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September 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Happiness is...Cravath?

As big law has evolved, a handful of top firms have retained an important compensation principle. It appears to be serving them quite well.
5 minute read
February 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Cool, Calm, and Uncollected

Firms see realization rates continue to slide.
3 minute read
March 28, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Big Picture Deal: Stephen Venuto | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

When Facebook Inc. offered $1 billion for a company with 13 employees and no revenue, Instagram's team hammered out a deal in a single weekend.
15 minute read
July 13, 2012 | The American Lawyer

For DLA Partner on Ellison's Island Deal, Hawaii Trip Was No Holiday

DLA Piper and four Hawaiian law firms worked quickly to put together longtime client Larry Ellison's acquisition of Lanai for an amount estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
6 minute read
June 25, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Paul Weiss Cracks Open a PBR For Beer Sale

The firm advised veteran food executive C. Dean Metropoulos on his acquisition of the Pabst Brewing Company, maker of such classic alcoholic beverages like Pabst Blue Ribbon, Old Milwaukee, Schlitz, and Colt 45.
3 minute read
December 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

The Change Agenda: A Long Time Coming

To a market that just keeps rolling, four factors may bring fundamental change. Someday.
7 minute read
March 04, 2013 | Law.com

Departure of London Tax Group Doesn't Faze Dorsey's Leadership

With new managing partner Ken Cutler preparing to jet to London as part of a firmwide confidence-building tour, Dorsey & Whitney—whose gross revenue dropped for the fifth straight year in 2012—lost its tax practice Monday in the U.K. capital to local commercial litigation boutique Hage Aaronson. Nonetheless, Cutler insists the Minneapolis-based Am Law 100 firm is poised for a comeback.
8 minute read
July 12, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Magic Circle Firms Lead on Dentsu's $4.9 Billion Aegis Purchase

Linklaters and Slaughter and May are advising on a deal that would combine two of the world's largest advertising agencies while giving Japan's Dentsu a foothold in the U.K. market. Sullivan & Cromwell, Baker & McKenzie, and White & Case have also grabbed roles on the matter.
3 minute read
February 01, 2006 | The American Lawyer

Muffin Logic

Following the ruling by a federal judge that the theory of intelligent design cannot be taught in public schools-because it violates the constitutional ban on state-endorsed religion-the school board in Dover, Pennsylvania, regrouped to determine its next steps.
5 minute read

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