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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.The group filed what appears to be its first amicus brief, urging the Second Circuit to uphold U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff's controversial rejection of the SEC's $285 million settlement with Citigroup. If you expected the brief to be stuffed with inflammatory rhetoric, you'd be wrong.
Charles R. Morgan, BellSouth Corp.
Charles R. Morgan is executive vice president and general counsel of BellSouth Corp., the third-biggest player in the U.S. local phone service market. He says, "Lawyers have an important role here. Their views are considered important. Nobody says, 'That's not a legal matter--we're not interested in your view.'I've told the lawyers, 'You're in in-house heaven here.'"Victims of convicted Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford finally got some good news Monday when their class claims against law firms and other advisors accused of aiding in the multibillion dollar fraud were restored. And that's bad news for the primary targets of the litigation, which include Proskauer Rose, Chadbourne & Parke, and Adams & Reese.
10 Survival Tips For First-Year Associates
Fresh out of school, armed with a law degree and a passing grade on the bar exam, first year associates don't have a clue when it comes to practicing law. These 10 survival tips come straight from the source: junior partners and senior associates, all of whom started their practice in top-notch law firms.Shareholders' lawyers will get to see whatever the bank has turned over to Congress, the SEC, the New York attorney general, and other investigators--including, most likely, the communications between BofA and its lawyers that have already been turned over to the government.
Morgan Lewis Adds Real Estate Partner
J.J. Broderick has jumped from Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen to Morgan Lewis & Bockius as a partner in its real estate practice group.Corporate Transparency Act Resource Kit
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