November 11, 2009 7:03 PM

After Big Auto Bankruptcy Battles, A Partner Returns to Willkie

Matthew Feldman, a 20-year restructuring veteran at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, spent five months as chief legal adviser to the Obama administration’s presidential task force on the auto industry. The Am Law Daily spoke with Feldman about Big Auto battles, 363 sales, and casting aspersions on opposing counsel.

11/11/09 Posted by Brian Baxter

Hugh Tremaine, Co-Founder of Davis Wright Tremaine, Dies

Hugh Tremaine, co-founder of Davis Wright Tremaine and decorated World War II veteran, died Sunday.

11/11/09 Posted by Claire Zillman

Attention Law Students: ABA Proposing Loan Relief

The Am Law Daily knows several recent law grads who are dreading the arrival of loan payment stubs in their mailboxes. Before you change your address, befriend a loan shark, or assume a new identity, read about the ABA's plan to help ease the crushing debt load.

11/11/09 Posted by Brian Baxter

SEC Adds Another Am Law 100 Partner to Regulatory Ranks

Three months after SEC enforcement director Robert Khuzami announced the formation of five specialized units to combat corporate fraud, the agency is dipping into the Am Law 100 partnership ranks to staff up those divisions. And other departments outside the domain of enforcement are getting Am Law attention as well.

11/11/09 Posted by Brian Baxter

November 10, 2009 12:55 PM

Rodge Cohen: Glass-Steagall Repeal Not Responsible for Financial Crisis

In recent months we've heard many lawyers blame the repeal of certain provisions of the act for the 2008 economic crisis. In an interview with the Daily Deal, H. Rodgin Cohen, the chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell, calls that a myth.

11/10/09 Posted by Brian Baxter

November 9, 2009 5:50 PM

Back from Banking: Wilson Sonsini Picks Up Top BofA/Merrill Banker

Warren de Wied, formerly cohead of M&A at Fried Frank before decamping for Merrill Lynch two years ago, has returned to the Am Law 100 fold after serving as a managing director in Merrill's M&A group. The Am Law Daily caught up with de Wied to talk about the move.

11/09/09 Posted by Brian Baxter

Remembering Major Michael Weston

Major Michael Weston, a 37-year-old Harvard Law School graduate, was killed a week ago in Afghanistan. A memorial service in remembrance of Weston on Monday in Washington, D.C., drew more than 1,000 mourners.

11/09/09 Posted by Brian Baxter

November 6, 2009 9:42 AM

Legal Sector Loses 5,800 Jobs in October

According to a monthly jobs report released on Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nation lost 190,000 jobs in October as the unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent. The legal sector wasn’t spared. When data is seasonally adjusted, the legal field shed another 5,800 jobs.

11/06/09 Posted by Brian Baxter

Dealmaker of the Week: Robert Denham of Munger, Tolles & Olson

Denham and his team at Munger Tolles moved at breakneck speed on Warren Buffet's biggest deal ever, the $34 billion purchase of Burlington Northern. It was all in a day's work for Buffet's longtime deal lawyer.

11/06/09 Posted by Matt Straquadine

November 5, 2009 6:49 PM

Ropes & Gray Lawyer Arrested in Insider Trading Probe

Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against 20 hedge fund managers, traders, corporate executives, and at least two lawyers in connection with the government's crackdown on insider trading. Two of those individuals are an associate at Ropes & Gray and an associate at a personal injury firm in Brooklyn. Another previously worked as an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell.

11/05/09 Posted by Brian Baxter