Lawfuel.net – Combining lawyers and lobbyists in one firm has been an issue for law firms for some time but now it seems that forming separate business units is one way forward. The Washington Post’s “Capital Business” reports that Bracewell & Giuliani and Duane Morris, who are forming new business units involving both lawyers and […]

12/22/2011 Davis Polk advised Banco de Bogotá, S.A., a part of the Grupo Aval Acciones Y Valores S.A. banking group, with respect to a US$500 million senior unsecured term loan credit facility. The proceeds of the loans will be used first, to repay amounts outstanding under its $1 billion senior unsecured bridge loan facility, and,

More than 200,000 African-American and Hispanic Borrowers who Qualified for Loans were Charged Higher Fees or Placed into Subprime Loans WASHINGTON – 21 December 2011 – The Department of Justice today filed its largest residential fair lending settlement in history to resolve allegations that Countrywide Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries engaged in a widespread pattern

22 December 2011 – Adams and Reese is listed on the “2012 Top Ranked Law Firms” list among the top Southeast Region law firms the December 2011 edition of Fortune Investor’s Guide 2012 magazine in which LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® and Fortune Magazine listed law firms in the United States, as determined by the firm’s percentage of

19 December 2011 – Hong Kong – DLA Piper won three trophies at the 2011 M&A Atlas Awards – Asia Pacific Middle Markets. The firm’s Asia Head of Corporate, Mabel Lui, was named “M&A Lawyer of the Year”; H.J. Heinz Company ‘s acquisition of Foodstar from Transpac Industrial Holdings Ltd (Transpac) was named the “Cross

AHLERS & CRESSMAN PLLC Ahlers & Cressman PLLC Selected For “Top Law Firms.” LawFuel.com – SEATTLE, WA UNITED STATES Ahlers & Cressman PLLC of Seattle, WA has been honored with a recognition by U.S. News & World Report in its selection of “Top Law Firms.” SEATTLE, Dec. 19, 2011 LawFuel.com — Announcing a special recognition

Lebanese Financial Institutions, Including Institutions Linked to Hizballah, Allegedly Wired Over $300 Million into the United States for the Purchase and Shipment of Used Cars to West Africa as Part of Money Laundering Scheme Proceeds from Car Sales and Narcotics Trafficking Allegedly Were Funneled Back to Lebanon Through Hizballah-Controlled Money Laundering Channels Preet Bharara, the

(PALO ALTO, December 14, 2011)—Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Steven S. Baik, who joins the firm’s Silicon Valley Intellectual Property practice in the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner. Mr. Baik was previously with valley IP litigation boutique Freitas, Tseng, Baik & Kaufman, which he formed with three other former equity

LOS ANGELES (December 8, 2011) – Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce the addition of four new attorneys to its downtown Los Angeles office from the intellectual property litigation firm of Graves & Shaw LLP: Philip Graves, Greer Shaw, Marjorie Witter and William Wong. “We are excited to add this talented group of attorneys