The latest from The Am Law Daily
- The Careerist: Hi, Ho Silver!
- V&E, Linklaters Advise as Sinopec Takes a $5.2 Billion Gulp From Galp
- The Arrogance of Overconfidence
- Reports: Ousted Paterno Contacts King & Spalding Partner Sollers
- Insider-Trading Update: Nixon Peabody, Davies Ward
- Clawbacks Face Pushback in Law Firm Bankruptcies
- Shearman, Clifford Chance Advise on $5.4 Billion Chilean Copper Deal
- At Last, Proskauer Rose Opens Its Doors in Beijing
- Embattled Cain Taps Ex-Bryan Cave Partner Lin Wood to Fight Harassment Claims
- The Careerist: Not More Bad News!
The Careerist: Hi, Ho Silver! | Top |
Law school news roundup: Who's been doctoring LSAT scores? Which state keeps reeling in applicants to its law schools?
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V&E, Linklaters Advise as Sinopec Takes a $5.2 Billion Gulp From Galp | Top |
The firms are taking lead outside counsel roles as China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. Ltd. makes a total investment of $5.2 billion in the Brazilian assets of Portuguese oil and gas company Galp Energia SGPS S.A., according to sibling publication The Asian Lawyer. | |
The Arrogance of Overconfidence | Top |
Combine overconfident certainty with deceptive numerical corroboration and what do you get? Bad things--including the worst aspects of big law.
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Reports: Ousted Paterno Contacts King & Spalding Partner Sollers | Top |
News outlets reported late Thursday that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno--fired Tuesday night by the university's board of trustees as a result of a growing sex abuse scandal involving crimes allegedly committed by a former top assistant--has reached out to King & Spalding partner J. Sedgwick Sollers, chair of the firm's special matters and government investigations practice group. | |
Insider-Trading Update: Nixon Peabody, Davies Ward | Top |
For lawyers from large firms finding themselves in insider-trading trouble, 2011 has been a banner year. Two incidents involving a former counsel from Nixon Peabody and a partner from top Canadian firm Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg saw recent developments. | |
Clawbacks Face Pushback in Law Firm Bankruptcies | Top |
When it comes to litigation involving defunct law firms, clawback suits may be on the way out--of bankruptcy court, that is.
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Shearman, Clifford Chance Advise on $5.4 Billion Chilean Copper Deal | Top |
London-based mining giant Anglo American is selling a share of its copper business to Mitsubishi in a move aimed at spoiling the Chilean government's plan to grab a 49 percent stake in the operation. | |
At Last, Proskauer Rose Opens Its Doors in Beijing | Top |
Three years after launching a Hong Kong office and announcing plans to do the same in mainland China, the firm is finally setting up shop in Beijing with a handful of lawyers from its current Asian operations. | |
Embattled Cain Taps Ex-Bryan Cave Partner Lin Wood to Fight Harassment Claims | Top |
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has hired high-profile Atlanta-based libel lawyer L. Lin Wood, Jr., to help him fend off the sexual harassment accusations that have dogged his campaign for two weeks. | |
The Careerist: Not More Bad News! | Top |
The best spin on NAWL's latest report on women is that progress is slow. But there are signs that the situation might be a bit worse. | |
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