• January 26, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Counsel Dinged in Shareholder Suits

    In the wake of high-profile corporate meltdowns like Enron Corp. and Refco Inc., attorneys and other professionals who advise public companies are concerned over what they see as their widenin

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  • July 28, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Patent and Trademark Law

    The Federal Trademark Dilution Act, passed by Congress in 1995, provides injunctive relief against the commercial use of a mark or trade name causing "dilution of the distinctive quality of th

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  • June 28, 2010 | Daily Report Online

    1990s Recession Veterans Dust Off Real Estate Workout Skills

    It's deja vu all over again for some law firms' real estate practice areas. After a stretch when deals and transactions reigned, the workout skills that some veteran real estate lawyers learned by

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  • January 9, 2006 | National Law Journal

    As times get better, so do the bonuses

    Associates at several big law firms across the country welcomed the new year with hefty bonuses that were moderately higher than the year before, a reflection of the legal industry's rec

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  • May 11, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas' Top Deals of 2008

    The following deals were announced in 2008. HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. Acquisition of ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP. Description: Hewlett-Packard Co., of Palo Alto,

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  • May 3, 2007 | The Recorder

    Cleared Conflict Lets Pooley Join Morrison & Foerster

    After more than a year of waiting, James Pooley is finally joining Morrison & Foerster's Silicon Valley office. That's because a a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1139393111

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  • September 20, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Movers

    New Partners Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl (Dallas): Michael J. Uhl, head of the major fraud and public corruption section of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the No

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  • March 8, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    For Lehman Case, Weil Gotshal Was Paid Nearly $383 Mil.

    Weil Gotshal & Manges' business finance and restructuring group has been busy the past three years with Chapter 11 cases for fallen financial services giants Lehman Brothers and Washingto

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  • November 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    Lehman Bankruptcy On September 15, after failing to find a suitor, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan. With $63

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  • October 29, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Publico

    To many sports fans, fall is synonymous with football. But as a diehard Yankees fan -- and I died hard this fall -- I think of it as the start of the real baseball season. Yet even sports fana

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