Brian Baxter

October 23, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Simpson Thacher and Davis Polk divvy up fees from the largest IPO of 2015; a look at the nation's top legal lobbying shops; and other billables of note from throughout the Am Law 200 universe.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

October 20, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Six months after a firmwide cull, Wiley Rein is hiring again; Covington & Burling brings back a partner from GE; Day Pitney expands into Florida; Ropes & Gray raids Fried Frank; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read

October 18, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Crowell & Moring picks up a former disc jockey to head its London corporate group, while another controversial partner departs; Cahill Gordon & Reindel hires from Credit Suisse; Orrick adds in Germany; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter and Nell Gluckman

7 minute read

October 14, 2015 | Law.com

A look at the Am Law 200 firms that saw their attorney head counts change the most during the first three quarters of 2015. Florida's Greenspoon Marder, a new entrant this year to the Second Hundred, and Dickstein Shapiro topped the list.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

October 12, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Marcel Aubut, a former head of the Canadian Olympic Committee and one-time CEO of the National Hockey League's now-defunct Quebec Nordiques, resigned from his prominent Montreal-based law firm in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal.

By Brian Baxter

3 minute read

October 12, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Marcel Aubut, a former head of the Canadian Olympic Committee and one-time CEO of the National Hockey League's now-defunct Quebec Nordiques, resigned from his prominent Montreal-based law firm in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal.

By Brian Baxter

3 minute read

October 11, 2015 | The American Lawyer

The world's soon-to-be-largest firm by attorney head count continues to expand; Honigman Miller hires again in Chicago; Ice Miller opens in New York; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

10 minute read

October 11, 2015 | The American Lawyer

The world's soon-to-be-largest firm by attorney head count continues to expand; Honigman Miller hires again in Chicago; Ice Miller opens in New York; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

10 minute read

October 07, 2015 | Law.com

Cooley, Debevoise, Dentons, Fenwick, Gibson Dunn, Greenberg Traurig, Kirkland and Latham are advising clients in the increasingly lucrative—and still mostly unregulated—world of daily fantasy sports.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read

October 07, 2015 | The American Lawyer

Cooley, Debevoise, Dentons, Fenwick, Gibson Dunn, Greenberg Traurig, Kirkland and Latham are advising clients in the increasingly lucrative—and still mostly unregulated—world of daily fantasy sports.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read