NEXT
Sign in to follow
Search Results

0 results for 'Cravath Swaine Moore,'

You can use to get even better search results
June 02, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Mediation May Rev Up Plodding Enron Civil Litigation

Just more than a month after U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon of Houston lifted a discovery stay in the massive Enron Corp. class-action litigation, Harmon and the New York federal judge presiding over Enron's bankruptcy ordered many of the parties to mediation.
5 minute read
January 16, 2001 | Law.com

France

A flurry of aggressive French dealmaking in the last two years has allowed several U.S. and U.K. firms to make inroads into France's legal market. But even as these outsiders aggressively poach local lawyers to staff their Paris offices, French corporate boutiques have resisted rushing to the altar with their colleagues from abroad. The French have been more interested in being just "friends."
5 minute read
August 07, 2001 | Law.com

Souped-Up Sales Not Such a Hot Idea

The world's largest maker of soup may have lied to investors as to just how "M'm! M'm! Good!" its sales were from 1997 to 1999. A federal judge from New Jersey has ruled plaintiffs may proceed with a class action lawsuit against Campbell Soup Co. The plaintiffs allege the company "disseminated materially false and misleading information" to the investing public about business operations and financial performance.
7 minute read
September 27, 1999 | Law.com

Covington Opens Up

Even at a time when law firm mergers are proliferating, this one took the D.C. legal world by surprise. The marriage of New York's Howard, Smith & Levin to D.C.'s Covington & Burling was made official Oct. 1. And Howard is wearing the pants. Handing over so much control to newcomers is a big step for the insular Covington, which has accepted only eight lateral partners in its 80-year history. But inside Covington's offices, partners had been hoping to hook up with a midsize New York firm for several years.
9 minute read
June 06, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Joint Session to Choose Board of Regents Upheld

ALBANY In a decision that renders the current New York State Senate irrelevant in the process of selecting the Board of Regents, the Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the practice of choosing members of the powerful education panel in joint Assembly/Senate sessions.
5 minute read
August 31, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Rejects Judicial Conventions

7 minute read
April 07, 2000 | Law.com

Chasing Milbank

Last summer, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy landed its biggest litigation matter in years from Chase Manhattan Bank, once its most important client. The firm spent the next several months arguing that Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, the counsel in a related case, had a conflict -- and therefore needed to be replaced. But in the end the judge ruled that Paul, Weiss could stay. The firm thrown out? Milbank.
4 minute read
May 18, 2006 | Law.com

Merck Shareholders' Vioxx Suits Tossed Due to Lapse in Protocol

Still smarting from a $13.5 million Vioxx verdict in New Jersey -- and a judge's referral of the case to state prosecutors for possible criminal action -- Merck & Co. got some welcome good news from a federal court in the state. U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler dismissed shareholder derivative suits against the company, finding the plaintiffs failed to comply with a federal court rule requiring shareholders to demand, prior to filing suit, that the board of directors take corrective action.
3 minute read
May 26, 2005 | Law.com

Coudert Explores Action Over Defections to Orrick

Stung by the defection of all of its partners in London and Moscow, Coudert Brothers is considering a lawsuit against Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, which hired the partners away. Coudert has retained Barry Ostrager, the co-head of litigation at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, to investigate whether Orrick and the departing partners breached confidences gained in merger discussions between the two firms. The loss has been a blow to Coudert: As other U.S. firms have expanded overseas, its stature has fallen.
5 minute read
January 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

Browsing the Paris Boutiques

5 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources

  • 2024 Trends Report Mid-Year Special Edition: Update on Outside Counsel Billing Rates

    Brought to you by LexisNexis® CounselLink®

    Download Now

  • AI in Private Equity: A Guide for Gaining an Early Advantage

    Brought to you by Ontra

    Download Now

  • Why Are So Many Law Firms Suddenly Embracing Digital Transformation?

    Brought to you by AllRize

    Download Now

  • 2025 State Legislative Sessions

    Brought to you by LexisNexis®

    Download Now