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May 02, 2005 |

Extreme Takeover

At key moments in what would be the longest merger fight in U.S. history, PeopleSoft and its lawyers fought among themselves about as much as they jousted with Oracle. PeopleSoft waived privilege to make a point with a Delaware judge and then sat back while a new counsel blunted its effect. It campaigned for DOJ intervention, but watched in horror as one of the toughest judges in the West presided over the antitrust suit. The battle became the latest example of the wrenching choices faced by merger targets.
39 minute read
May 01, 2005 |

Extreme Takeover

39 minute read
August 01, 2009 |

Associates Survey 2009 - Firms from L to Z

96 minute read
August 25, 2005 |

Fund Manager Sues Wireless Provider

Wireless service provider Motient Corp. has been slapped with two investor lawsuits that accuse the company's board of directors and leading executives of using their positions to line their pockets at the expense of Motient shareholders. The lawsuits, brought by Dallas fund manager Highland Capital Management LP, aim to force Motient to return $90 million from a $391 million private placement and could result in Highland taking control of the struggling Lincolnshire, Ill.-based company.
4 minute read
July 01, 1999 |

The Producer

If litigation is theater and lead trial lawyers are the stars, then in-house counsel produce, direct, and cast the play. Their art lies in putting together the right elements and creating the right relationship between in-house and outside lawyers. Three of Corporate America's recent megawins show the variety of scripts they might adopt.
12 minute read
July 01, 1999 |

The Producers

If litigation is theater and lead trial lawyers are the stars, then in-house counsel produce, direct, and cast the play. Their art lies in putting together the right elements and creating the right relationship between in-house and outside lawyers. Three of corporate America's recent mega-wins show the variety of scripts they might adopt.
12 minute read
August 25, 2005 |

Fund Manager Sues Wireless Provider

Wireless service provider Motient Corp. has been slapped with two investor lawsuits that accuse the company's board of directors and leading executives of using their positions to line their pockets at the expense of Motient shareholders. The lawsuits, brought by Dallas fund manager Highland Capital Management LP, aim to force Motient to return $90 million from a $391 million private placement and could result in Highland taking control of the struggling Lincolnshire, Ill.-based company.
4 minute read
June 28, 1999 |

Mr. Cough-It Up

"Chainsaw" Albert Dunlap - a CEO noted for quick turnarounds of troubled companies - took another bite out of Sunbeam Corp. when the small-appliance manufacturer was ordered to advance $1.4 million in legal fees to its fired chairman and ousted vice chairman Russell Kersh. Dunlap and Kersh are the targets of lawsuits by investors who claim they were misled by false earnings reports. The two sued Sunbeam in March, claiming the company was bound by its bylaws to advance the legal payments.
4 minute read
January 01, 2010 |

Big Suits

AMD v. Intel; City of New York v. Exxon Mobil; SEC v. J.P. Morgan Securities; Young v. Verizon et al.
10 minute read
May 04, 2000 |

Part-time Work, Full-time Lives

In a profession that prizes workoholics, a handful of attorneys carve a comfy niche for themselves in customized work arrangements with their firms. Not surprisingly, a lot of them are working moms. How do the economics pan out for their firms, and can lawyers really free themselves from the "tyranny of the billable hour"?
9 minute read

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