Anthony Lin

June 10, 2002 | Law.com

Not all of the law firms expanding into the New York market are crossing time zones to get there. Many of the city's most rapidly growing firms are based a morning's drive away in Philadelphia, Boston or Washington, D.C. Yet despite their geographic proximity, firms from the Northeast Corridor's three other major legal markets have been slower to grow in New York than have firms from elsewhere in the country.

By Anthony Lin

11 minute read

May 24, 2011 | Daily Report Online

By Anthony Lin

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March 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

Is Skadden about to get into the newspaper business? That is the intriguing possibility raised by the powerhouse law firm's long-running fee dispute with the owner and publisher of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning San Juan Star, Puerto Rico's largest English-language newspaper.

By Anthony Lin

5 minute read

March 13, 2007 | National Law Journal

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft is set today to announce it has recruited four of Weil, Gotshal & Manges' most prominent bankruptcy partners: George Davis, Deryck Palmer, John Rapisardi and Andrew Troop. The move signals a major shift among elite bankruptcy practices.

By Anthony Lin

4 minute read

January 24, 2005 | National Law Journal

You don't need to be worth $10 million anymore. Today, many lawyers are turning to private bankers for investment advice and other little services that mean they'll never have to wait in line for the teller again.

By Anthony Lin

9 minute read

May 07, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The troubles of New York-based Dewey & LeBoeuf have had little direct impact in Asia. But the probable demise of such a storied legal brand offers Asia lawyers a stark reminder of their vulnerability to events back home.

By Anthony Lin

6 minute read

March 11, 2002 | Law.com

Most firms dream of representing major investment banks or Big Five accounting firms. But smaller litigation shops are finding that in the Enron aftermath, which has enveloped a myriad of large firms and corporate entities in complex and conflicting relationships, the real money is in stepping into the void created by these conflicts and representing large companies suing the major banks and accounting firms.

By Anthony Lin

7 minute read

December 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

Has the indictment of Mayer Brown partner Joseph P. Collins sent "a chill down the spine" of transactional lawyers everywhere, as Collins' defense lawyer said it should? Reactions are mixed. While one corporate partner speculated that Collins "may just be a bad apple," another said the case would be watched closely in the darkening economic climate, adding, "When the economy takes a hit, there is a tendency to look for scapegoats to be taken out and shot."

By Anthony Lin

4 minute read

October 31, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Hong Kong has been a hot destination for international firms, and Los Angeles litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan thought it spied opportunity in Asia's booming financial capital. But then it took a closer look.

By Anthony Lin

6 minute read

June 07, 2004 | National Law Journal

The washington law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering gained new levels of prominence in the last three years as it became the go-to firm in seemingly every major corporate scandal. It led internal investigations at both Enron Corp. and WorldCom Inc.

By Anthony LinAmerican Lawyer Media News Service

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