The partnerships of Powell Goldstein and Bryan Cave have voted to merge the two law firms, giving Bryan Cave a presence in the southeast and the Atlanta-based Powell Goldstein an…
The list of the nation’s largest 100 law firms will have a new entrant with the merger of Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus and Shughart Thomson & Kilroy.
Citigroup has given up its bid for Wachovia, but it hasn’t abandoned a state court lawsuit over what it contends is a violation of an exclusivity agreement it had with…
Wachovia lawyer David Boies said talks between Wachovia Corp. and possible buyers Citigroup and Wells Fargo center on “a possible grand solution,” according to a transcript of a teleconference with…
The Los Angeles managing partner at Heller Ehrman began looking for jobs at other law firms this summer because of merger talks that would have ended her career at the…
Bank of America will agree to modify loan terms, where possible, for up to 390,000 borrowers who took out subprime loans serviced by Countrywide in a deal that could be…
Updated: Citigroup lawyers made a weekend trip to a judge’s home in Connecticut in an attempt to block a Wachovia buyout by Wells Fargo, but the judge had no authority…
Wells Fargo’s deal to acquire Wachovia violates Wachovia’s exclusivity agreement with Citibank, which prohibits Wachovia from negotiating a merger with others prior to October 6, according to University of Connecticut…
Citigroup is threatening to sue Wachovia Corp. after it spurned a federally backed deal to sell itself to Citibank, choosing instead this morning to sell itself to Wells Fargo &…
London-based Linklaters and New York’s Sullivan & Cromwell were tops in MergerMarket’s list of mergers and acquisitions firms for the first three quarters of 2008, AmLaw Daily…
A ruling in a partner poaching dispute between Nixon Peabody and French law firm Taylor Wessing highlights a significant problem with pacts not to hire each other’s lawyers during merger…
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