Brian Baxter

January 04, 2018 | The Recorder

The demise of the 85-year-old insurance-focused law firm has created an alumni network throughout California and beyond.

By Brian Baxter |

4 minute read

January 02, 2018 | The Recorder

A workplace dispute between John Mendoza and Major Langer, name partners at what was once Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin, Mendoza and Harrison, ended in an office holiday party shooting on Dec. 29 that claimed the lives of both lawyers.

By Brian Baxter |

3 minute read

January 02, 2018 | The American Lawyer

The full integration between the newly-formed global legal giant and an outfit formerly known as Faasen & Partners comes after a 10-year affiliation relationship with a legacy firm.

By James Booth

3 minute read

December 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Papers filed on Dec. 28 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicate that the regulator has resolved its proceedings against Joel Sanders. A similar agreement was unable to be reached with former Dewey & LeBoeuf executive director Stephen DiCarmine.

By Brian Baxter |

4 minute read

December 28, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The litigation powerhouse is poised to join Kirkland & Ellis in Beantown, where the latter set up shop earlier this year.

By Brian Baxter |

4 minute read

December 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer

William Graham, a former lawyer at the high-powered, Washington, D.C.-based Am Law 100 firm and a son of late Washington Post publisher Kay Graham, died on Dec. 20 in Los Angeles from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

By Brian Baxter |

5 minute read

December 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Kennedys, an insurance-focused British firm that has been busy in recent weeks scooping up Sedgwick defectors, has now struck a deal in Puerto Rico on the heels of opening six offices in Latin America within the past 18 months.

By Joseph Evans

3 minute read

December 20, 2017 | The American Lawyer

At least 10 large law firms are advising on four M&A deals announced within the past month involving major restaurant chains and snack companies.

By Brian Baxter |

6 minute read

December 18, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Clyde & Co is poised to pick up 15 partners and up to 80 lawyers and staffers from Sedgwick as the San Francisco-based Am Law 200 firm prepares to close its doors.

By Joseph Evans

4 minute read

December 18, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The BBC and Guardian Media Group plc are prepared to defend themselves after leading offshore firm Appleby retains Osborne Clark for potential breach of confidence proceedings stemming from the "Paradise Papers" hack.

By Joseph Evans

3 minute read