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April 28, 2006 |

2006 Am Law 100: Two More Billion-Dollar Firms

12 minute read
October 30, 2003 |

Firms Seek Big Names for Senior Advisers, Law Degrees Optional

They are often the biggest names at their law firms. Well-credentialed and well-connected, they are ideally situated to be rainmakers -- but J.D.s or not, they're not lawyers. Instead, they belong to the growing ranks of senior advisers, brought on to guide firms through non-legal intricacies of various markets and to provide access to prospective clients. And in the view of Covington & Burling's Stuart Eizenstat, it's the wave of the globalized future.
7 minute read
February 04, 2010 |

Covington Seeks Summary Judgment in Discrimination Case

Covington & Burling asked a federal judge on Tuesday to grant summary judgment in the closely watched race discrimination suit against the firm filed by former staff attorney Yolanda Young. The judge last month dismissed one of Young's claims as time-barred but let another claim move forward. In its motion for summary judgment, Covington says that Young lacks the proper standing to file a discrimination suit because she was not personally affected by any of the firm's alleged discriminatory policies.
3 minute read
January 24, 2005 |

All Eyes on High Court Property Cases

Landowners, businesses and governments are closely watching a trio of cases before the Supreme Court with the potential to make this the most important property rights term in nearly two decades. Each case, say government officials, poses the threat of countless and costly lawsuits by businesses or private homeowners who will claim that federal, state or local governments have "taken" their property in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
8 minute read
January 13, 2005 |

New Deals

Communications provider Alltel Corp. announced Monday it would buy Western Wireless Corp. for about $6 billion in cash, stock and debt assumption. Teams at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Friedman Kaplan Seller & Adelman, both in New York, advised Western Wireless.
2 minute read
January 28, 2004 |

Newsbriefs

4 minute read
May 31, 2006 |

DLA Piper Makes Measured Progress

It's now the second-largest law firm in the world, but the conglomeration has sceptics who deride its "Starbucks" approach.
8 minute read
February 02, 2010 |

Lateral Partner Moves Spiked in 2009, New Report Shows

By most measures, 2009 was a dismal year for the legal industry. One notable exception to the drumbeat of record layoffs and bankruptcy actions: By our count, there was also a record number of lateral partner moves in The Am Law 200. In the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2009, 2,775 partners left or joined the biggest firms in the United States -- a 10.6 percent increase in mobility over last year. Litigation partners led the pack, but banking and finance partners were close behind.
6 minute read
May 27, 2003 |

In Camera

AG'S cash on the line as case nears settlement; an international manhunt ends -- but the extradition battle over an alleged copyright pirate has just begun; San Francisco resident sues PAWS over pit bull attack.
4 minute read
November 16, 2010 |

Chesco Judge of 25 Years Announces Early Retirement

Chester County Common Pleas Judge Thomas G. Gavin announced Tuesday that he will step down from the bench at the start of 2011, three years shy of the mandatory retirement age of 70, citing a desire to spend more time with his family and to pursue other interests.
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