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The 100 most influential lawyers in America
For the first time in six years, we offer our take on the country's most influential lawyers.Sidley Austin Pushes Into Silicon Valley With Lateral Hires
Sidley Austin is opening an office in Palo Alto, Calif., with 12 attorneys, including longtime Wilson Sonsini partner Thomas DeFilipps, three corporate attorneys from Howard Rice and eight attorneys who will transfer from Sidley's San Francisco office. "We wanted to open with size and with an all-star team," said Sidley Chairman Thomas Cole. The fifth-highest-grossing U.S. law firm, Sidley has had a Los Angeles office for 30 years and a San Francisco office since it merged with Brown & Wood in 2001.One Critic Says Year-Old Reform Act Is Just the Beginning
Court Upholds Local Ordinances Banning Fracking
In his Zoning and Land Use Planning column, Anthony S. Guardino, a partner with Farrell Fritz, writes that the Third Department found that New York's Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law did not preempt a municipality's power to enact a local zoning ordinance banning all activities related to the exploration for, and the production or storage of, natural gas and petroleum within its borders.Post-Recession Demand Drives Strong First-Year Hiring at IP Firm
With the job market for 2012 law graduates seemingly tepid at best, Irvine, Calif.- based IP law firm Knobbe Martens has hired 30 entry-level associates from the class of 2012. That amounts to 11.3 percent of all the firm's attorneys. The firm attributes its hiring number mainly to high demand from clients pursuing applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.Bush Antitrust Gang's Surprising Activism
Corporate dealmakers may soon start yearning for the good old days when the Clinton administration ran the antitrust agencies. Under the Bush administration, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have launched a torrent of merger litigation that eclipses anything that occurred during the tenures of former FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky and former Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein.Simpson Thacher takes leads in M&As
SIMPSON THACHER BARTLETT just had the kind of summer that private equity lawyers dream about. The New York firm's two top private equity clients, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co. and The Blackstone Group, were on a dealmaking binge, and Simpson was at the center of the action. The deal that caught everyone's attention was the $33 billion leveraged buyout of hospital operator HCA Inc.Trending Stories
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