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December 26, 2012 |

D.C. Stalemate Keeping Some Am Law Attorneys Busy Through the Holidays

Am Law 100 firms in New York and elsewhere are doing what they need to this week to support corporate, real estate, tax, and trusts and estates lawyers working overtime in an effort to squeeze in big deals and prepare clients for the potential tax implications of a dive off the so-called fiscal cliff.
7 minute read
May 24, 2012 |

Continental Breakfast: U.K. Merger Mania Continues As Consolidation Gathers Pace

DAC Beachcroft, Field Fisher, LG, and Norton Rose the latest U.K. firms struck by the urge to merge.
6 minute read
April 12, 2012 |

Freshfields Hires Two Energy Partners in Asia

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired two new partners for its Asia energy practice. Mark Plenderleith joins in Tokyo from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, while Gavin MacLaren joins from Allens Arthur Robinson's Melbourne office.
2 minute read
May 26, 2005 |

Coudert Explores Action Over Defections to Orrick

Stung by the defection of all of its partners in London and Moscow, Coudert Brothers is considering a lawsuit against Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, which hired the partners away. Coudert has retained Barry Ostrager, the co-head of litigation at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, to investigate whether Orrick and the departing partners breached confidences gained in merger discussions between the two firms. The loss has been a blow to Coudert: As other U.S. firms have expanded overseas, its stature has fallen.
4 minute read
November 01, 2007 |

Scottish & Newcastle Launches Swedish Legal Battle

U.K. brewer Scottish & Newcastle took continental rivals Carlsberg and Heineken to court in Sweden on Wednesday, in an apparent attempt to keep itself independent. The maneuver could support S&N in a possible bid for Carlsberg's Baltika operation. The two rivals, who are proposing a joint takeover and subsequent breakup of the Scottish business, described the Swedish action as a "legal distraction."
3 minute read
March 01, 2010 |

Communicator

Profile of Rich Baer, general counsel and chief administrative officer for Qwest Communications International Inc.
5 minute read
December 18, 2002 |

75 Law Firms Write SEC Over Disclosure Proposals

Lawyers are up in arms about new rules proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission that they say will force them to disclose client confidences. Some 75 of the nation's biggest law firms are "express[ing] their concern" with the proposed rules in a letter that Sullivan & Cromwell's William J. Williams Jr. says will be submitted to the SEC today, the last day the agency is taking public comments on the rules.
5 minute read
November 01, 2007 |

Who Protects Innovation in America

21 minute read
March 27, 2001 |

Transaction Utopia

Over the past two decades, litigation lawyers saw litigation support technology transform their work. Now transaction lawyers also are poised to see technology transform their practices. On the leading edge are virtual deal rooms -- Web-based electronic meeting places that can cut the cycle time of a deal, maintain a secure audit trail, and reduce document handling and travel time.
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