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November 02, 2010 |

Vinson Takes Lead on $4.4 Billion Oil and Gas Bid

The firm is advising Douglas Miller, chairman and CEO of Exco Resources, who has teamed up with T. Boone Pickens and two private equity firms to launch a $4.36 billion takeover bid for Dallas-based Exco. It wasn't the only oil and gas deal to be announced this week.
3 minute read
August 18, 2009 |

'Zero risk' GCs stem recession litigation tide

9 minute read
September 30, 2013 |

Dentons, McKenna Long Confirm Merger Talks

Am Law 100 firms McKenna Long & Aldridge and Dentons confirmed late Monday that they are discussing a potential tie-up that would create a firm with 3,100 lawyers around the world.
4 minute read
January 02, 2002 |

Federal Jobs: Less Haste, More Filling

The federal government has been keeping lawyers gainfully employed for a long time. And now, given the economic downturn -- and the new unsteady nature of some private sector legal jobs -- a career working for the feds has never looked so good. Legal Times recently assembled a panel of current and former government lawyers to get an inside look at working for the federal bureaucracy.
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May 26, 2009 |

Avoiding Cat's Paw Liability

David E. Schwartz, a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Caroline J. Honorowski, an associate at the firm, discuss the ongoing split among circuit courts and the three general approaches to liability arising where an employee is terminated based on input from a subordinate to the ultimate decisionmaker, the role independent investigations play in minimizing employer liability, and practical suggestions for employers planning reductions in force.
12 minute read
March 03, 2005 |

Federal Appeals Court Overturns $55 Million Torture Verdict

In a case that could help shape an emerging area of law, a federal appeals court has overturned a jury's $54.6 million verdict against two former Salvadoran generals -- now Florida residents -- accused of complicity in the torture of political dissidents in the 1980s. The 11th Circuit panel held that the case should not have been heard three years ago because the statute of limitations on the claim should not have been waived.
6 minute read
May 05, 2004 |

Lawyer Brings Lucrative Lemelson IP Streak to an End

Gerald Hosier has enjoyed an amazing 14-year run representing a controversial inventor named Jerome Lemelson, parlaying his client's patents on bar code and related technology into more than $1 billion in licensing fees. Hosier had a simple strategy -- betting that corporate defendants would rather pay him than risk the wrath of a jury. Enter the Cooler. Jesse Jenner attacked Lemelson's primitive science and the patent process itself, looking to break Lemelson's hold by torpedoing his "submarine patents."
9 minute read
October 06, 2004 |

The Key to the Court

The next generation of top Supreme Court advocates may be assembling at Baker Botts. In July, the 164-year-old firm announced that it had hired three Supreme Court clerks fresh out of their year at the Court -- with the possibility of a fourth and fifth clerk coming over too. In launching a Supreme Court practice, the venerable law firm also rejuvenated and energized a prestigious part of its business.
7 minute read
July 01, 2011 |

THE A-LIST 2011 Upheaval in the Ranks

None of the firms on last year's A-List returned to the same spot this year. Whether it was a result of a firm's spike in its associate satisfaction score, or a drop in its revenue per lawyer, the 2011 A-List was all about volatility.
8 minute read
July 13, 2010 |

Former Client Claims Advice From DLA Piper Led to Bankruptcy

A New York corporation has sued DLA Piper, claiming the law firm failed to properly advise it in transactions and subsequent litigation with a Taiwanese company, and that the alleged negligence by DLA Piper resulted in financial losses that propelled the company into bankruptcy. Joseph DelGreco & Co. claims DLA Piper failed to advise it of the consequences of a minor default on a loan and also pressured DelGreco to let the firm withdraw as counsel on the eve of a multimillion-dollar arbitration.
4 minute read

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