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September 17, 2007 |

The power of climate change

UNLIKE SOME OF HIS COUNTERPARTS in the corporate world, David Ratcliffe, the chief executive officer of Southern Co., has not attempted to jump feet first out of the smoke emanating from his company's more than 200 coal, oil and gas generating units and into the warm green haze of the global climate change movement.He's certainly careful to detail Southern Co.
15 minute read
January 11, 2013 |

Skadden Hits 2012 Trifecta by Topping Third Year-End Ranking of M&A Advisers

Having already come out ahead in rankings of M&ampA advisers issued by Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp Flom completed its sweep when MergerMarket released its 2012 year-end results Friday. A trio of Magic Circle firms—Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Linklaters—joined Skadden and Wachtell, Rosen, Lipton &amp Katz in the upper echelon on all three lists based on the aggregate value of their corporate clients' transactions.
3 minute read
The American Lawyer's Litigation Department of the Year
Publication Date: 2010-01-04
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After studying dozens of entries, the magazine selects the fifth firm to receive this honor for its litigation achievements. Five other firms were named as finalists.

May 22, 2012 |

Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too: Illusory Arbitration Agreements

To say the least, Bob has run into problems when he represented clients in arbitrations. Not that he ever did anything wrong. Bob attributed the problems to the "system." More precisely, the "arbitration system."
7 minute read
January 01, 2011 |

Opening Statements: Europe

Business consultants like to say that when it comes to mergers, just 10 percent of the challenge is actually doing the deal--90 percent is making it work. Nobody knows this better than the management of Hogan Lovells.
4 minute read
May 08, 2012 |

The End of False-Marking Whistleblower Suits?

A recent order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is likely the final nail in the coffin for whistleblower cases against companies that falsely label products as patented.
5 minute read
April 14, 2011 |

IP Counsel Navigate the Perils and Promises of Social Media

Social media changes so fast and its ramifications are so profound that corporate counsel can be left scrambling. These challenges were addressed by lawyers from Google, Oracle, and General Mills in a panel, "Protection and Promotion: Your Corporate Identity in the Virtual World," part of ALM's "Social Media: Risks & Rewards" conference in San Francisco.
5 minute read
July 09, 2013 |

Ousted Attorney Blames Firm for Asbestos Misconduct Claim

A former associate at Brayton Purcell has sued the firm and founding partner Alan Brayton for failing to pay his legal costs in a malpractice case and bar investigation that followed a scathing order by an Ohio judge accusing him of rampant misconduct in an asbestos case.
5 minute read
June 02, 2008 |

New Deals

Stone Energy to acquire Bois D'arc Energy. Hewlett-Packard to acquire Electronic Data Systems. Heartland Payment Systems to acquire Network Services. Complete Energy Holdings to merge with GSC Acquisition. Mesa Power to purchase wind turbines from GE Energy.
7 minute read
April 09, 2008 |

Connolly Bove Opts to Rotate Managing Partner Position

At the end of his second term as managing partner of Wilmington-based Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, Jeffrey B. Bove knew that whether he retained his position would affect the growing firm’s pattern of leadership.
4 minute read

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