Anthony Lin

February 16, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Anthony Lin

4 minute read

May 21, 2012 | The American Lawyer

With global reach and a vast appetite for deals, Japan's general trading companies have been at the forefront of that country's recent boom in outbound investment. That makes them fantastic clients for international law firms to have. But they can also be troublesome interlopers.

By Anthony Lin

6 minute read

September 16, 2008 | National Law Journal

The nation's top law firms are facing an uncertain new landscape following the demise of two of Wall Street's biggest and most established investment banks — Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch. But for most large corporate law firms, which depend on financial institutions as the cornerstones of their client lists, these developments, combined with the earlier demise of Bear Stearns and the possible imminent collapse of insurance giant American International Group, portend dark days ahead.

By Anthony Lin

6 minute read

July 31, 2008 | Law.com

Just last year, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft was riding high, having reached economic heights previously scaled only by the Cravaths and Wachtells of the profession. In an interview at the time, the firm's then-chairman predicted there'd be no problem sustaining that success "short of some cataclysmic event." Cadwalader is now facing just that kind of event, announcing it is laying off 96 lawyers due to slowness in core practices. It's the second round of layoffs for the firm, which cut 35 lawyers in January.

By Anthony Lin

6 minute read

August 28, 2007 | National Law Journal

Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae have agreed to merge, creating a firm of more than 1,300 lawyers. Subject to partner approval, the planned combination is the largest ever between New York-based firms. The combined firm, which will be known as Dewey & LeBoeuf, will have 550 lawyers in New York, making it the fifth-largest in the city. The announcement comes just eight months after a highly anticipated merger between Dewey and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe messily collapsed.

By Anthony Lin

5 minute read

October 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

Sullivan & Cromwell said Thursday it had reached a settlement with former associate Aaron Charney, who sued the law firm earlier this year for sexual orientation discrimination. The settlement, the terms of which are confidential, brings to a close a dispute that had fascinated the New York legal community over the past several months, both with its allegations concerning partners at one of the city's most prestigious firms and its bizarre twists and turns in the courtroom.

By Anthony Lin

4 minute read

August 08, 2006 | Daily Report Online

GREENBERG TRAURIG has become enmeshed in a bitter family feud between two sisters, one of whom is married to a senior partner at the law firm. The estranged sisters, Linda J. Spector and Barbara Berlin, had both been named beneficiaries of a trust created in November 2003 by their mother, Eleanor Spector. Eleanor and Linda served as co-trustees until Eleanor's death in January 2004.

By Anthony Lin

4 minute read

May 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

A major law firm without a Martindale-Hubbell profile would have been unthinkable a decade ago, but in the last year alone, at least four megafirms have dropped out of the directory. The company is realizing that, in a world where lawyers can retrieve troves of free biographical data via Google, the value to a firm of merely being in Martindale-Hubbell has diminished. Now, taking a page from some of its newer competitors, Martindale-Hubbell is planning to unveil its own online client reviews and rankings.

By Anthony Lin

7 minute read

December 13, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Martin Rogers, the former head of Clifford Chance's Asia Pacific disputes practice and co-head of its regional financial regulatory practice, and fellow partner James Wadham are both set to join New York-based Davis Polk.

By Anthony Lin and Julie Triedman

3 minute read

May 18, 2006 | National Law Journal

A fiery April 17 memo by the Shanghai Lawyers Association has accused foreign law firms of conducting "illegal business activities" by skirting regulations prohibiting them from practicing Chinese law.

By Anthony Lin

9 minute read