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Audit Fees Surge In SOX's Wake
Accounting firms continue to rake in audit fees. The costs of complying with the audit provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a law passed by Congress in 2002 to restore investor confidence after a series of accounting scandals, rose 22 percent in fiscal year 2005 for small-cap companies and 4 percent for larger companies, according to a Foley & Lardner study on the costs of corporate governance reform.Bingham expands international securities practice
Bingham McCutchen has expanded its international securities practice with the addition of two partners to it Washington office — Michael D. Wolk and Amy N. Kroll, formerly of Foley & Lardner.Judge Wants Answers After Patent Company Voluntarily Dismisses Suit Against Foley & Lardner
A federal judge is demanding an explanation from a patent holding company after it asked her to dismiss its trade secrets suit against Foley & Lardner. SPH America filed a voluntary motion to dismiss its complaint, which accused the firm of revealing in court documents confidential information it had gleaned while defending a client SPH had sued. The judge has threatened to dismiss the case with prejudice, writing that "this plaintiff has an unusual record of filing complaints in this district and then dismissing them."
Attorney works first multinational deal with Burger King in Central America
John L. Murphy of Foley & Lardner helped a Burger King franchisee acquire exclusive master franchise rights in Central America and a bank financing commitment for future expansion there.
Kirkland, Wilmer Wipe Out $147 Million Patent Verdict Against RIM
U.S. District Judge James Ware in San Francisco vacated a $147 million jury verdict that Mformation Technologies and its lawyers at Foley & Lardner won against RIM just last month.Firms unite in pro bono effort for wounded soldiers
Wounded soldiers who allege that the government is downplaying their injuries and cheating them out of benefits have some new legal ammunition: three major law firms offering free legal services. Foley & Lardner, King & Spalding and LeBoeuf Lamb have offered to do pro bono work on behalf of veterans who are appealing low disability ratings made by the government.
Midwest Firms Staking Out Their Patch of China
Midwest law firms are taking hold of the trend of opening branch offices in China, with Kirkland & Ellis as well as Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw opening offices in Hong Kong this month and Foley & Lardner planning to open one in Shanghai later this year. The firms are latching on to the world's fastest-growing economy in various practice areas, from private equity to intellectual property and general legal work. "China is, from the IP perspective, a very important market," says Foley partner Sharon Barner.Trending Stories
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