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Is the Magic Circle Becoming the Tragic Circle?
From 1998 through 2001, U.K.-headquartered law firms had astonishingly high growth rates. The last three years have been less kind, and firms are trying to hold on to these gains by the skin of their teeth. The largest and most lucrative mergers and acquisitions deals in Europe are being cherry-picked by U.S. firms, and Europe has seen neither a rise in U.S.-style litigation nor the volume of corporate meltdowns handled by their American counterparts. Partha Bose analyzes who will survive -- and how.After months of cutting quiet deals with banks in the high-stakes Manhattan state court litigation challenging its 2009 restructuring, MBIA Inc. reached a major settlement with Morgan Stanley on Tuesday. But for some of MBIA's Wall Street adversaries, the notion that MBIA had to rely on a loan to fund part of the settlement vindicates their claims that the insurer's restructuring was a fraud.
THE A-LIST 2011 Upheaval in the Ranks
None of the firms on last year's A-List returned to the same spot this year. Whether it was a result of a firm's spike in its associate satisfaction score, or a drop in its revenue per lawyer, the 2011 A-List was all about volatility.Cite as: Matter of OxyContin II, 700000/07, NYLJ 1202472518491, at *1 (App. Div. 2nd, Decided September 21, 2010)Before: Prudenti, P.J., Fisher, Roman, Sgroi, J
Valley Firms Top Equity Deals List
A financial news service has been counting up the private equity and venture capital deals, and is reporting who scored big last year.State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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