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  • May 17, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Justices Rule in Whistleblower, Police Search Cases

    The U.S. Supreme Court made a dent in its 46-case backlog with three decisions on Monday, including one that is a major win for government contractors and another that makes it easier for police to

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  • June 1, 2004 |

    Go Fish

    It's already the longest Markman hearing on record, and it's only half over. On and off for nearly a year, a federal judge in San Diego has been listening to testimony about a group of patents

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  • January 3, 2007 | Alm

    Senior Lawyers Still Billing After Many Years

    At age 70, Morrison & Foerster partner Melvin Goldman is still vigorously defending clients in securities cases. "The idea of peaking in your practice and then tailing off as you g

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  • August 21, 2006 | Legal Times

    Law Firm Cash Being Given With Eye to '08 Elections

    If contributions from law firms are any bellwether of overall fund-raising patterns, then it looks like Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) will march toward the Democratic nomination in the 2

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  • November 19, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Court Rules Class Can Seek to Recover Funds in Philippine Abuse Case

    Despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision reaching the opposite result in a similar case, a state judge in Manhattan has ruled that a 10,000-member class can seek to recover $35 million located in New

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  • July 31, 2006 | The Recorder

    Employers' Counsel See 'Comprehensive' Results Against Union Tactic

    When O'Melveny & Myers partners Robert Welsh and F. Curt Kirschner won more than $17 million for a chain of hospitals this month, it marked their first jury verdict in what they say is a growin

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  • September 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Coudert Files for Bankruptcy Protection Defunct law firm Coudert Brothers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In a petition filed Friday in Southern District

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  • August 26, 2002 | The Recorder

    Second City Players

    Chicago law firms have been ambling into the Bay Area in greater numbers in recent years, capitalizing on solid, recession-proof practice areas that are allowing them to boost their lawy

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  • April 6, 2009 | National Law Journal

    THE APPELLATE HOT LIST

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD Twenty-five high-profile victories marked a successful 2008 for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. The firm's long-establ

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  • October 3, 2005 | Legal Times

    Awaiting Roberts' New Rules

    When Earl Warren arrived at the Supreme Court to be sworn in as chief justice in October 1953, he donned a hastily borrowed robe. It belonged to a taller man, and as Warren walked toward

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