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The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

Posted on August 04, 2010
Jones Day bulks up its Southern California offices; Hinshaw & Culbertson adds three partners in Boston; and Sidley Austin welcomes a former acting chief counsel of the FDA. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to thechurn@alm...

The Careerist: Negotiation 101

Posted on August 04, 2010
There's lots of advice out there about the art of negotiation; most of it is focused on the verbal give-and-take. But body language is just as critical.

California Ban on Gay Marriage Overturned

Posted on August 04, 2010
A federal judge has struck down a California ban on same-sex marriages ruling that the state constitutional amendment violates both the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution.

Every Firm In D.C. Works on Intel Settlement*

Posted on August 04, 2010
*Ok, not every firm. But lots of them.

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Cravath Not Out of the Airgas Woods

Posted on August 04, 2010
A judge ruled that a former client's suit against the firm can proceed.

Linklaters, Slaughter and May Advise as Santander Buys RBS Branches

Posted on August 04, 2010
The Magic Circle firms help put together a bank deal worth $2.6 billion.

In Rare Move, Milbank Snags Five Latham Partners

Posted on August 04, 2010
The group includes the former cochair of Latham's banking practice.

Tribune Report (Mostly) Vindicates Brown Rudnick

Posted on August 03, 2010
The firm is off the hook for what critics said were intentional violations of various court orders.

The Lateral: Charles Glerum's Didactic Dalliance

Posted on August 03, 2010
After 27 years as a bankruptcy lawyer at Choate Hall & Stewart, Charles Glerum decided to "retire" into a teaching job at a Boston-area Catholic high school. After three years, he's back in the legal sector with a partnership at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge and a new appreciation for the rigors of the education field...

Who's Getting the Work on the Sanofi-Genzyme Talks?

Posted on August 03, 2010
Some familiar names, it turns out.

Don't Mess with Patty Glaser

Posted on August 03, 2010
A top video game industry executive is learning the hard way that a fee dispute with a leading Hollywood litigator is much more rough and tumble than anything he might create for the console.

Osler, Blake Cassels Hash Out $7.1B Canadian Gold Deal

Posted on August 03, 2010
Toronto-based gold miner Kinross Gold Corporation will bolster its bullion production with an all-share purchase of fellow Canadian firm Red Back Mining Inc.

The Careerist: Boies Schiller Likes Them Combative (But Not Obnoxious)

Posted on August 03, 2010
In the latest installment of our series of hiring partner interviews, we talk with attorney Alan Vickery at powerhouse litigation firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner. Vickery says the firm prizes lawyers who can stake out a position and defend it.

Latham Takes Baton from S&C in Botched Death Penalty Case

Posted on August 03, 2010
Will S&C's mail room snafu cost a death row inmate his chance to appeal?

Judge to Nixon Peabody: Easy on the Billing, Okay?

Posted on August 03, 2010
And kindly remove $440,000 from your fee request.

Eugene R. Anderson, Founder of Anderson Kill Olick, Dies at 82

Posted on August 02, 2010
Anderson was considered a leader in insurance coverage law. He died Friday at New York Presbyterian Hospital due to complications from pneumonia.

Gibson Dunn Opens in Hong Kong with Focus on Litigation

Posted on August 02, 2010
The decision to open in Hong Kong--with a compliance-litigation attorney from GE and a Gibson partner from Palo Alto--reflects the growing belief among international firms that litigation groups in Asia are set to take off.

Paul Hastings Expands Chicago Office with Greenberg, Katten Hires

Posted on August 02, 2010
Nine attorneys--five from Greenberg Traurig and four from Katten Muchin--have joined the corporate practice in Paul Hastings's Chicago office, expanding the firm's private equity capabilities. The hires bring the total attorney headcount in the three-and-a-half-year-old office to 57.

Foley & Lardner Lands Demon, "Kick-Ass" Angels in "Spawn" Copyright Suit

Posted on August 02, 2010
The firm helps a co-creator of Spawn comic book characters successfully claim part-ownership of a medieval demon and a pair of "kick-ass warrior angels."

Covington, Williams & Connolly on Newsweek Sale

Posted on August 02, 2010
And it went pretty cheap.

The Careerist: Finally, a Summer Break

Posted on August 02, 2010
Some happy news on the jobs and money front.

Weil, Cleary Also Projecting Larger Summer Classes

Posted on August 02, 2010
More good news for rising 2Ls. Those who summered in, say, 2008 might feel a bit differently.

Wiley Rein Leads Fight Against Texas Affirmative Action Policy

Posted on August 02, 2010
O'Melveny and Drinker also are on what promises to be one of the more interesting appellate cases of the year.

The Careerist: What the Shoes Say

Posted on August 01, 2010
Do women professionals risk losing credibility and respect by exposing their toes in the office?

The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

Posted on August 01, 2010
Three firms would agree that good things come in threes, as Dewey sees three patent litigators move to Kaye Scholer; Sheppard Mullin adds three labor and employment partners; and Barnes & Thornburg's Atlanta office expands by three. Plus: A Patterson Belknap cochair returns after a stint with the Justice Department...

Dealmaker of the Week: L. Steven Leshin of Hunton & Williams

Posted on July 30, 2010
The corporate partner steered his longtime client AmeriCredit, a subprime auto lender, in its $3.8 billion sale to General Motors.

Signs Of Hope For Summer 2011?

Posted on July 30, 2010
The glory days are gone, but early signs point to a revival--a big one in some places--for rising 2Ls.

Baker & McKenzie to Pay $6.65 Million to Coudert Bros. Estate

Posted on July 30, 2010
Baker & McKenzie has agreed to pay $6.65 million to compensate the bankruptcy estate of Coudert Brothers for profits Baker earned from unfinished business that partners took with them when they left the defunct Coudert firm, according to Am Law Daily sibling publication the New York Law Journal...

Pro Bono 2010: K&L Gates, Shearman & Sterling Turn on Water Works

Posted on July 30, 2010
K&L Gates and Shearman & Sterling are two of a number of Am Law 100 firms who have committed bodies and hours over the past year to pro bono work on cases dedicated to improving and protecting the quality of the world's water supply.

Litigator of the Week: E. Joshua Rosenkranz of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Posted on July 30, 2010
The phrase "bet-the-company case" gets thrown around a lot. But when Rosenkranz took over MGA's appeal of a sweeping injunction that turned over its billion-dollar Bratz doll franchise to Mattel, he truly did save his client from corporate extinction...

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