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.
more Make a comment07/02/09 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 comment07/02/09 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.
more Make a comment07/02/09 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.
more Make a comment07/02/09 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.
more Make a comment07/02/09 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.
more Make a comment07/02/09 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.
more Make a comment07/01/09 Posted by Dimitra Kessenides
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