• May 18, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Legality of Prejudgment Asset Freezes by Federal Bank Agencies

    Federal banking agencies have become quite aggressive in their efforts to pursue civil claims against the officers, directors or controlling shareholders of an insured bank. They will attempt

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  • February 27, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    The Growing Pains of an IP Practice

    When Morgan, Lewis & Bockius scooped up Dennis Mondolino's 35-lawyer patent boutique in 2001, it was supposed to be a feather in the cap for the firm and its intellectual property practice. The

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  • May 11, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Judge Rules Government Violated Speech Rights in AIDS Policy A federal judge has found that the U.S. government is violating the First Amendment rights of key partners in its in

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  • May 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    PACs With Punch

    When Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal hired Elliott Portnoy two years ago to build its new federal lobbying practice, one of his first tasks was to get the firm's attorneys to give more money

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  • August 4, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Reed Smith Said to Discuss Merger With Chicago Firm

    Reed Smith is currently engaged in serious merger discussions with 200-attorney Chicago-based Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon, according to several sources in the Windy City. Such an acquisi

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  • April 11, 2003 |

    Clifford Chance (U.K.)3011$6,36522 Allen & Overy (U.K.)29227,65111 Linklaters (U.K.)26342,58384 Allens Arthur Robinson (Australia)144122,740712 Freshfi

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  • June 1, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    The Rodent: All About Perks

    Nowadays, if you're an associate working at The Firm, you're probably enjoying a skyrocketing salary. You might even be making more money than your parents ever did, unless, of course, mom or

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  • June 15, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Associate Salary War Moves to Midwest

    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 mounting and the s

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  • June 7, 2004 | The Recorder

    Strange Bedfellows

    How do you stop a charging porn thief?Take away his credit card.That's what a Beverly Hills pornographer is aiming to do in filing a copyright and trademark suit against Visa I

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  • April 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Forum Shopper's Remorse

    Judge Juan Nuñez was getting up to leave the Holiday Inn conference room in Quito, Ecuador. It was June 5, 2009, and he was meeting with an American who wanted infor

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