The Firms

July 2, 2009 4:37 PM

Three Law Firms, Three Civil Suits

Some under-the-radar litigation in the run-up to the July 4th holiday weekend: Squire Sanders, Bryan Cave, and Baltimore's Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber are caught up in cases over unpaid legal bills, trade secrets, and an imprisoned former general counsel.

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07/02/09 Posted by Brian Baxter

The Talent

Judicial Panel Admonishes Kozinski For Sexually Explicit Files

The Ninth Circuit Chief Judge, represented by Mark Holscher of Kirkland & Ellis, is admonished by a Third Circuit panel, but no discipline is imposed.

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07/02/09 Posted by Susan Beck

The Work

Cravath, Cahill, A&L Goodbody Lead Johnson & Johnson / Elan Deal

Johnson & Johnson will pay $1 billion for a stake in Irish drugmaker Elan Corporation and the rights to drugs that could someday treat Alzheimer's disease. more Make a comment

07/02/09 Posted by Claire Zillman

The Score

Skadden, Wachtell Dominate M&A League Tables

Deal volume is down and the top firms are surviving. Meanwhile, Aussie firm Allens Arthur Robinson surprisingly cracks the top five on one table--how, we're not quite sure.

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07/02/09 Posted by Zach Lowe

The Score

Revenues Up, Profits Flat at Freshfields

Firm chief executive Ted Burke attributes the firm's "good shape" to some restructuring and other mandates, as well as to an uplift from exchange rates.

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07/02/09 Posted by Richard Lloyd

The Firms

Freshfields Would Like to Apologize for its Links to the Slave Trade

A report by the Financial Times last week tied two prominent London institutions--Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and investment bank Nathan Mayer Rothschild--to slavery in former British colonies. Freshfields and Rothschild both subsequently issued statements apologizing for links between their founders and slavery.

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07/02/09 Posted by Brian Baxter

The Talent

Got Debts? If So, You Might Not Be Fit to Practice Law

An aspiring lawyer fails to gain admission to the New York state bar after devoting about 26 years to earning various degrees and accumulating $400,000 in student loans. Why? Too much debt and not enough payments.

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07/02/09 Posted by Vivian Yee

The Work

Vorys Wins One for Planned Parenthood

The organization does not have to provide medical records of young girls who underwent abortions at their Cincinnati clinic, according to a state supreme court ruling.

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07/02/09 Posted by Zach Lowe

The Talent

Litigator of the Week: Dianne Elderkin of Woodcock Washburn

At long last the Litigation Daily has selected a woman as Litigator of the Week. And man, did she deserve it.

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07/02/09 Posted by Alison Frankel

The Work

July 1, 2009 6:09 PM

Davis Wright Wins for Salinger as Judge Blocks Catcher-Based Book

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a book featuring a 76-year-old version of Holden Caulfield--and originally billed as a Catcher in the Rye sequel--can not be published or sold in the U.S. because it infringes author J.D. Salinger's copyright on his iconic novel of adolescent angst.

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07/01/09 Posted by Dimitra Kessenides