• November 27, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Did the VA Security Leak Lead to the GC's Departure?

    One of the biggest data breaches yet may have cost a GC his job. In May a computer belonging to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that contained 26.5 million personal records was stolen. Afte

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  • June 8, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Associate salary war moves to mid-U.S.

    The associate salary war has spread from the coasts to the middle of the United States, with law firms boosting starting pay to stay competitive in a legal market where demand is mountin

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  • October 19, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    Ready, Set, Delay: Most BigTex Firms Push Back Start Dates

    First-year associates usually begin their full-time careers at BigTex firms as fall begins. They put on their best suits and report to work after they take the Texas Bar Examination and then perhap

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  • February 21, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Skeleton crew

    COMPANY PROFILE Zimmer Holdings Inc. designs and markets more than 100,000 orthopedic products and, according to General Counsel Chad Phipps, "we all h

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  • October 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The Global 100 2010: Sound as a Pound

    Three years ago, the sterling was ascendant, London threatened New York's dominance in the ever-buoyant capital markets, and British firms were soaring up our charts. The cover story

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  • May 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    Berkshire Hathaway / Lubrizol Warren Buffett has returned to the M&A market. The Omaha b illionaire's investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ag

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  • June 26, 2009 | National Law Journal

    A legacy of litigation survives the King of Pop

    LOS ANGELES — When pop legend Michael Jackson died on June 25, he left behind multiple lawsuits that are pending against, and some brought on behalf of, himself and his production c

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  • February 25, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Michelle R. Brown, Charles T. Haag and Steven D. Stennett have been named partners in Jones Day in Dallas, and Ruthie Nelson White has been named a par

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  • May 7, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . The following have been named partners in Gardere Wynne Sewell: in Dallas: R. Craig Baker, real estate; Steven S. Camp, banking; Michael P. Cooley, bankruptcy

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  • April 27, 2009 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    NEW ARRIVALS Covington & Burling (Washington): Deborah Garza joins the firm as co-chairwoman of the antitrust and competition law pract

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