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September 20, 2006 |

Attorneys in HP Scandal Lawyer Up

The combined weight of investigations by state prosecutors, federal regulators and the Department of Justice has forced lawyers in Hewlett-Packard's boardroom mess to get their own attorneys. Ann Baskins, the HP general counsel, has hired white-collar specialist Cristina Arguedas. Kevin Hunsaker, the HP senior counsel and ethics director -- who the New York Times has reported was in charge of the boardroom leak investigation -- has hired San Diego solo Michael Pancer.
4 minute read
July 01, 2011 |

Big Deals

The law firms that handled the biggest recent deals in Germany, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, and the Nordic countries.
6 minute read
April 01, 2013 |

Skadden, Wachtell Advise on $1.2 Billion NASDAQ Trading Platform Deal

Nasdaq OMX Group said Monday it has agreed to pay as much as $1.23 billion to acquire eSpeed, an electronic trading platform that deals in U.S. Treasuries, from BGC Partners. Nasdaq is being advised on the transaction by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp Flom, while BGC has turned to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &amp Katz.
3 minute read
March 10, 2004 |

Tribal Counsel

In the wake of top lobbyist Jack Abramoff's abrupt departure from Greenberg Traurig, some advocates for Native American tribes are wondering if the controversy will damage their image and that of their clients. Business fallout has already begun, with a major Abramoff-Greenberg Traurig client moving its work elsewhere. But the uppermost concern in lobbyists' minds last week was the political impact.
6 minute read
September 30, 2002 |

Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection List of Ineligible Attorneys

Notice to the bar.
684 minute read
November 09, 2012 |

Election Night Produces Mixed Results for Am Law Lawyers

Am Law lawyers and advisors running for office had a mixed night at the polls.
5 minute read
October 18, 2002 |

ADA Due Diligence Checklist

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability regarding his or her terms and conditions of employment. The broad scope of the ADA means that acquirers and those engaged in securities offerings need to conduct ADA-specific due diligence, focused on the particular circumstance.
3 minute read
August 10, 2005 |

Will Firms' China Practices Suffer From Failed CNOOC Bid?

Although attorneys disagree about how much damage was done to their firms' China operations by the failure of CNOOC to purchase Unocal Corp., the scrapped acquisition is providing them with lessons about the delicate balance of law and politics required in big deals with China. It may take months to see what China's next move will be, but getting the big business that many law firms are banking on from China may become trickier than expected.
5 minute read
October 17, 2002 |

Texas Attorneys May Rethink Service on Corporate Board

It's not uncommon for a lawyer to act as counsel to a company and as a member of its board of directors. Of the 100 largest firms in Texas, 37 have partners or of counsel members serving on the boards of publicly traded companies. Ethical experts, government officials, stock exchange administrators and firm managers are beginning to ask whether lawyers should be able to continue playing dual roles.
8 minute read
May 17, 2000 |

Seven Over There

Manhattan native James Venit loves using the subject of economics to win merger approval from the European Commission for such clients as America Online and Allied Signal. "My approach to merger work is 'unlegal.' I think a lot about economics, and I don't care about precedents," says Venit, who chairs Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering's firmwide antitrust and competition department in Brussels. Venit is one of several powerful lawyers nurturing and growing U.S. firms across the Atlantic.
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