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October 1, 2017 | Texas Lawyer
Henry Robinson, a partner at Kelly Hart & Hallman, authored a guide on leaves of absence.
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September 28, 2017 | National Law Journal
Managing partners are still in the merging mood.Law firm mergers kept up their record pace in the third quarter of the year and are on track to eclipse a record set just two years ago, according to one report and a preliminary analysis of another.
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September 28, 2017 | The Recorder
Law firm mergers kept up their record pace in the third quarter of the year and are on track to eclipse a record set just two years ago.
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September 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer
The record for mergers set in a year, 91 in 2015, will fall this year if there are 16 combinations in the fourth quarter. The last time there were fewer than 16 mergers in a fourth quarter was 2010, according to data compiled by legal consultancy Altman Weil. Last year there were 25 tie-ups toward years' end.
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September 19, 2017 | The American Lawyer
From bikes to trains to video games, a quartet of large law firms led by Kirkland & Ellis is advising on the Chapter 11 case of toy retail giant Toys “R” Us Inc., which became the latest in a string of struggling brick-and-mortar retailers to file for bankruptcy this year.
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September 18, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Wall Street and Fortune 500 clients drive corporate business for most New York law firms, a completely understandable position given the city's status as the world's leading financial center.
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September 14, 2017 | The Recorder
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has taken home the overall prize in The Recorder's Corporate Department of the Year contest, which honors firms whose California lawyers worked on the biggest, most complex and trendsetting deals this past year. Sidley Austin and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, which both worked on blockbuster deals of their own, have been named finalists in the overall competition.
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September 6, 2017 | Litigation Daily
With $4 billion on the line, a team from Weil, Gotshal & Manges led by litigation department co-chair Jonathan Polkes scored a decisive summary judgment win on behalf of some of the biggest names in finance and real estate, beating back an investor class action that had been headed for trial.
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September 1, 2017 | New York Law Journal
The decision in 'Stender v. Archstone-Smith Operating Trust' by U.S. District Judge William Martinez of the District of Colorado granting summary judgment to dismiss the class action is, on its face, a relatively straightforward contract case. It's only once the full context of the $1 billion action is known that the scope of the litigation becomes appreciable. Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner Jonathan Polkes, co-chair of the firm's global litigation department, appreciates the context.
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August 29, 2017 | Texas Lawyer
With Hurricane Harvey rains continuing to drench Houston, bar associations and legal aid organizations are gearing up to provide legal help to hurricane victims, and firms have pledged money to support aid even as their Houston offices remain closed.
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