• April 23, 2007 | Legal Times

    Keeping Score

    Landing LowellAfter a year of courtship, McDermott Will & Emery has sealed the deal with high-profile white-collar lawyer Abbe Lowell. Lowell, who has spent the pas

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  • February 28, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Ruling Highlights Chink in Armor of Litigation Funding

    While battling its insurers over funds to cover hurricane damage, Daytona Beach, Fla.-based hotelier Bray & Gillespie Management LLC consulted with Juridica Investments Ltd., which invests in l

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  • April 26, 2003 | National Law Journal

    In-House Counsel: A true survivor

    Name and title: Karen C. Scl senior vice president, general counsel and secretary Age: 51 'Big wheels keep on turnin': The wheel is a good metaphor for Karen C. Scl

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  • April 2, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Spike in M&A Litigation Could Derail That Big Deal

    Exxon Mobil Corp. had an inside track earlier this year when a Japanese energy company acquired 99 percent of its Tokyo-based subsidiary, called Exxon Mobil Yugen Kaisha. Exxon's advantage ca

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  • November 9, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The SAP-Oracle War Is Getting Expensive

    Soon after a copyright infringement trial between tech giant Oracle and German software maker SAP a target="new" href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/legal/showArticle.jhtml?articl

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  • January 25, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Obama's diverse bench

    For Asian-Americans eager to see more of their own serving as judges, the Clinton administration was a time of unprecedented success. Five people of Asian or Pacific descent were confirmed to

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  • October 31, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Pfizer Litigators Endure Beast of a Beauty Contest

    It was a cold day for a beauty contest. On a blustery morning last December, a small army of product liability lawyers tried not to slip on the ice as they made their way to the Plaza Hotel in

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  • May 14, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges will be relocating many of its back office staff to the MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn by the summer. Under the terms of a

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  • August 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    End of an Era

    The era was marked by mysterious envelopes. When opened, the official-looking documents inside informed the reader that, because he owned three shares of, say, Microsoft Corp. stock some years

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  • August 23, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Securities Complaint Borders on Absurd, Judge Rules

    On Friday U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan used harsh words to dismiss a putative class action accusing Magna International Inc. and current and former executives of committ

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