• September 8, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Firms cover themselves with 'covered bonds'

    Law firms, many eager to rejuvenate finance practices slowed by the nation's credit crunch, are touting their expertise in "covered bonds," a venerable financing tool in

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  • September 19, 2005 | Legal Times

    On the Record with Walter Bardenwerper

    Walter Bardenwerper is vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Watson Wyatt, a global human capital and finan

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  • June 27, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Reputation and recruitment

    Recruiting the country's top talent can be competitive enough among even the most esteemed of law firms looking to fill entry-level and lateral slots. But for firms that find themselves

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  • July 27, 2010 | The Recorder

    Sexual Harassment Trial Pits Paralegal Against Oakland Lawyer

    SAN FRANCISCO — In April 2006, Oakland lawyer Thomas Ostly was chatting via instant messages with a paralegal in his office. "How do you record these i.m.s?" she asked hi

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  • November 14, 2011 | International

    What Will Be the Legal Fallout for Olympus?

    CORRECTION: 11/15/2011, 12:13 p.m. The original version of this story stated that the former head of Japanese Internet portal Livedoor received a suspended sentence. I

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  • February 17, 2009 | The Recorder

    Pot Lawyers Walk Fine Line

    Joshua Hedlund will soon be sentenced for his connections to an indoor marijuana farm in Berkeley, Calif., where police found more than 5,000 plants. Years before

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  • November 15, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS. . . The following have joined the Dallas office of Baker & McKenzie in the oil and gas practice: Barry F. Cannady and William V. "Vince" Murchison, partners; and Mar

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  • June 2, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Google growth

    Name and title: David Drummond, general counsel and vice president for corporate development age: 40 starting from scratch: According to company lore, "Google" is a pla

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  • February 12, 2007 | The Recorder

    The List: New Partners in California 2007

    Peter AckermanDuane MorrisBoston University School of Law, 1984Simon AdamsReed SmithLondon's College of Law, 1996Aaron AgenbroadJones D

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  • May 10, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS. . . Troy A. Glander has become a shareholder in San Antonio's Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza. He practices business litigation. . . . Craig J. Ledet, who practices

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