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  • March 19, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    A RULING last week by a New York federal judge could put a damper on the growing number of lawsuits being brought by universities over patent and licensing rights.The decision, Univ

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  • July 19, 2004 | National Law Journal

    M&A deals double up for first half of current year

    The volume of U.S. mergers and acquisitions activity doubled in the first half of 2004, according to Thomson Financial, the business research and information group. The past six

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  • March 11, 2002 | Legal Times

    Did FTC Get Short End of the Stick?

    After an embarrassing false start in January, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice last week unveiled an agreement dividing up antitrust oversight by industry.But some

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  • May 29, 2001 |

    Gray Cary Formalizes Hand-Holding Process

    Silicon Valley law firm Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich is blazing new territory in ancillary consulting work, formalizing the hand-holding law firms do for their entrepreneurial clients thro

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  • January 13, 2006 | Alm

    Attorneys' Bonuses Increase With Profits

    Associates at several big law firms across the country welcomed the new year with hefty bonuses that were moderately higher than the year before, a reflection of the legal industry's recent pr

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  • November 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Thacher Proffitt Warns Associates of Looming Layoffs Thacher Proffitt & Wood yesterday informed around 50 associates that their futures at the firm were uncertain because of

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  • July 21, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Settling on a Suitor

    Q: I'm a partner at a one-office firm in a major metropolitan area. Over the last six months we have received three to five inquiries a month from large, multioffice national firms that

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  • November 18, 2002 | National Law Journal

    Baker & McKenzie Is No. 1

    If Baker & Mckenzie needs a motto, this one might do: We're not tourists.The firm's chairwoman, Christine Lagarde, explains from her home in Paris. "When a plumber crosses the bord

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  • August 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Dewey and LeBoeuf to Merge

    NEW YORK � Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae have agreed to merge, creating a firm of more than 1,300 lawyers.Expected to become effective by October, subject to

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  • December 5, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    U.S. Securities Laws Meet Cross-Border M&A

    Because of the size and liquidity of the U.S. capital markets, many non-U.S. companies whose shares are traded principally outside the U.S. nonetheless also have shares traded in the U.S. or o

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