• November 10, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    $50 Million Settlement Reached in MetLife Suit

    MetLife agreed last week to pay $50 million to settle a class action claim that it had defrauded 8.6 million policy holders when it converted from a mutual company in 2000 to one that is publicly t

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  • December 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Gray Matters

    Getting old has never been so good. If you're healthy and productive and eager to keep working, there's a law firm out there that wants you. Need work/life balance? No problem. Fancy setting y

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  • February 6, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Lawyers on Major TransactionsCBD Gets Broadwing's Number With Aid from Cravath, Latham In a deal valued at about $345 million, Cincinnati-based communications company Broadwin

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  • October 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Nortel Patent Auction The fight for smartphone supremacy led to a furious bidding war for the patents and patent applications of Nortel Networks Corporation this spring. The Canadian telec

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  • February 3, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Cleary Gottlieb, Cravath Represent $7.1 Billion Acquisition of Coal Supplier Alpha Natural Resources will acquire coal producer Massey Energy Company in a deal valued at

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  • December 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    On the Job: Moves

    It's Playtime Six Flags Entertainment Corp. has been on something of a roller coaster over the past couple of years. But since emerg

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  • December 21, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    Practice By Practice: 2009's Substantive Law Developments

    BANKRUPTCY LAW: Section 363 Sales by Joseph J. Wielebinski and Lee J. Pannier Looking back on the economic trai

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  • May 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Paralegal salaries on the rise

    Paralegals' total pay jumped to nearly $60,000 this year and their hourly billing rates increased to $160, according to a new nationwide survey. Their total compensation package increase

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  • December 22, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Privilege takes center stage as WaMu bankruptcy heats up

    Lawyers for Washington Mutual filed papers Friday in the bank's Chapter 11 case claiming Sullivan & Cromwell, on behalf of WaMu's new owners at JPMorgan Chase, has been sending out letter

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  • September 1, 2004 | Corporate Counsel

    DEALS AND SUITS

    Citizens Charter One The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc has expanded its presence in the United States from a New England toehold to a Midwest foothold. The Edi

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