• February 6, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Drill we must

    COMPANY PROFILE One of the most active drillers of natu s wells in the United States, Chesapeake Energy Corp. is the country's second-largest producer of natu

    1 minute read

  • March 7, 2003 |

    Localized Pain

    It wasn't exactly a French mob storming the Bastille, but when journalists working for bankrupt Bridge Information Systems Inc. crashed the company's first creditors' meeting in Paris, they, t

    1 minute read

  • December 11, 2001 | The Recorder

    Unhappy Hunting

    Not so long ago, when the nation was awash in optimism and initial public offerings, it was hard to tell who was having the better year: the law firms or the talent brokers that sup

    1 minute read

  • June 2, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    When It Comes to Diversity, Is There a Firm Plan?

    Increasingly, corporate clients seek working relationships with firms that value diversity. That focus requires firms to acknowledge that while great strides have been made, firms are not dive

    1 minute read

  • April 15, 2008 | National Law Journal

    More Top Law Grads at Top Firms

    A bigger percentage of students graduating from top law schools in 2007 took jobs at NLJ 250 law firms than those graduating in 2006. Columbia Law School landed in the No. 1 spot agai

    1 minute read

  • November 14, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Fulbright-Norton Rose Merger to Create 3,800-Lawyer Firm

    Fulbright & Jaworski and U.K.-based Norton Rose are to combine next summer, creating a glo

    1 minute read

  • July 6, 2011 | The Recorder

    Douglas Solomon

    NetSuite Inc. is a company that puts business software in the cloud for businesses of all sizes, including recently signed customers Qualcomm Inc. and Groupon Inc. (For anyone living under a rock,

    1 minute read

  • May 2, 2013 | The Recorder

    Yelp GC Isn't Your Typical Corporate Lawyer

    San Francisco's Yelp Inc. has so far been a typical Silicon Valley success story. Founded in 2004 by members of the so-called PayPal Mafia, the company has made its investors and employees a

    1 minute read

  • June 18, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Rule barring nonlawyers from investing was key

    When a rich and powerful law firm like Dewey & LeBoeuf collapses, the inevitable post-mortem focuses on the particular events that led to the firm's downfall. We are told that the firm fo

    1 minute read

  • December 17, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Cravath M&A Partner Jebejian Jumps to Kirkland

    Mergers and acquisitions specialist Sarkis Jebejian became one of the few Cravath, Swaine & Moore partners to make a lateral move out of the firm when he joined Kirkland & Ellis's New

    1 minute read