• July 31, 2012 | National Law Journal

    D.C. Panel Upsets 12-Year Ban of Purdue Pharma Executives

    In a split decision on July 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overturned part of the penalty against former senior officials of Purdue Pharma. The three judge panel in a

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  • January 11, 2013 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCO Hanson Bridgett has promoted Christine Hiler to senior counsel. Hiler, a member of the insurance recovery section, represents polic

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  • September 30, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Cravath, Sidley Austin Represent Parties in Beauty Products Deal Consumer products maker Unilever NV has agreed to buy Alberto Culver Co., the U.S. maker of beauty produ

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  • June 1, 2012 | International

    Reaching Outbound

    U.S. law firms are struggling to represent Chinese companies on outbound investments as the world's second-largest economy continues to expand. Even though the number of American lawyers in C

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  • April 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Subprime's Silver Lining

    Like beetles in springtime, bankruptcy lawyers thrive on decay. And if 2006 and early 2007 were times of relative famine, a feast has officially begun. Business bankruptcy filings shot up more

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  • July 27, 2007 | Legal Times

    In a Time of Transition, Mayer Brown Looks to Its Trio of Leaders

    Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is somewhere between the West of its youth and the East of its future. To the west is Chicago, the firm's founding city, where a powerful vanguard resides. That

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  • April 1, 2012 | Legaltech News

    Star Struck

    The use of video conferencing in law firms has grown by 8% since 2009, according to the 2011 technology survey from the International Legal Technology Association. There's little doubt that i

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  • March 17, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Microsoft Deputy GC Discusses Yahoo Deal, Chinese Hackers

    In Washington and the world, the range of issues that interest Microsoft Corp. is huge. Pamela Passman, Microsof

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  • September 20, 2004 | Legal Times

    Supreme Court Ponders Religion's Place

    Meeting for the first time since it recessed in June, the Supreme Court convenes in a closed conference Sept. 27 to consider more than 1,900 new cases that have piled up on its doorstep

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  • December 14, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    DISTINCTIONS HIRSCHHORN & BIEBER (Coral Gables, Fla.): Brian Bieber, a name partner, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Nat

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