Brian Baxter

October 27, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Plaintiffs led by Chadbourne & Parke litigation partner Kerrie Campbell and former Kiev office managing partner Jaroslawa Johnson have filed an amended complaint in their $100 million gender bias suit against the firm. Proskauer is representing Chadbourne in the case, which now includes several individual partners as defendants.

By Brian Baxter

19 minute read

October 25, 2016 | The American Lawyer

The ongoing energy bust has claimed two more victims in Houston-based Key Energy Services Inc. and Fort Worth-based Basic Energy Services Inc., both of which filed for Chapter 11 protection this week in Delaware.

By Brian Baxter

38 minute read

October 24, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell, Simpson Thacher and Fried Frank are advising on a $4 billion cash-and-stock merger that will see Scottrade be acquired by TD Ameritrade and Toronto-Dominion Bank, better known as TD Bank. The deal unites two of the largest discount brokerages in the U.S.

By Brian Baxter and Nell Gluckman

36 minute read

October 23, 2016 | International Edition

US firms lead as telecoms giant acquires owner of CNN and HBO

By Brian Baxter and Meghan Tribe

3 minute read

October 23, 2016 | International Edition

US firms lead as telecoms giant acquires owner of CNN and HBO

By Brian Baxter and Meghan Tribe

3 minute read

October 23, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Christmas has come early to Cravath, Swaine & Moore. The firm is advising British American Tobacco on a $47 billion cash-and-stock bid for the remaining stake in cigarette giant Reynolds American it doesn't already own. Meanwhile, another longtime Cravath client, Time Warner Inc., has agreed on a $108.7 billion sale to AT&T.

By Brian Baxter and Meghan Tribe

74 minute read

October 21, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Donald Trump's presidential campaign saw its monthly legal bills hit $500,000 in September, a sum that's almost half of what former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney accrued in all of 2012. And come November, any unspent funds in Trump's campaign coffers could be sent to his personal foundation, or used for litigation battles.

By Brian Baxter

41 minute read

October 19, 2016 | The American Lawyer

The Am Law 100 firm is owed a collective $1.57 million in fees from Implant Sciences Corp. and Sotera Wireless Inc., two companies that recently filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware and San Diego, respectively. A handful of other firms are also owed money by the debtors.

By Brian Baxter

23 minute read

October 18, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Jaroslawa Zelinsky Johnson, a former managing partner of Chadbourne & Parke's defunct Kiev office, is the second named plaintiff to come forward in a $100 million gender bias suit against the firm.

By Brian Baxter

29 minute read

October 15, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Jim Prentice, a well-respected lawyer who worked at Canada's Fraser Milner Casgrain and once served as Alberta's premier, died at 60 on Oct. 13 with three other people in a plane crash in British Columbia. Prentice was once called "the chief operating officer" of Canada by the country's former prime minister.

By Brian Baxter

13 minute read