Patterson Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP announced today that the Firm has created an Appellate Practice Group. The new practice group will combine Patterson’s nationally renowned reputation for trial representation involving advertising, patents, copyrights, trademarks, product liability and media law with the appellate expertise of litigators who have successfully argued numerous landmark appeals in these […]

The Xerox Corporation Retirement Income Guarantee Plan has reached an agreement in principle to settle the pension-related Berger v. RIGP litigation. The terms of the proposed agreement require RIGP to settle the case for $239 million. The final settlement is subject to the negotiation of a definitive agreement and court approval. In April, Xerox reported

A federal jury in Santa Ana this afternoon convicted the final three defendants connected to an Orange County-based telemarketing scheme that defrauded golfers out of almost $5 million. After hearing four weeks of evidence and deliberating for two days, the jury convicted the three men of four counts of wire fraud and four counts of

Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Limited Commerce Corp. on a $233 million secondary offering of 8,663,382 shares of common stock of Alliance Data Systems. As part of the offering, Limited Commerce sold 7,533,376 shares of Alliance Data Systems and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe sold 1,130,006 shares pursuant to the over-allotment option. Bear, Stearns &

Recognizing the tremendous value in making and maintaining connections, Kilpatrick Stockton today announced the launch of its alumni website which can be viewed by entering www.kilpatrickstockton.com. Kilpatrick Stockton created the alumni website to enhance communication with former colleagues who have contributed to the firm’s over 100-year tradition of quality client service. “Over the years, our

Legal Week reports that Sullivan & Cromwell has formed a stand-alone private equity group as the elite New York firm targets the international buy-out market. The firm has assigned three partners from its corporate and financial group to focus purely on private equity, including Los Angeles-based Alison Ressler London-based US acquisition finance specialist Richard Morrissey

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer + Murphy LLPannounced today that Daniel C. Deckbar has joined the Firm. Mr. Deckbar joins the Firm’s Product Liability, Environmental and Personal Injury practice. He was most recently a Managing Attorney at Rollins, Inc. in Atlanta were he was responsible for litigation matters involving the Company and its Orkin, Inc. subsidiary’s 400

Teresa Wynn Roseborough has been selected by Black Enterprise magazine as one of “America’s Top Black Lawyers.” Out of more than 20,000 black American lawyers, only 90 were chosen to be highlighted in this comprehensive list of high-powered attorneys. Additionally, Teresa is one of only five Atlanta-based lawyers selected to be featured. Selections were made

Stikeman Elliott LLP provided legal counsel to RR Donnelley, the communications company which today announced its merger with Moore Wallace. The deal will create the world’s premier full-service commercial printer with over $8 billion in annual revenues, a leading position in North America and approximately 50,000 employees worldwide. The combined company will provide customers with

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is pleased to announce that Anthony Salz and Konstantin Mettenheimer have been elected senior partners with effect from 1 May 2004.   Konstantin Mettenheimer, who is currently regional managing partner for Germany, Austria and Central and Eastern Europe, replaces outgoing senior partner Christian Wilde, who has held the post