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January 04, 2010 |

Call In the Undertakers: Carving Apart the Remains of Canada's Bankrupt Nortel

Anatomy of a grueling deal marathon: How in-house lawyers and outside counsel from around the world dismantled Nortel Networks Corporation in one of the most global restructurings ever.
14 minute read
June 17, 2009 |

Insurers coming under law enforcement scrutiny for practices abroad

British authorities in January announced a record fine of $8.6 million against a division of U.S.-based Aon Corp., for failing to catch about $7 million in suspicious payments made to companies and individuals in six foreign countries. We asked Clifford Chance's Wendy Wysong, who served as the deputy assistant secretary for export enforcement at the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry & Security from 2005 to 2007, about what types of business put insurance firms in the crosshairs of law enforcement and how increased enforcement reflects a rising global campaign against corruption.
6 minute read
June 08, 2011 |

Analysis of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions: a First Test

In their Corporate and Securities Litigation column, Sarah S. Gold and Richard L. Spinogatti of Proskauer Rose discuss important developments that have applied the law expansively in favor of whistleblower employees: a decision construing the anti-retaliation provisions to cover those who provide information not only directly to the SEC, but also a host of other types of disclosures; and the release of the long-awaited final rules by the SEC.
10 minute read
May 03, 2013 |

The 'Rogue Employee' and Dogs That Eat Homework

Have you ever noticed, when companies become the focus of a compliance scandal, that one of the first instincts of the company spokesperson is to blame the bad act on the proverbial "rogue employee"?
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Not Afraid to Litigate--or Negotiate: Kirkland & Ellis
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Kirkland & Ellis partner William Pratt led the team that represented Discover in its landmark $2.75 billion settlement with Visa and MasterCard. We talked with him about the challenges to the litigation.

July 01, 2013 |

Big Deals

The largest recent European M&A deals and the law firms that worked on them.
6 minute read
May 03, 2010 |

Dealmaker: Douglas Campbell

'Project Swap' most complex transaction in broker's 27-year career
10 minute read
January 31, 2012 |

Microsoft's John Frank Examines E-Discovery's Impact on Global Ethics

Global corporate ethics are a largely untapped major market for e-discovery technology, Microsoft Deputy GC John Frank said in his keynote speech, the first at this year's LegalTech New York.
4 minute read
March 20, 2012 |

Eastern District Patent Suits

Patent suits filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas from March 9 to March 15 include cases brought by Adaptix Inc., ISwitch LLC, Landmark Technology LLC, Lone Star Document Management LLC, NovelPoint Security LLC, Powerline Innovations LLC, Soverain Software LLC and Smartphone Technologies LLC.
16 minute read
June 28, 2007 |

An A-List Firm Takes the Road Less Traveled

The American Lawyer's fifth annual A-List proves anew that breaking into the top tier of elite firms, and staying there, requires consistent effort, and that attaining a perfect score on any one measure -- revenue per lawyer, pro bono, associate satisfaction and diversity -- isn't enough to snag a place on the list. One firm that's an A-List perennial is Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. As that firm's experience illustrates, money alone won't buy a spot among the elite.
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