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O'Melveny Swipes Trio of Wilson M&A Partners
O'Melveny & Myers is poaching three high-profile corporate partners from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a source familiar with the deal said Tuesday. During their time at Wilson Sonsini, the attorneys represented such clients as Sun Microsystems, Sybase, Veritas, Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks.
Shanghai's Silicon Valley Connection: Carmen Chang
In a bold move, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati wooed back partner Carmen Chang from Shearman & Sterling last year so that she could head up the formation of an office in China. Chang has been busy traveling between her Silicon Valley home base and the Shanghai location, but Law.com recently caught up with her to get a status report on the new office's operations and the importance of the region's business for Wilson Sonsini and others.
The 2009 Global 100: The Great Game
The American Lawyer's 2009 Global 100 rankings, compiled in conjunction with London's Legal Week, provide a glimpse of the far-reaching impact of the financial meltdown on the world's largest firms. In many cases the effect is profound: Clifford Chance's profits per partner, for example, fell by 41 percent, while Latham & Watkins' dropped by 20.5 percent. Such results are a far cry from the steep upward trajectory that global firms have long enjoyed.Clarett Attempts End Run. NFL Lawyers Go For The Block
Maurice Clarett wants to play in the NFL, but the league says he has to wait until he's three years out of high school. Now Clarett has sued the league, demanding that he be included in the next draft. A long period of relative tranquility for NFL labor relations GC Dennis Curran may be nearing an end.Indicted Lawyer's Firm Smelled Trouble
About 12 years ago, an internal memo from Best Best & Krieger expressed concerns that it was acting as a conduit for legally questionable payments from Milberg Weiss to Seymour Lazar, the lead plaintiff in dozens of securities class actions. "To us it just smells bad, and probably would to an investigator," says the memo, filed in court last week. That concern came to fruition when Lazar and his attorney, Paul Selzer, were indicted for allegedly taking some $2 million in kickbacks from Milberg Weiss.New Manual's Mission Is To Keep Campuses Diverse
On the one-year anniversary last Thursday of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, the California-based Equal Justice Society released a final draft of its legal guide for college and law school administrators in the creation and review of race-conscious admissions policies.Brazil's Emergence as a 'Major Player' Spurs Growing Investment by Law Firms
Law School to Simulate Big-Firm Environment
Starting next year, the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law will call on all third-year students to participate in its new Law Firm Program, a series of courses that simulates big-firm lawyering. "It's a blend of academics and practice," says Baker & McKenzie partner Craig Roeder, who served on the advisory board to revise the school's curriculum. The courses are a response to criticism from the legal profession directed at law schools generally that graduates are not ready to practice law.Trending Stories
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