The Am Law Daily
Churns out original BigLaw coverage from dawn to dusk every business day, and they also never fail to focus on how national and world news might affect the Am Law 200. Posts cover law firm news, new litigation (with a focus on the firms involved), as well as major federal and state court rulings.
Author: The American Lawyer and AmericanLawyer.com staffers post here, including supplements editor Emily Barker, senior reporter Julie Triedman, and staff reporters Amy Kolz, Nate Raymond and Brian Baxter.
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Recent Posts from The Am Law Daily
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The Scandalous Chronicles: A Quick (and Ugly) Look at Sports and the Law
Two polarizing sports figures made legal news this week in cases that tread into very uncomfortable areas.
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The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
Crowell & Moring gets three in L.A., Eckert Seamans takes two from Dechert, and Squire Sanders has a new chair. Plus: moves to Anderson Kill, Baker & Daniels, Barnes & Thornburg, Greenberg Traurig, Hogan &…
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BofA: The Waiver Holds True
Bank of America is confident its limited attorney-client privilege waiver is, in fact, limited.
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McDonald's Settles Another "David v. Goliath" Suit
A family-owned hamburger joint has settled a suit accusing McDonald's of violating trademark law by using its "Who's Your Patty?" slogan in marketing the new McDonald's Angus beef burger.
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S&C, Ropes & Gray Work Biggest LBO This Year
TPG Capital teamed up with the Canadian Pension Plan to buy market research company IMS Health for $5.2 billion. Lawyers on the deal say it's another indicator that credit markets are starting to thaw.
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Legal Side Show Forces Touchy Questions in Prop 8 Case
A conservative group wants to intervene in the federal case against California's ban on gay marriage, claiming the lawyers arguing in favor of Prop 8 aren't doing a good enough job.
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Legal Remedies: Fast, Furious, and Distracted
The fast and the furious combo can be deadly. Add technological distraction to the mix and self-described "great drivers" someday might steer themselves and their passengers down a highway to hell. The tag team of…
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Vinson at Center of Texas-Style Astor Case
The daughter of an oil magnate says Vinson & Elkins pushed the man to change his will shortly before he died so that most of his fortune would go to charity and only about $10…
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Legal Sector Loses 5,800 Jobs in October
According to a monthly jobs report released on Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nation lost 190,000 jobs in October as the unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent. The legal sector wasn’t…
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The Am Law Litigation Daily -- Nov. 6, 2009
Litigator of the Week Jeffrey Chanin of Keker & Van Nest wins a trade secrets verdict for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.; Centocor's record-setting $1.7 billion patent verdict survives Abbott posttrial motions; and a Ropes &…