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The American Lawyer Names Global Legal Award Winners
The American Lawyer announces the winners of its inaugural Global Legal Awards in 30 categories. Additionally, four grand prizes—Global Finance Deal of the Year, Global M&A Deal of the Year, Global Dispute of the Year, and The American Lawyer Global Citizenship Award—will be announced at a special event on September 23.What Gaps Could Prevent Enforcement of a Settlement Agreement?
In a recent decision, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York addressed a motion to enforce a settlement that was never reduced to a formal executed agreement. Attorneys Shari L. Steinberg and Jenny L. Floyd note that the decision provides a useful refresher of rules for counsel to keep in mind during settlement discussions, in order to avoid potentially binding their client to a settlement prematurely, or, conversely, potentially losing the benefit of a favorable settlement.Big Firms Growing -- by a Thin 1.5 Percent
The nation's 250 largest law firms continued to grow last year, but just barely. The attorney head count inched up by 1.5 percent, compared with last year's 1.6 percent -- the lowest since 1994. Even more revealing, the number of associates dipped by 3.5 percent. It was only the third time in 27 years that associate staffing dropped in consecutive years.The Score: Firms Eye Devils Deal, Proskauer Seals TV Pacts
Proskauer Rose is advising the U.S. Golf Association and NASCAR on new television broadcast rights deals with Fox Sports and NBC Sports, respectively; Boies, Schiller & Flexner and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are leading on a looming sale of the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils; and several Am Law 100 lawyers take seats on the NCAA's expanded infractions committee in our latest look at sports and the law.How the Christian Right's Go-To Lawyer Built an Empire
Tony [email protected] the week before, Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, had cheerfully predicted that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers had "turned the corner" and would never withdraw her name from consideration. A few hours after Miers proved him dead wrong, Sekulow sounded as upbeat as ever.'NLJ 250' Shows Strong Law Firm Growth Continuing
The 250 largest law firms in the U.S. grew by 4 percent in 2006, a figure that was just shy of the prior year's gains, according to The National Law Journal's 29th annual survey. The results indicate a "healthy legal economy" spurred by strong mergers and acquisitions activity and big-ticket litigation, said one law firm consultant. And while law firms used to base their mergers on geography and size for size's sake, they now take a much more strategic approach, said another consultant.Trending Stories
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