• January 26, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Merger Surge

    Powerhouse New York law firms were at the center of the action as mergers and acquisitions activity surged last year. More than half of the 25 firms on Thomson Financial's annual list

    1 minute read

  • July 5, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    ALM sold to Incisive Media

    ALM, publisher of The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal and 30 other national and regional publications, will be sold to London-based Incisive Media for $630

    1 minute read

  • December 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Showstopper

    It was a tiny, inconsequential blip in the Bank of America Corporation legal saga. On October 13 the bank’s lawyers at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and staff lawyers for

    1 minute read

  • July 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Citing Presumption Of Innocence, Court Boosts Indicted Firm

    A New York judge has given a boost to Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman by appointing the embattled law firm co-lead counsel in a consolidated suit over stock-option backdating. One

    1 minute read

  • April 15, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    INDUSTRY UPDATE: Airline Turbulence

    The reports below were originally published on April 14; portions were updated and clarified on April 15.The aviation industry's got its share of troubles these days, stemming from re

    1 minute read

  • 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

    1 minute read

  • January 2, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Don't Bet Against the Web

    Lawyers are trained to think of their knowledge and work as proprietary. But that flies in the face of the Web's "open source" culture. When a group of lawyers, and one economist,

    1 minute read

  • June 18, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Determining Breach of Duty on Fees Charged by Investment Advisers

    Investment advisers have a "fiduciary duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for services" pursuant to §36(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. In the absence of a

    1 minute read

  • March 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

    The Decade's Most Influential Lawyers

    These are the lawyers who've defined a decade. For our annual Most Influential Lawyers special report, the editors of The National Law Journal have selected 40 attorney

    1 minute read

  • July 15, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Accolades

    A partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf and a legal services organization were among 17 recipients of the New York City Neighborhood Achievement Awards Tuesday. Established in 2002, the awards recognize e

    1 minute read