Brian Baxter

May 27, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Amid merger talks with a U.K. firm, Hunton & Williams added two practice leaders from Katten Muchin Rosenman; Bo Dietl's GC finds a new home; Jenner & Block launches a private wealth practice; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

119 minute read

May 25, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Silicon Valley stalwart Fenwick & West is poised to set up shop in the Big Apple; Boies Schiller brings on two more litigators; Ropes & Gray grabs another private equity pro in London; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

157 minute read

May 23, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Lawyers who represented iconic pop star Prince recall a complex, unusual client.

By Brian Baxter

13 minute read

May 23, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Steptoe & Johnson's Korea practice co-head finds a new home; a Bryan Cave practice leader joins the Kentucky Derby; a longtime Paul Weiss litigator becomes a regulator; Perkins Coie hires from Microsoft; and other notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

147 minute read

May 20, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Constellation Enterprises LLC, owner of the nation's largest single site steel foundry, owes nearly $2 million in legal bills to some of its outside lawyers, according to its Chapter 11 filing in Delaware.

By Brian Baxter

12 minute read

May 18, 2016 | The American Lawyer

A half-dozen big firms shuffled practice leaders within the past week; Skadden snags a high-profile arbitration expert in Hong Kong; the founding partner of Weil's Rhode Island office departs; and other notable laterals from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

205 minute read

May 17, 2016 | The American Lawyer

The restructuring practices at the two top Am Law 100 firms are advising on two more Chapter 11 cases filed Monday by Breitburn Energy Partners LP and SandRidge Energy Inc.

By Brian Baxter

32 minute read

May 12, 2016 | The American Lawyer

The Chapter 11 filings of Linn Energy LLC and Penn Virginia Corp. brought two more big energy-related bankruptcies into a stable of cases collected by Kirkland & Ellis. The Linn case alone is the third-largest bankruptcy filed so far this year.

By Brian Baxter

21 minute read

May 11, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Ryan Walsh, a former Bryan Cave litigation associate who pleaded guilty in February to charges of threatening to kill a partner back in 2013, was sentenced to three years' probation Tuesday by a federal judge in St. Louis.

By Brian Baxter

16 minute read

May 11, 2016 | The American Lawyer

A quartet of cybersecurity pros plies their wares at new firms; Blank Rome hires a former U.S. senator; Cooley adds a high-powered private equity team; Orrick adds again in Paris; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

106 minute read