• September 21, 2017 | National Law Journal

    National Security Reviews of Cross-Border Deals Get Slower, Tougher

    The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an interagency group that reviews foreign investments for national security concerns and is chaired by the Treasury secretary is reviewing a record number of mergers and acquisitions involving foreign and U.S. companies.

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  • September 15, 2017 | Legaltech News

    Nixon Peabody's On-Site Incubator a Boost for LGBT Entrepreneurs

    Nixon Peabody has donated 2,300 square feet of its 16th floor San Francisco office and partnered with StartOut, a nonprofit LGBT business accelerator, to launch the StartOut Growth Lab.

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  • September 14, 2017 | The Recorder

    Nixon Peabody's On-Site Incubator a Boost for LGBT Entrepreneurs

    The firm has donated 2,300 square feet of its 16th floor San Francisco office and partnered with a nonprofit business accelerator to launch the StartOut Growth Lab.

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  • September 5, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Three Am Law 100 Firms Lift Off With Big Houston Rockets Sale

    Baker Botts, DLA Piper and White & Case are advising on the record-setting $2.2 billion sale of the National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets from former lawyer Leslie Alexander to casino and hospitality billionaire Tilman Fertitta.

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  • August 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    KPMG Settles SEC Auditing Charges for $6.2M

    International accounting firm KPMG agreed to a $6.2 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, regulators announced Tuesday.

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  • August 10, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    How Pharma Giant GSK Got Tough on Fixed Fees

    As Microsoft pushes to move nearly all its outside legal work away from the billable hour, GlaxoSmithKline puts its own alternative fee formula on display.

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  • August 9, 2017 |

    Jittery Firms Put On Brave Face as Microsoft Targets Billable Hour

    When David Howard, Microsoft's deputy general counsel for litigation, posted a blog on LinkedIn about his company's new plan for choosing, working…

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  • August 8, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Citibank Sues Polsinelli Partners Over $10M Novak Druce Loan

    Citibank is attempting to recoup more than $3.2 million from the defunct intellectual property boutique Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday against a pair of its former partners.

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  • August 8, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Jittery Firms Put On Brave Face as Microsoft Targets Billable Hour

    When it comes to moving aggressively to fixed fees, the firms on Microsoft's new "strategic partners" list may serve as canaries in the coal mine.

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  • TCR Sports v. WN Partner, 652044/14

    Publication Date: 2017-07-18
    Practice Area: Telecommunications | Civil Appeals
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Acosta, P.J., Richter, Andrias, Kahn, Gesmer, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For TCR Sports Broadcasting Holding, LLP, appellant-respondent/respondent: Thomas J. Hall of counsel, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, and Rachel W. Thorn, Alan Levine and Caroline Pignatelli of counsel, Cooley LLP, New York. For TCR Sports Broadcasting Holding, LLP, the Baltimore Orioles Baseball Club and the Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership, appellants-respondents/respondents: Carter G. Phillips of the bar of the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For the Baltimore Orioles Baseball Club and the Baltimore Orioles Limited Partnership, appellants-respondents/respondents: Benjamin R. Nagin, Eamon P. Joyce, Kwaku A. Akowuah and Tobias S. Loss-Eaton of counsel, Sidley Austin LLP, New York. For Washington Nationals Baseball Club, LLC, respondent-appellant/respondent: Stephen R. Neuwirth, Sanford I. Weisburst, Julia J. Peck and Cleland B. Welton II of counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York. For the Office of Commissioner of Baseball and the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, respondents-appellants: Paul Clement of the bar of the District of Columbia, admitted pro hac vice, Erin E. Murphy of the bar of the District of Columbia and the State of Virginia, admitted pro hac vice, and Michael H. McGinley of the bar of the District of Columbia, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, John J. Buckley, Jr. of counsel, Williams & Connolly, New York, and Jonathan D. Lupkin of counsel, Lupkin and Associates, New York. For E. Leo Milonas, amicus curiae: David G. Keyko of counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York. For Diamond Dealers Club, Inc., amicus curiae: Stephen L. Ascher, Irene M. Ten Cate and Jeremy H. Ershow of counsel, Jenner Block LLP, New York. For Kenneth R. Feinberg, amicus curiae: Lawrence I. Ginsburg, Jay R. Fialkoff and Robert B. McFarlane of counsel, Moses & Singer LLP, New York. For Robert S. Smith, amicus curiae: Robert S. Smith, Robert J. Lack and Nora Bojar of counsel, Friedman Kaplan Seiler and Adelman, New York.

    Case Number: 652044/14

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