The Financial Times ranked Skadden second in the 2014 U.S./North America “Innovative Lawyers” report. We are the only firm ranked in the top two for innovation for all five years of the FT’s report. The firm had seven ranked submissions and three shortlisted for individual awards. Of particular note, we received the top score in […]
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEPHEN WALSH and PAUL GREENWOOD, investment managers and principals of WG Trading Company, LP, and WG Trading Investors, were sentenced in Manhattan federal court in connection with a fraudulent commodities trading and investment advisory scheme. WALSH was sentenced to 20
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December 3, 2014 – LawFuel.com – Dentons today released its second Global Social Impact Report, an annual collection of the Firm’s work in communities around the world. All of the stories featured in the report – pro bono legal service, community volunteerism, environmental sustainability – serve as outstanding examples of how a law firm can
Tweet from Alanah Pearce Alanah Pearce, a 21-year-old game reviewer from Brisbane, Australia, has had more than her share of online hate, including rape threats. But, she told Alternet about her plan for dealing with her young harassers. I only realized quite recently that the majority of sexually explicit comments or messages I get
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Sullivan & Cromwell represents Goldman Sachs as the lead investor in its definitive agreement to acquire newly issued Series D redeemable convertible preferred shares of WOOWA BROTHERS Corp. (South Korea), in a transaction valued at approximately $40 million, announced November 25, 2014. The S&C team is led by: Corporate: Michael DeSombre (Partner, Hong Kong)
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LawFuel – Law News Daily – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Shantelle P. Kitchen, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS-CID”), and James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent in Charge of the New
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Ever imagined a robotic future for law firms – a place where robots and artificial intelligence are in complete command and where lawyers as we know them are, well, almost irrelevant? Well, imagine harder. Because that state of what has been described as “structural collapse” is coming according to a report on the future of
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The issue of women in law, gender balance, pay parity and other issues have plagued the law business for many years. Paul Weiss recently published a piece from one of their partners, Liza Velazquez on the role of women and balancing work / life balance. “I am a mother to two young children and was
Australian lawyers are making waves internationally with many taking top positions in law firms internationally. A top example is the number of Australians holding top positions in Baker & McKenzie, with many occupying senior positions in the US and Asia. Bakers opened their Brisbane Office and Bruce Hambrett, (pictured) chair of the Asia-Pacific region, told Lawyers Weekly of
Is this the uptick law firms have been waiting so long for? After some good news about raises in bonuses for three major New York law firms, lifting year-end bonuses by as much as $40,000, there has been a resurgence in merger and acquisition work and something else: more confidence. The news of bonus increases
