• August 14, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Organizations May Be Liable for Child Sexual Abuse, Court Says

    A school or other organization that acts in place of a child's parents can be liable in tort when an employee commits child sexual abuse, the state Supreme Court ruled last Tuesday. Th

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  • May 8, 2006 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCODLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has added Wesley Skow as a partner in the real estate practice group. Skow, who was formerly with Latham & Watkins, wi

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  • December 6, 2004 | Legal Times

    Shining a Light in the Dark

    Ron Plesser died in the ring, the victim of a heart attack at Dulles Airport on Nov. 18 as he prepared to board a plane to Paris to deliver a speech on information policy. He wou

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  • June 13, 2005 | The Recorder

    Summer Associate Hiring Heats Up

    Chart: Summer Classes Up at Many California FirmsSilicon Valley partners are having a

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  • September 25, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

    2008 Ineligible List

    Attorney Ineligibility Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2(a) SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2, the Trustees

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  • July 27, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Nixon Peabody Loses Two More Partners Following months of partner departures in New York, Nixon Peabody saw another two leave yesterday for Littler Mendelson, including

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  • February 7, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Hogan, Paul Weiss, Akin, Counsel $1 Billion Chemical Producer Buy Tata Chemical Limited, part of the global company Tata Group, has purchased the soda ash business of New Jersey

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  • January 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Obstacle Course

    Last November, Sharon Nelles was trying very hard not to think about cookies. The Sullivan & Cromwell partner was about to begin trial in a massive antitrust suit in Des Moines against her

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  • September 1, 2005 | The Recorder

    Mmmmmmm, Chocolate

    Imagine landing Willy Wonka as a client.While Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe attorneys didn't see any Oompa Loompas or glide down a chocolate river, they had fun representin

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  • October 8, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Australian Firms Building Bridges to China, via London

    In the summer of 2008, Peter Martyr, chief executive of London's Norton Rose, was pondering his firm's next big move. In the p

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