• December 20, 2007 | Legal Times

    DOJ Revs Up Export Prosecutions of Individuals, Companies

    For defense contractors and arms exporters, 2007 is the year the feds turned up the heat.Government agencies report a record number of criminal investigations and prosecutions of individ

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  • May 25, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Judge Challenges VoiceStream on Resale Policy

    The federal requirement that restrictions on the resale of communications services be reasonable has led a judge in the Southern District of New York to deny VoiceStream Wireless Corp.'s reque

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  • March 2, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Portrait of a New Partner

    Piece together the observable components of Atlanta's typical new partner, and you get someone a lot like Sutherland Asbill & Brennan's Avital "Avi" Stadler.Granted, some new partners ma

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  • January 26, 2010 | The Recorder

    Smart-Phone Rivals Fight With Patent Suits

    SAN FRANCISCO — The latest hot spot for patent litigation is in your pocket. Smart-phone makers like Apple Inc. and Research in Motion are the target of a recent volley of patent i

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  • August 14, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Firms start mad dash for fresh talent

    IT'S A SCARY PROSPECT, meeting with partners at a big firm about a job. But, as one law student who landed a summer position at Latham & Watkins quickly realized, the preinterview jitters

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  • March 4, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Jenkens & Gilchrist In New York Joins Troutman Firm

    Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders has acquired the 91-lawyer New York office of Dallas' Jenkens & Gilchrist. The acquisition is a bold move for Troutman Sanders, which has about 600 l

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  • April 30, 2004 | Legal Times

    After Wilmer-Hale Merger, Who's Next?

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering's merger with Boston's Hale and Dorr has lawyers buzzing about the possibility of a string of similar unions involving D.C. firms.Law firm managers and consulta

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  • August 23, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Lawyers Learn From HomeBanc's Demise

    Even though a bankruptcy judge in Delaware this week saved them from financial ruin, real estate closing attorneys said they learned a powerful lesson from the collapse of HomeBanc Corp. -- never a

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  • October 18, 2004 | Daily Report Online

    The Battle to End Free Music

    There's a Jefferson Starship song from 1970 where Paul Kantner imparts his vision of a space colony Utopia. "Free music, the day is on its way," he intones on a Jerry Garcia-meets-Robert Hein

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  • January 13, 2003 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    OCEAN-GOING ATTORNEY CAN'T KEEP CASE AFLOATAfter joining the Marin Yacht Club in San Rafael in 1981, now-retired lawyer John Ford registered several complaints over the years.

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