunn Among Top Billers for NFL Players

    The National Football League Players Association's annual LM-2 filing shows that the labor union representing NFL players paid out sizeable sums within the past year to lawyers from Baker & Hostetler; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Winston & Strawn. Another legal battle with the league potentially looms on the horizon.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • May 29, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Ex-Orrick CEO Reportedly Mulling Congressional Run

    Four years after considering a potential U.S. Senate bid, former longtime Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe leader Ralph Baxter Jr. is pondering running on the Democratic ticket for a West Virginia seat in Congress, according to a newspaper report from his home state.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • May 25, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Fried Frank Hires Katten's NY Real Estate Litigation Head

    Matthew Parrott, head of the New York real estate and distressed debt litigation group at Katten Muchin Rosenman, has joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson as a partner in Manhattan. Fried Frank, riding high from a successful financial year in 2016, has been busy on the lateral recruitment front in 2017.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • May 25, 2017 | Daily Business Review

    Federal Prosecutor, Ex-Foley & Mansfield Partner Found Dead on Beach

    No cause of death has been determined for Beranton Whisenant Jr., a major crimes prosecutor with the U.S. attorney's office in Miami. The body of Whisenant, who left Foley & Mansfield for public service in January, was found this week on a beach in Hollywood, Florida.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • May 21, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    DLA Piper Grabs Bankruptcy Roles for IP, Industrial Clients

    The global legal giant is advising St. Louis-based manufacturer Katy Industries Inc. on its Chapter 11 filing this week, as well as the California-based subsidiary of a German search optimization company in its bankruptcy case, one that has DLA Piper owed more than $1 million in fees.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • May 12, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    A Big Bank Goes Bust, and Big Law Gets Left With The Bill

    In the largest U.S. bank failure since 2010, New Orleans-based First NBC Bank Holding Co. filed for Chapter 11 protection in its home city Thursday. The bank, which went public in 2013, saw two top Am Law 100 firms listed among its 20 largest unsecured creditors.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • May 11, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Ex-Foley & Lardner Partner Charged With Insider Trading After Move to Bradley Arant

    Walter "Chet" Little, who left Foley & Lardner last summer to join the Tampa office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, has been hit with criminal insider trading charges by federal prosecutors in New York. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has also filed a parallel civil case against Little and a co-defendant.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

  • May 10, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Munich Court Nixes Jones Day Complaint Over VW Search

    Nearly two months after German law enforcement authorities raided Jones Day's Munich office as part of an investigation into Volkswagen AG, a local court has tossed a complaint by the firm about government efforts to obtain materials on its embattled client.

    By Brian Baxter

    1 minute read

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