There are more law firm mergers than ever in the US but an important – if not leading question – has arisen: Do they work? Law firm consultants Altman Weil has been tracking the legal marketplace for such matters since 2007 and 2013 saw the largest number of law mergers since they began, with a […]
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LawFuel.com – White & Case partner Jeannine Yoo Sano was named a “Top Litigator of Intellectual Property” in California by the Daily Journal, a California legal publication. The Daily Journal highlighted Sano’s work as lead trial attorney in winning a complete defense jury verdict on behalf of Autodesk, Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit in
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By LawFuel contributor, Kevin Mackee. Law firms looking to recruit lateral partners should consider some key factors that can put them ahead of the competition when it comes to attracting quality candidates for their firms. Here are some key points that can lift your firm above the crowd in the search for good laterals prepared
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We knew it. The main reason partners leave law firms is the firm “culture”, that over-worked word that law firms usually employ in the positive sense. Unfortunately, it also has some major negatives when “culture” is negative, bad or just downright disagreeable for the jumping-ship partners. The survey, from legal recruiter Major Lindsey & Africa
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Law firm rankings? Where would we be without them. The first quarter of the 2014 Am Law rankings, released this week, and for M&A advisors has Skadden Arps and Simpson Tacher in the top three. The charts were released by various media entities and trends were based on the value of coprorate clients’ transactions internationally
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROGER KEY, a/k/a “Luchie,” a violent and large-scale drug trafficker who operated in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York, was found guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court of two murder-for-hire conspiracies, attempted murder, and narcotics and firearms offenses. KEY was
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Mansur Gidfarwrites in the Huffington Post about the McCutcheon Supreme Court decision. A former Upworthy deputy editor and contributor, he is the Communications Director of Represent.Us, a non-partisan national campaign to combat the undue influence of special interests in American government. The Supreme Court just decided an incredibly important case called McCutcheon v. Federal Election
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Davis Polk is advising TE Connectivity Ltd. in connection with its $490 million acquisition of the SEACON group. The transaction, which is expected to close before the end of September 2014, is subject to certain regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. TE Connectivity designs and manufactures products at the heart of electronic connections for the world’s
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First PwC Legal announce their plans to become a major global player in the law business, now Ernst & Young have made their move with the purchase of the Chinese law firm Chen & Co. The Ernst & Young move marks a continuing shift among the accounting and audit firms to take on the legal
LawFuel.com – Canadian private equity firm Onex Corporation (TSX; OCX) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell The Warranty Group, Inc., a leading global provider of warranty solutions and related programs, to private equity firm TPG for an enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion. Kaye Scholer is advising long-term client Onex
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