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Six Am Law Firms Help Bring Big League Soccer to NYC
Doing their part to launch a surefire local rivalry for Major League Soccer's New Jersey–based New York Red Bulls, Akin Gump, DLA Piper, Herrick Feinstein, and Paul Hastings all landed roles on the $100 million deal announced this week to create the New York City Football Club. The new team, a joint venture between Major League Baseball's New York Yankees and the English Premier League's Manchester City F.C., could ultimately move into a $340 million stadium that MLS and its lawyers from Fried Frank and Proskauer Rose hope to see completed by 2016.Bankruptcy and Arbitration: Like Oil and Vinegar?
Debra A. Dandeneau, a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, writes that the overall arbitrability of bankruptcy issues is unpredictable, and recent case law highlights the tension between the policies underlying federal bankruptcy law and arbitration: bankruptcy courts attempt to apply the strong public policy in favor of arbitration, but recognize that such public policy must have its limits when bankruptcy principles are the predominant issue before the court.Gift giving ... Big Firm style
'TIS THE SEASON for Big Firm client gifts Yee haw Big Firms take the holidays as an occasion to send clients tokens of their gratitude for a calendar year's worth of paying exorbitant fees. These gifts are also a chance to show clients that their Firm is bigger, better and swankier than some of the other shops the client may be using.Internet Domain Name Body Inches Forward in Relaxing Contact Disclosure Requirements
Many owners of Internet addresses face this quandary: Provide your real contact information when you register a domain name and subject yourself to junk or harassment. Or enter fake data and risk losing it outright. Help may be on the way as a key task force last week endorsed a proposal that would give more privacy options to domain name owners. Hearings on the changes are expected next week before the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the main oversight agency for Internet addresses.New Top Lawyer of BCG Fulfilling Management Ambitions
"Good lawyers and good consultants do pretty much the same thing: We come up with creative solutions to problems," says Jeremy Barton, who was recently appointed general counsel at leading global management adviser Boston Consulting Group. So how does Barton, whose appointment at BCG was preceded by 10 years working in-house at Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young, see himself -- as a lawyer or a consultant? "I sometimes refer to myself as a legal business adviser," he says.The Federalism Revolution Continues: Supreme Court Bans Suits Against States Under the ADA
In February 2001, the Supreme Court decided Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett, which held that the 11th Amendment of the Constitution bars private lawsuits seeking damages from states under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Garrett is the latest in a line of cases dating to 1964 that have revitalized that amendment and radically altered the federal-state balance of power.A Buyer's Guide to Law Firm Software
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