• January 1, 2013 | International

    Big Deals

    The largest recent transactions, all worth at least $500 million, involving targets or acquirors from each of six Asian jurisdictions or regions: Greater China, Japan, Southeast A

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  • December 12, 2005 | National Law Journal

    In Brief

    Bingham McCutchen to acquire Swidler Berlin Bingham McCutchen plans to acquire ailing Washington law firm Swidler Berlin by the beginning of next year, a Bingham spokesman

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  • November 18, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Skadden, Wachtell Represent $4.3 Billion Shale Gas Transaction Seeking to expand its resources in shale gas, Chevron Corporation has a definitive agreem

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  • February 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals and Suits

    Welsh, Carson Thoma CresseySelect Medical Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe can't get enough of Select Medical Corporation. Seven years ago Welsh, Carson and another private

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  • January 26, 2007 | Alm

    Skadden Arps Follows Simpson Thatcher, Bumps Associate Pay to $160,000

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom said Wednesday it would increase its associate salaries to $160,000, following in the footsteps of New York-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

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  • November 24, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Branch offices

    Adams and Reese: New Orleans (107); Birmingham, Ala. (51); Houston (38); Baton Rouge, La. (26); Jackson, Miss. (22); Mobile, Ala. (12); Washington (4)Akerman Senterfitt: Miami (145); O

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  • January 2, 2012 | National Law Journal

    PRO BONO HOTLIST

    Esther Lardent didn't mince words. The pro bono situation — and access to justice for the poor — is "hideous," Lardent, president of the Pro Bono Institute,

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  • May 1, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    10 Firms Hit $2 Million Mark in Partner Profits

    The rich mostly got richer in 2005, as more of the top law firms charted in the AmLaw 100 survey pushed past the $1 million and $2 million marks in terms of profits per partner. A whop

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  • November 30, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Companies Under Fire Often Decide to Settle to End Problems Quickly

    By all accounts, insurance broker Marsh & McLennan seems intent on settling Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's allegations of bid-rigging.The attorney general has accused the company

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  • February 19, 2004 | The Recorder

    Latham Partner Revels in Renovis Initial Public Offering

    The Feb. 4 initial public offering of Renovis Inc. marked the end of a long dry spell for Latham & Watkins partner Alan Mendelson.One of the first companies to stage

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