January 30, 2002 | Law.com
New York Partners Survive Pendulum SwingsThis year's class of newly minted New York partners is composed of the associates that stayed the course. As mid-level associates, many of today's new partners were besieged by lucrative offers to join startups,investment banks and consulting firms. Many of their peers took the bait, but those who held firm are now seeing the fruits of their labors.
By Anthony Lin
4 minute read
August 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel
Sailing on Choppy SeasAn obscure D.C. committee blocks Chinese companies' proposed deals.
By Anthony Lin
5 minute read
December 19, 2012 | Law.com
Davis Polk Launches Hong Kong Litigation Practice With Clifford Chance HiresDavis Polk has recruited Martin Rogers, the former head of Clifford Chance's Asia Pacific disputes practice, and Clifford Chance partner James Wadham to launch a Hong Kong litigation practice. The firm said the move was driven by the demand of domestic and international clients facing a rising tide of enforcement actions in Asia.
By Anthony Lin and Julie Triedman
3 minute read
June 12, 2006 | Daily Report Online
Former Milberg partners seek capital, feesAS THE LEGAL COMMUNITY ponders whether the criminal indictment of Milberg Weiss Bershad Schulman will eventually lead to that firm's dissolution, two of its former partners are arguing that the firm actually dissolved two years ago at the time of its bi-coastal split. They claim they are now owed millions of dollars in returned capital and unpaid fees as a result.
By Anthony Lin
6 minute read
September 11, 2008 | National Law Journal
Malpractice suit proceeds against Mintz Levin N.Y. managing partnerA legal malpractice suit that claims the current New York managing partner of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo was too preoccupied with his lateral movement among firms to timely file a lawsuit may go forward, a Manhattan judge has ruled. During the years that Robert I. Bodian represented the plaintiff, he briefly transitioned from his own firm to the former O'Sullivan, Graev & Karabell, before moving on to Mintz Levin.
By Anthony Lin
3 minute read
January 11, 2007 | Daily Report Online
White & Case takes lead in global firmsVIRTUALLY ALL LARGE American law firms now call themselves global firms. But compared to White Case, most are just tourists. The 2,000-lawyer New York-based firm has almost 40 offices worldwide, with outposts as far afield as Bangkok and Johannesburg. Its London office now counts almost 300 lawyers and the firm also has large European offices in Paris, Frankfurt and Hamburg.
By Anthony Lin
11 minute read
July 30, 2002 | Law.com
Law Firms Eye the Detective BusinessThe hunt is on for evidence of mischief and misconduct by top business executives. While government investigators are on the job, large private agencies seem curiously absent. Investigation companies such as Kroll Inc. are still at it, but their roles are changing as many law firms, facing a downturn in corporate practices, are carving out a larger investigative role for themselves and cutting detectives out of the process.
By Anthony Lin
7 minute read
December 19, 2011 | The American Lawyer
Why Global Law Firms Are Perth-BoundAustralia's mining capital has become a magnet for law firms like Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Once an outback outpost, the city is now a key part of those firms' Asia strategy.
By Anthony Lin
5 minute read
December 03, 2007 | National Law Journal
Federal Judge Rebukes Dorsey & WhitneyA federal judge in Manhattan last week delivered a 129-page manifesto against declining civility in the legal profession in the course of sanctioning the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney and two of its partners.
By Anthony Lin
5 minute read
June 04, 2002 | Daily Report Online
Mega-Mergers Give Two New Firms 800-Plus LawyersBy Anthony Lin
6 minute read