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Andrews Kurth Negotiates Proposed Settlement With Enron, Unsecured Creditors
Houston-based Andrews Kurth has negotiated a tentative agreement to settle all claims brought against the firm by its former client Enron Corp. and the bankrupt Houston energy company's Committee of Unsecured Creditors. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez of the Southern District of New York, who is presiding over Enron's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, must approve the proposed deal before it becomes final. Under the proposed settlement terms, Andrews Kurth will pay $18.5 million in cash to Enron.Corporate Scorecard 2005: Lawyers Back on Top
The deal market has returned. Not since 2000 have the transactional and equity markets been so fat. The bounce isn't returning the markets to the frothy levels of the late 1990s, but it's certainly made deal lawyers busy again and is helping to inflate revenues. Which law firms racked up the most impressive deals this past year?What a Hogan/Lovells Merger Would Mean
The new entity has the potential for a name out of Harry Potter--Hogells--and a chance to remake a corner of the Big Law marketplace.Kasowitz Holds Power Close As He Grows Firm, Lures Business
Galleon Insider-Trading Case Feeds Silicon Valley White-Collar Bar
The Galleon Group insider-trading case has put an army of New York lawyers to work, but with the tentacles of the alleged insider-trading ring reaching into Silicon Valley, that area's white-collar bar is also getting a piece. A week after charges were filed against Galleon founder Raj Rajaratnam for allegedly making lucrative trades on inside information he received about such Valley tech powerhouses as Google, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices and Polycom, local companies caught up in the case are lawyering up.Baker Botts Cuts an Iraqi Oil Deal -- and Draws a Backlash
Ever since oil first gushed in Texas, Houston-based Baker Botts has represented wildcatters. While those deals were always risky, even Baker may not have anticipated that the deal made by the firm for its latest wildcatter -- Hunt Oil Co., a longtime client hungry for oil in Iraq -- was risking quite so much. Both the U.S. and Iraqi governments are annoyed by the Hunt contract, and the Bush administration claims that the deal may hurt peace prospects in the region.Circuit Rules Law Prohibits Pretrial Restraint of Assets
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