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May 30, 2016 | National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE: Big Firms Pay Big Bucks for Clinton Talks

Hogan Lovells, Latham & Watkins and White & Case were among the group of firms that paid $1.75 million into Hillary and Bill Clinton coffers. Plus more in this week's column.
45 minute read
May 27, 2016 | Delaware Law Weekly

Am Law 100 Firms' Delaware Presence Stresses State's Strategic Importance

Of the nation's 100 top-grossing law firms, 21 operate offices in Wilmington, highlighting both the prominence of Delaware's legal market and the influence national firms have been able to exert in the First State.
5 minute read
May 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

'Modified' Business Judgment Rule for Going-Private Transactions

Scott M. Himes writes that in its recent opinion in 'In re Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc., Shareholder Litigation', the New York Court of Appeals, following Delaware's lead, held that the board-friendly business judgment rule should apply to the challenge of a going-private merger if certain shareholder-protective conditions are met. The opinion sets forth a road map for how parties can structure such a merger to pass legal muster.
22 minute read
May 24, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Fewer Pa. Firms Found on Am Law 200

Movement up the rankings by some Pennsylvania law firms and a drop off by another has left just two Keystone State firms on the Am Law 200 this year..
24 minute read
May 23, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Sheppard Mullin's Growth Surge Continues, Plus More Lateral Moves

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.
147 minute read
May 23, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Administration Defends Ashcroft in 9/11 Litigation

The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit's reinstatement of claims by Muslim, Arab and South Asian men that former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and his FBI director Robert Mueller III purposely and unconstitutionally directed their detentions in harsh and abusive conditions following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
11 minute read
May 20, 2016 | Law.com

Obama's Justice Dept. Defends Bush DOJ in Post-9/11 Supreme Court Case

The Obama administration is defending former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and his FBI director Robert Mueller III in the U.S. Supreme Court over claims they are liable for their roles in the post-Sept. 11 roundup and detention of Muslim, Arab and South Asian men.
4 minute read
May 18, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Environmental Firm in Montco Replaces Its Longtime COO

An environmental, energy and land use firm based in the Philadelphia suburbs has hired a veteran in midsize firm operations to replace its 22-year chief operating officer.
9 minute read
May 16, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Hundreds But Not All Charges Tossed Against Harrisburg Ex-Mayor

A Dauphin County judge has dismissed 305 of the 449 charges filed against former Harrisburg mayor Stephen Reed, who has been accused of siphoning public funds from civic projects to purchase a host of ­artifacts and memorabilia, such as a vampire-hunting kit, that he allegedly planned to use for a museum.
9 minute read
May 13, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Constitutional Limits on Civil Forfeiture Reviewed by High Court

In a case that could broadly effect government seizures of personal property in Pennsylvania, the state's high court heard arguments last week over the constitutionality of civil forfeiture involving individuals with no criminal culpability.
10 minute read

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