• March 7, 2005 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    San FranciscoOn March 16, media attorney Karl Olson will receive a 2005 James Madison Freedom of Information Award for his work in First Amendment and Freedom of I

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  • August 15, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    California Scheming

    It is a known fact that Reed Smith has spent much of the past year searching for a way to expand into California. And according to sources familiar with the situation, the name of Oakland's largest

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  • June 4, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    New Record for Bar Association Charity Run

    A new record was set in the 28th annual Philadelphia Bar Association 5K Charity Run and Walk held Sunday, May 20. Michael Syrnick, a 21-year-old student at Pennsylvania State University, finis

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  • September 30, 2009 | Daily Business Review

    Session to focus on the practice of law

    How lawyers do their jobs - from the advice they give clients to the calculation of fees - moves to the forefront in the new U.S. Supreme Court term in six cases that could dramatically alter the d

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  • October 25, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Is the Vioxx Defense Team Splintering?

    For close to six weeks in the Atlantic City, N.J., Vioxx trial, lead defense lawyer Diane Sullivan's combative nature has been positively palpable. She has skirmished with the judge at least a

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  • June 14, 2004 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    San FranciscoFenwick & West has expanded its litigation practice again with the addition of a partner and seven associates. Formerly with Clifford Chance,

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  • June 22, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    State Bar Backs Recommendations To Ease Impact of Pleadings Rulings

    The New York State Bar Association's House of Delegates has endorsed a recommendation that Federal Rules of Civil Procedure be amended to ease the impact of two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings so

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  • February 28, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    February Sees Surge in Lateral Moves

    PHILADELPHIA - February could be the new January. Lateral movement wasn't very robust in the first month of 2011 as it often has been in prior years, but activity has inc

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  • April 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Hedged Bets

    When Barry Barbash started working on hedge funds 25 years ago, he wasn't exactly facing stiff competition for the work. "The general rule of thumb was that the lowest person on the totem pole

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  • December 9, 2005 | Legal Times

    Bingham McCutchen to Acquire Swidler Berlin

    Boston-based Bingham McCutchen plans to acquire the ailing Washington, D.C., law firm Swidler Berlin by the beginning of next year, a Bingham spokesman confirmed Thursday.The deal awai

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