Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that John F. O’Connor, Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov and Thomas J. Trendl have been elected partners of the firm in its DC office, and Bennett Evan Cooper has been elected partner of the firm in the Phoenix, AZ office. Catherine M. Giovannoni, Paul R. Hurst, Gregory S. McCue, Patrick […]

Leading commercial law firm Phillips Fox has welcomed the Australian Government’s written submission this week to the draft Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. Sydney IT and ecommerce partner, Matthew Hall said the Government’s submission demonstrates its commitment to ensuring the participation of people with disabilities in all levels of society. A significant

Baker & McKenzie announced today that it advised PetroChina on its recent landmark gas sales agreement with Shanghai Natural Gas Pipeline, to begin supplying natural gas to Shanghai through its West-East Gas Pipeline project. The agreement was signed between the parties on January 1, 2004. Baker & McKenzie advised PetroChina on all aspects of this

Managing Intellectual Property Magazine has ranked Kilpatrick Stockton’s trademark litigation practice as the fourth leading practice in the country. Kilpatrick Stockton is the highest placed general practice firm on the list which was released earlier this week. In compiling the rankings, more than 4,000 intellectual property practitioners worldwide were asked to name leading trademark firms

DLA’s corporate group in Hong Kong recently advised Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (‘Ping An Insurance’) on its acquisition of Fujian Asia Bank Ltd. Fujian Asia Bank is a Chinese foreign joint venture bank, which was established by the Bank of China and BCA Finance Limited in 1993. DLA Hong Kong advised

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP continues its leadership in the legal arena with attorneys earning recognition as “Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite.” To determine the winners, ballots were sent to more than 16,000 lawyers from the North Carolina State Bar to nominate the best lawyers in 12 practice specialties. The following Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys are featured in

On January 5, 2004, Skadden obtained a major court victory for firm client Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., clearing the way for Endo to market a generic version of the blockbuster prescription pain medication OxyContin. The favorable decision by Judge Sidney Stein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York follows a month-long

Weil, Gotshal + Manges has been recognized as having one of the nation’s best litigation departments in the January 2004 issue of The American Lawyer, the nation’s leading legal monthly publication, which announced the results of its second biennial survey after conducting intensive analysis of the nation’s top law firms. Weil Gotshal was the only

FROM: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP www.weil.com Contact: Les Zuke 212.310.8410 les.zuke@weil.com Terri Cohen Rubenstein Associates 212.843.8018 Tcohen@Rubenstein.com ______________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Litigation Department Selected One of the Top Six in the US by American Lawyer Magazine NEW YORK, January 5, 2004—Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading

The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today the expansion of its international practice to include Warsaw, Poland and Kyiv, Ukraine. In Poland, the Firm operates as a Polish partnership with 35 attorneys, and in Ukraine has opened an office with nine attorneys. All of the attorneys were formerly with Altheimer &