Filter This View

  • February 9, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Manhattan Democrats Appeal Convention Ruling Lawyers for the Democratic Party in Manhattan have appealed Eastern District Judge John Gleeson's recent ruling enjoining the

    1 minute read

  • May 10, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Top firms reduce head counts for first time in five years

    After five consecutive years of increasing their ranks - and regarding layoffs as anathema - major law firms abruptly changed course in 2009, blanketing their work force with pink slips. Faci

    1 minute read

  • May 18, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Patent and Trademark Law

    Change is coming. Significant change. Congress has been working behind the scenes for quite some time to revamp the U.S. patent system in ways that would provide greater harmony with the inter

    1 minute read

  • April 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Attorneys Brace for Retirement

    After William Bailey Jr. joined his law firm in 1960, he came to favor a mandatory retirement policy as a way to keep fresh blood pumping through the Wilmington, Del., office.Four deca

    1 minute read

  • September 15, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Products friendly to clients prevail

    Kmart corp.'s request for a proposal (RFP) for a new national labor counsel was just a little different from anything Foley & Lardner's chief information officer, Douglas Caddell, had se

    1 minute read

  • July 23, 2012 | National Law Journal

    At big firms, equity gender gap continues

    Virtually every firm claims that it is committed to helping women succeed. And they all seem to offer an array of women's programs — affinity groups, business-development training and wo

    1 minute read

  • April 18, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Sidley, Milbank Lead on SXC's $4.4 Billion Catalyst Buy

    Pharmacy-benefits manager SXC Health Solutions has agreed to pay $4.4 billion to acquire rival Catalyst Health Solutions, in a deal that means more consolidation in the health care ind

    1 minute read

  • August 27, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Publico

    Most people I know who have tried to adopt a child have had more than their share of frustration and disappointment. A mountain of bureaucratic red tape often leads to delays that last for yea

    1 minute read

  • May 6, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Escort Case, Gets No Jail Time More than two years after being accused of operating a Manhattan-based prostitution

    1 minute read

  • April 13, 2009 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    NEW PRACTICE GROUP Nixon Peabody: Dan Offner, a partner in the Los Angeles office, has been appointed to lead the firm's new intellectual p

    1 minute read