• October 7, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Jury Still Deliberating in Astor Will Trial A Manhattan jury trying to decide whether Brooke Astor's son and lawyer looted the socialite's estate continued deliberating

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  • August 10, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Will Firms' China Practices Suffer From Failed CNOOC Bid?

    Although attorneys disagree about how much damage was done to their firms' China operations by the failure of CNOOC to purchase Unocal Corp., the scrapped acquisition is providing them with le

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  • July 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Adding Value

    For 20 years, we've measured the economics of law firms, first with The Am Law 50 and 75, more recently with The Am Law 200. Throughout, we've kept to the same metrics: gross, revenue per lawy

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  • May 17, 2000 | Legal Times

    Seven Over There

    "It's the big battle of the day," says AOL Europe General Counsel Clare Gilbert over lunch at a London cafe a few blocks away from AOL's U.K. headquarters.Gilbert is talking about her

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  • February 23, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow

    Partnership. It's the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. And finding the rainbow's end takes longer these days -- eight years or more for almost all the associates recently promoted into t

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  • April 25, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    American/US AirwaysWilliam Douglas Parker finally signed up an agreement to merg irways Group Inc. with another major airline after years of trying. Th

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  • August 4, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS. . . Michelle V. Larson has joined the Dallas office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges as an associate with the business finance and restructuring section. She

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  • June 16, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    2003 Lobbying Scorecard

    With Republicans in control, it was a whole new kind of session for legislators and lobbyists during the 78th session of the Texas Legislature. It was even more extraordinary after 51

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  • December 29, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Enron Fallout Creates Chinks in V&E's Armor

    It's been mostly business as usual this year for Joe Dilg, managing partner of 798-lawyer Vinson & Elkins. Formerly the lead V&E lawyer on the Enron Corp. account, Dilg had little time

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  • January 6, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Obama Turns to Well-Known Players to Fill Four Key Justice Department Positions

    WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama began stocking the new U.S. Department of Justice yesterday, announcing the nominations of four well-known players to key posts, including deput

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