Michael D Goldhaber

September 21, 2000 | Law.com

San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's New York office resisted the everyday-casual epidemic until recently when partner-in-charge Larry Fisher raised the white, khaki flag. "Ultimately, you issue a memo and say, 'Oh screw it,' and move on," sighed Fisher. A report by The National Law Journal confirms that everyday business casual at big law firms has indeed passed the tipping point.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

7 minute read

August 24, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Philip Morris is using international treaty arbitration to try to roll back Uruguay's stringent new cigarette packaging rules. Are the worst fears of international arbitration's critics coming true?

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

August 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

Jared Genser and Yang Jianli have found their lives intertwined. Students at the Kennedy School of Government 10 years ago, Genser was inspired by Yang to become a lawyer and ultimately to found Freedom Now, a group whose highly targeted campaigns have scored an impressive record of helping to free prisoners of conscience. It was largely thanks to Freedom Now that Yang was able to leave a Chinese prison earlier this year and to return to the United States on Saturday as a free man.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read

February 11, 2000 | Law.com

How high and far the bidding goes remains to be seen. For now, let's just explore some longer-term questions. 1. Is this unprecedented? 2. Is this bad for America? 3. Is this bad for law firms? Depends on your perspective.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

4 minute read

June 30, 2000 | Law.com

Employment Law Training, the nonlawyer arm of San Francisco-based Littler Mendelson, is rapidly becoming the firm's largest revenue source. The half-owned subsidiary generates $200,000 a month in billings. It's hardly the only success law firms have had with side businesses, despite the supposed ethical restrictions on multidisciplinary practices. A survey by The National Law Journal of the country's largest law firms shows nonfirm businesses thriving.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read

March 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Reports of the death of the Alien Tort Statute have been greatly exaggerated, or at least announced prematurely.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

9 minute read

May 20, 2009 | The American Lawyer

To exit a global corruption scandal, Siemens paid $275 million

By Michael D. Goldhaber

7 minute read

May 15, 2000 | Law.com

The story of Norm Hamill, the nonequity partner who hopped firms to become a junior associate, proves that the salary wars have, indeed, turned the world upside down. But in one respect, Hamill is the avatar of a long-standing trend: the lengthening of the time to equity partnership. As if one track weren't enough, the brave Hamill now has to climb two. And the tracks are mostly getting longer.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

5 minute read

January 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

From Central America to the Caucasus, Foley Hoag's Paul Reichler has carved out a unique practice as the giant-slayer of public international law.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

8 minute read

April 05, 2000 | Law.com

New York Justice James Tormey visited the patient on life support whom the state wished him to keep alive, a severely mentally impaired 42-year-old woman. She was groaning. Her intestines were no longer working. Her body was devouring itself. Tormey ordered hydration ended. She died soon after. The case was an easy call for doctors -- all eight consulted favored ending hydration -- but tough for lawyers. In New York, the law governing life-prolonging decisions for the incapacitated is unusually restrictive.

By Michael D. Goldhaber

6 minute read