• July 9, 2002 | National Law Journal

    New GCs for TXU and Trivest

    POWER MOVE Eric H. Peterson has taken the top legal spot at TXU Corp., a Dallas-based energy distributor with more than $40 billion in assets.After a brief stay in

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  • February 1, 2010 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    San Francisco Foley & Mansfield has elevated Jennifer McCormick to the partnership. McCormick, who joined the firm i

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  • May 10, 2010 | National Law Journal

    D.C. MOVES

    KING & SPALDING Patrick Morrisey, 42, has moved to King & Spalding in Washington as a partner and co-chairman of the FDA and life scien

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  • September 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    APACHE, ECOPETROL & TALISMAN/BP Apache Corporation agreed to pay BP p.l.c. $7 billion for oil and gas assets in Texas, New Mexico, Canada,

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  • AFFCO Investments 2001 LLC v. Proskauer Rose, L.L.P.

    Publication Date: 2010-10-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-10-27
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: King, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 09-20734

    Published opinionBefore KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.Plaintiffs-Appellants invested in a complex tax avoidance scheme that was later investigated and disallowed by the IRS. I

  • June 7, 1999 | National Law Journal

    Altheimer & Gray's bold new leader

    Chicago is a town that's been kind to its politically connected lawyerly brethren. Most recently, Chicago's 280-lawyer Altheimer & Gray was seeking bold new leadership and chose Gery Chi

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  • September 21, 2007 | International Edition

    U.S. Firms in London Say They're More Merger-Minded

    London's growing band of U.S. law firms are once again in the market for serious expansion. Legal Week's annual survey of U.S. firms in London reveals 47 percent of respondents would conside

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  • April 8, 2013 | National Law Journal

    D.C. MOVES

    BALLARD SPAHRAndrea Chambers, 54, and John Sadler, 35, and have joined Ballard Spahr as, respectively, a partner in the

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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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  • January 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Romania and Bulgaria

    The European Union has jumped into the turbulent Balkans, with Bulgaria and Romania becoming full members January 1. The two latest additions come with considerable baggage: a reputation for l

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