By Roy Strom | Christine Simmons | May 10, 2018
Two Chicago-based partners are poised to leave DLA Piper for Kirkland & Ellis, just weeks after DLA Piper saw a roughly 50-lawyer team decamp for McDermott Will & Emery.
By Miriam Rozen | April 30, 2018
A potential union between Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile US Inc. and SoftBank Group Corp.-owned Sprint Corp. will narrow U.S. consumers' choice of large wireless carriers to three instead of four. And legions of lawyers from some top Am Law 100 firms are advising on the deal, which could create a combined company worth $146 billion.
By MP McQueen | April 18, 2018
The White House blocked Broadcom's $117 billion bid to take over Qualcomm by issuing an executive order in March, citing national security concerns. Could it be the "poison pill" of the future?
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | March 30, 2018
Gardere Wynne Sewell and Foley & Lardner will combine on April 1, creating a 1,100-lawyer firm.
By Cogan Schneier | March 22, 2018
Justice Department lawyers say they're seeking to prove that AT&T's proposed merger with Time Warner will stifle competition.
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By Roy Strom | March 21, 2018
There's a new leader atop the Am Law 100. Kirkland & Ellis has surpassed Latham & Watkins as the world's largest law firm, as determined by gross revenue.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | March 12, 2018
The state's strong energy sector and booming economy are luring out-of-state law firms looking to boost business.
By Kristen Rasmussen | February 20, 2018
ALM talked with Peter Swire, senior counsel at Alston & Bird and privacy and cybersecurity expert at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Scheller College of Business, about some of the legal and data privacy issues surrounding the new, data-driven health care delivery systems. These include the proposed merger between CVS Health and Aetna Inc., as well as the health initiative that Amazon.com, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. recently announced for its employees.
By Kristen Rasmussen | February 14, 2018
Insurance commissioners in California and Colorado recently announced plans to scrutinize Aetna's practices for granting and denying health care claims—developments that in and of themselves are unlikely to be deal breakers in the insurance giant's proposed $69 billion merger with CVS Health, corporate lawyers say.
By Celia Ampel | December 27, 2017
Corporate lawyer Drew Altman races cars on the weekends — a high-stakes way of practicing the focus, discipline and decision-making that's served him well in his career.
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