3084 ABA Journal Corporate Law articles.
With a $57.5 million Kansas class action settlement just announced by Sprint-Nextel Corp., the company’s settlement agreements in three cases during the past month now total nearly $150 million.
If…
Sep 25, 2007 11:41 PM CDT
Ten years ago, Steven Selsberg left the Houston office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges because he didn’t make partner. Today, his professional future is looking a lot brighter.
Although has…
Sep 25, 2007 8:51 PM CDT
Updated: Indicted today after years of investigation, the 72-year-old co-founder of what was once unquestionably the nation’s most prominent plaintiffs securities firm is vowing to fight the federal case that…
Sep 21, 2007 2:08 AM CDT
In an ongoing effort to amp up its financial restructuring practice in the U.S. and abroad, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has hired another six attorneys this week and plans to…
Sep 20, 2007 11:37 PM CDT
Updated: In a stunning series of body blows today in an ongoing battle between the government and one of the country’s most powerful plaintiff firms, federal prosecutors in California announced…
Sep 20, 2007 10:10 PM CDT
Updated: A founding partner of one of the nation’s most powerful plaintiffs securities law firms is reportedly resigning from a management role in the face of expected new federal charges…
Sep 19, 2007 10:22 PM CDT
Kevin Broyles once wanted to be a partner at a big-name law firm. But today he counts himself lucky to be able to leave his law office in time to…
Sep 17, 2007 11:05 PM CDT
The new general counsel of Home Depot will soon be working as store clerk for several weeks, in a standard initial assignment for executives at the home improvement retail chain.
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Become an expert practitioner in a legal specialty. Build relationships with clients. And market yourself.
These are the primary pathways that associates travel to become rainmakers who bring in new…
Sep 14, 2007 9:23 PM CDT
After helping to put together a $1.25 billion deal for a national mobile telecommunications license in Iraq earlier this year, attorney Abdullah Mutawi, who heads the international telecommunications group at…
Sep 10, 2007 11:39 PM CDT
Corrected: Two New York City-based corporate partners of Weil Gotshal & Manges are moving to Hong Kong to open a new firm office there, and the firm also plans a…
Sep 6, 2007 8:06 PM CDT
Although the legal market is still strong and many major firms reportedly are competing hard for desired associates, some see a potential storm cloud on the horizon.
The stock market…
Aug 27, 2007 11:32 PM CDT
Stealing $50,000 doesn’t put the perpetrator on the FBI’s Most-Wanted list. But an alleged embezzlement of that amount by a condominium board president is big news in South Florida.
That’s…
Aug 24, 2007 5:22 PM CDT
The controversial prosecution of a Connecticut lawyer under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for what he says was an unknowing destruction of evidence will proceed, a federal judge has decided.
Although Philip…
Aug 24, 2007 4:33 PM CDT
A court-appointed trustee for creditors of Refco Inc. is now seeking $2 billion from defendants, including Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, in a lawsuit over a 2005 initial public offering…
Aug 23, 2007 9:45 PM CDT
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