The Firms

February 9, 2010 6:13 PM

Ruden McClosky: "We're Not Dissolving"

The firm has lost more than 50 lawyers since early last year, including dozens to Adams and Reese. But rumors of its demise are false, the firm says.

02/09/10 Posted by Zach Lowe

The Work

The Lehman Examiner's Report Will Not Be Public...For Now

A 2,200-page report compiled by Jenner & Block chairman Anton Valukas, court-appointed examiner in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, is under seal. But that could change before a scheduled bankruptcy court hearing early next month.

02/09/10 Posted by Brian Baxter

The Score

THE AM LAW 100: Litigation, IP Prop up Perkins in 2009

Perkins Coie reported a modest revenue increase of 2.06 percent in 2009, while profits per equity partner declined a quarter of a percentage point at the Seattle-based firm. Work in litigation and IP, as well as cost cutting measures, were key to the firm's flat financial performance.

02/09/10 Posted by Drew Combs

The Work

Cravath Calls Airgas's Claims a Bunch of Hot Air

Lawyers representing Cravath, Swaine & Moore have denied that the firm breached its fiduciary duty to industrial gas producer Airgas by representing rival Air Products on a $5.1 billion takeover offer for the company.

02/09/10 Posted by Brian Baxter

The Work

The "Amateur" Sports Chronicles: An Academic and Olympian Look at Sports and the Law

We talk to an O'Melveny partner who carried the Olympic torch on Monday in British Columbia and examine some of the thorniest legal issues college athletics.

02/09/10 Posted by Zach Lowe

The Score

THE AM LAW 100: At Buchanan, Revenue Down, PPP Up

The Pittsburgh-based firm posted a 3 percent dip in revenue and a 10 percent drop in the number of full-time equivalent lawyers for the second year running.

02/09/10 Posted by Julie Triedman

The Work

Stuy Town Tenants Hire Paul Weiss

Paul Weiss is wading into the fray between tenants of Manhattan's largest apartment complex and bidders for the development that was returned to creditors last month. The firm is advising the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association on the sale of the properties.

02/09/10 Posted by Brian Baxter

The Firms

Head Count Drops at Texas Firms

A year after Texas firms's habit of keeping quiet about layoffs attracted attention, sibling publication Texas Lawyer delivers some hard numbers about just how much shrinkage the Lone Star state's largest firms have experienced.

02/09/10 Posted by Brian Baxter

The Work

Michael Jackson's Doctor Hires More Lawyers

Conrad Murray's attorneys are already receiving a huge level of media attention.

02/09/10 Posted by Zach Lowe

The Life

Faegre & Benson Partner Dies in Air Crash

Robert Matthews, a commercial litigation partner in the firm’s Boulder office, died Saturday when a small plane he was piloting collided in midair with another plane some 8,000 feet over the Colorado city.

02/09/10 Posted by Brian Baxter