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Half of CEOs made more than $8.3M at S&P 500 companies examined by the AP
NEW YORK AP _ A new Associated Press calculation shows that compensation for America's top CEOs has skyrocketed into the stratospheric heights of pro athletes and movie stars: Half make more than $8.3 million a year, and some make much, much more.CEOs of companies in the Standard Poor's 500 that filed proxy information in the first half of this year received a combined $4.
Luxury residences sell in Indian Creek for $47 million, Coral Gables for $25 million
South Florida has had a flurry of recent record-breaking residential sales, led by the $47 million sale of an Indian Creek mansion.Laughter, Not Litigation, Called the Best Tactic in Trademark Disputes
Big companies should enforce their trademark rights warily and consider how an infringement lawsuit could hurt the company's reputation, said a Yahoo! Inc. trademark lawyer at the International Trademark Association annual meeting in Boston.
Wal-Mart first-quarter profit rises
Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, posted a 3.8 percent gain in first-quarter profit, beating analysts' estimates as growth abroad helped make up for U.S. sales declines.
Delaware's Morris Nichols Is the M&A Go-to Specialist for Other Firms
Delaware law firm Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell began in 1930 as a small practice for a former U.S. District Judge, with first clients including E.I. du Pont de Nemours and the Coca-Cola Co. From such impressive beginnings, the firm has developed as an M&A specialist that other firms can call on for help. Partner Jeff Wolters says the firm will "jump in on a particularly tricky" issue, and after dealing with it, "we are out and we move on." The 83-member firm helped on two of the biggest deals last year.
New York Courts Add Weight to E-Discovery Law
New York appellate and trial courts have recently issued a series of significant decisions concerning electronically stored information that serve as both a primer and a warning as to how best to deal with the transmission and use of such information in a litigation.Lawyers find big value in smaller practices
Daralyn Durie, Mark Lemley, Michael Page and Ragesh Tangri started kicking the idea around almost 20 years ago, when all four were students at UC Berkeley School of Law. They'd start their own law firm together, someday.After graduation, the four went their separate ways-clerkships, big-firm jobs-before reuniting at San Francisco's Keker Van Nest.
Trade Secrets and Confidentiality
In their Privacy Matters column, Richard Raysman, a partner at Holland & Knight, and Peter Brown, a partner at Baker & Hostetler, write that, undeniably, trade secrets remain an important and enticing part of any company's IP portfolio and in the past year, there have been judicial developments impacting the definition of a trade secret and the importance of non-disclosure provisions in agreements with business partners and licensees.
Firms Slow to Tackle Cyberthreats
Marc Zwillinger, a Washington, D.C., lawyer who focuses on cybersecurity issues, says "activity focusing on law firms has definitely picked up in the past year or two, compared to what it was."
Was the Lateral Flight From AmLaw Firms to Startup Boutiques Worth It?
From October 2008 through September 2009, according to The American Lawyer's Lateral Report, 114 partners left The Am Law 200 to start or join small practices, up from 70 in the previous 12-month period. Some might think it's insane to leave a large firm to hang up a shingle in the midst of an economic downturn, but those who've done it think it's crazy to stay put. The founding partners of these new boutique firms seem to be relishing their new autonomy, and say their firms are doing well financially.TRENDING STORIES
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