In the last two years, there has been a huge spike in class action lawsuits claiming investors weren’t fairly compensated in corporate mergers and buyouts.
Although it shed the legal consultancy Hildebrandt Baker Robbins, Thomson Reuters acquired the Australian online legal document company Cleardocs this week—a move that may signify the information giant’s confidence in…
Corrected: If the proposed $8.5 billion New York state court settlement between Bank of America Corp. and mortgage bondholders is approved, the small Houston law firm representing the plaintiffs will…
Seven different practice areas are showing growth in fees, billable hours, recruiting and hiring, according to the Robert Denney Associates Inc. consultancy.
The Wayne, Pa., firm’s semiannual “What’s Hot and…
A San Diego-area personal injury lawyer has settled charges that he traded on deal information he misappropriated from his unwitting daughter, an associate at a large law firm.
Best Best & Krieger is opening a Washington, D.C., office through the acquisition of Miller & Van Eaton, a boutique telecommunications law firm based in the District.
Polsinelli Shughart has opened a new office in Dallas with a three-lawyer mergers and acquisitions team from K&L Gates and plans further growth there down the road.
Sbarro Inc., a fast-food chain serving Italian fare, announced a plan in April to enter bankruptcy, but today Bloomberg News reports that the business is instead negotiating…
Bingham McCutchen must pay a legal recruiter nearly $1.9 million for his role in the firm’s 2009 merger with McKee Nelson, a California arbitrator ordered yesterday.
Tenet Healthcare struck back at a hostile takeover bid from Community Health Systems, alleging in a U.S. District Court action filed today that the Fortune 500 company overbills Medicare with…
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