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Taking Pride in Being International
The CEO and GC of Pride International Inc. talk about running one of the world�s largest drilling contractors, a company with more than 12,000 employees operating offshore and on land in more than 30 countries (and marine provinces) to provide drilling, maintenance, workover, and engineering services for oil and gas companies.Taxing Times for Jenkens & Gilchrist
Jenkens & Gilchrist's agreement to a proposed $75 million settlement of litigation by former clients may have eased some of the firm's woes, but all is not yet smooth sailing. A federal judge's approval is still needed, as is participation by the disgruntled ex-clients, who were seeking tax advice. Still, there are hopes the proposal will slow the departure of lawyers from the Dallas-based firm, which has shrunk by about one-fourth in three years.Travel Daze: Savvy Advice for Lawyers on the Road
What do you do when a partner says to hit the road, Jack? In today's economy, a lawyer might fear being laid off, but let's think positive and assume that when a partner or general counsel says "hit the road," he's sending you on a business trip. And whether the initial reaction is excitement or dread, the best thing to do is prepare.Motorola and Nokia have spent years pursuing the lion's share of a $4.8 billion judgment ordered by a federal judge in New York against Turkey's infamous Uzan family. Now, Bloomberg reports, one of Motorola's lawyers from Steptoe & Johnson thinks he's found a way to collect.
Slim Chance: Attorney Leaves Big Tobacco Behind To Represent the Richest Man in the World
A few years ago, Steven R. Selsberg, a partner in Mayer Brown in Houston, thought he would make a smoking-hot career out of tobacco litigation, but today Selsberg is the go-to litigation lawyer in the United States for the business empire of Carlos Slim Helu, the Mexican billionaire who may be the richest man in the world.Toyota troubles shielded by agency
Federal enforcement of safety standards hobbled by lack of resources and political will.If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to tackle the long-simmering question of whether so-called "pay-for-delay" deals between drug companies violate antitrust law, it'll likely be up to Williams & Connolly's Kannon Shanmugam to establish that the deals pass muster.
The 90-page complaint contains lots of detail about the role that BofA's lawyers at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz played during the turbulent deal to acquire Merrill Lynch. The AG owes a big thank you to Wachtell litigation partner Eric Roth, who took copious notes that the AG repeatedly cites as evidence.
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