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When a Nonsignatory Can Compel Arbitration With a Signatory
Steven R. Paradise, a partner at Vinson & Elkins, and Michael S. Davi, an associate at the firm, write that arbitration is based on consent, although in the absence of a formal agreement to arbitrate, the course of dealings between the parties may require that this consent be inferred in the name of fairness. The recent ruling in Sokol, they say, provides a blueprint for determining when consent will be inferred between a signatory to an arbitration agreement and a nonsignatory to that agreement.
Buyout boom hits wall as investors cool to risky debt
THE BUYOUT BOOM that helped fuel Wall Street's recent record rise may be stalling now that debt investors who helped finance that surge are starting to turn away.It's about time. Bondholders had long put themselves at risk by funding private-equity acquisitions that gave them few protections and seemed to put the sellers' interests first.
Am Law Second Hundred Firms Share the Pain
Much like their Am Law 100 counterparts, Second Hundred firms struggled in 2009 under the twin burdens of decreased transactional work and increased client sensitivity to litigation costs. With their regional footprints and -- in some cases -- more narrow practice focuses, Second Hundred firms had better year-over-year rates of growth than Am Law 100 firms as the recession took hold during 2008. But in 2009, the Second Hundred stumbled in two key areas: average profits per partner and revenue per lawyer.Variations on, and alternatives to, billable hours
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