• September 16, 2004 | The Recorder

    Skadden, Arps and Pillsbury Winthrop Deliver Same-Day Service

    What late-summer doldrums?Lawyers working on Headwaters Inc.'s $715 million cash purchase of Tapco Holdings Inc. hustled to close the deal the same day it was signed."You usual

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  • January 22, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Hearing Set on Judicial Nominating Panel Process The state Senate Judiciary Committee and its new Democratic chairman, John L. Sampson of Brooklyn, will hol

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  • April 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Hedged Bets

    When Barry Barbash started working on hedge funds 25 years ago, he wasn't exactly facing stiff competition for the work. "The general rule of thumb was that the lowest person on the totem pole

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  • October 8, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Freshfields' Restructuring Marks a Break With the Past

    In July, London's Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer faced an unwelcome milestone in its 264-year history: getting sued by a former partner, for the first time ever. In an employment claim, Peter Bloxh

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  • May 20, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Chicago Firms Grow New York Offices As Stepping Stone to Super-Firm Status

    Chicago firms' New York offices have built some of the strongest litigation groups around, and they have made substantial inroads in transactional practices like bank finance, corporate debt and st

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  • February 17, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Clifford Chance Bankruptcy Group Moves to Kaye Scholer The five partners in Clifford Chance's New York bankruptcy group have joined Kaye Scholer. Led by Margot Schonholtz

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  • March 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    ICE / NYSEInterContinentalExchange Inc. is hoping that a friendly deal to acquire NYSE Euronext achieves what a hostile bid could not. ICE agreed on Dece

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  • March 22, 2000 |

    Where The Action Is

    Wondering what practice area will be sizzling not only when you graduate from law school but for the rest of your career? We checked in with practitioners in various fields to see where they though

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  • October 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    New Business

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  • June 1, 2004 |

    Tapping Big-Firm Talent Breaking the Marriage Barrier

    red truck flying American flags slowly circled San Francisco City Hall, passing a long line of same-sex couples waiting to get married. "Stop the Insanity"-"Shame on America"-"Marriage Is One

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