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June 01, 2007 | Law.com

Former Hollinger GC Passes the Buck in Fraud Trial

How does a general counsel stay out of jail if he's been accused of helping company executives line their pockets with millions of shareholder dollars? If he's Mark Kipnis, the former legal chief at Hollinger International, he pleads lack of experience and shifts the blame to the company's outside counsel. Pointing the finger may get Kipnis off -- he faces up to five years in prison -- but some experts say that his defense is the equivalent of career suicide.
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March 06, 2006 | The Recorder

Atlanta Challenges N.Y. in M&A

Firms like Alston & Bird routinely handle multibillion-dollar transactions that used to go Manhattan firms.
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March 03, 2006 | National Law Journal

Atlanta Firms Slow Flow of M&A Deals to New York

It used to be that an Atlanta company preparing for a big deal would shun its local counsel for a Manhattan law firm. Now, mergers and acquisitions practices at Atlanta firms routinely handle multibillion-dollar transactions. Case in point: Smith, Gambrell & Russell partner Robert Paller, who represented AirTran Airways when the discount airline raised $4.5 billion to buy 114 planes from Boeing. The rise of Atlanta firms comes as the national value of M&A deals rose to $1.1 trillion last year.
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August 10, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

Middle City Syndrome?

Philadelphia lawyers who regularly enjoy The Deal with their morning lattes received a rude awakening yesterday. They practice in the worst legal market in America, according to a column printed in the national publication.
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July 15, 2005 | Law.com

Pride & Prejudice

Gibson, Dunn hires the best and brightest, then sets them loose to craft their own success. Why has this meritocratic ideal failed the firm�s minorities?
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May 13, 2011 | Daily Report Online

New partnership between Milbank Tweed and Harvard could create a more sustainable law firm model

More than a hundred years ago, an ambitious business lawyer developed a new way to organize a law firm. The firm combined teams of specialized lawyers with an incentive structure that rewarded efficiency and high quality work. The coordination of skill and effort enable the firm to handle large, complex legal matters and obtain excellent, cost-effective results.
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Kasowitz Fends Off $40 Million Suit Against Caxton Associates
Publication Date: 2012-01-20
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Despite the efforts of his lawyers at Cravath, a former McKinsey & Co. partner couldn't persuade a Manhattan judge that he deserved $40 million for his supposed stake in a health care fund associated with billionaire Bruce Kovner's $10 billion hedge fund.

May 22, 2009 | Law.com

Large-Firm Lawyers Increasingly Striking Out on Their Own

Lawyers from larger firms are increasingly striking out on their own -- both by necessity and by choice. Legal consultant Edward Poll says the numbers of inquiries he has received about lawyers starting new firms has more than tripled in the last year, and statistics from Martindale-Hubbell on the growth in number of firms over the past year back up Poll's experience. Financing a new firm is particularly tricky in a tight credit market, but economics can also work in favor of small firms and their clients.
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Chancellor Chandler Upholds Airgas Poison Pill, Finds Boards Have Power to Defeat Inadequate Hostile Offers; Air Products Withdraws Bid
Publication Date: 2011-02-15
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In Chandler's hotly anticipated opinion, the Delaware Chancery Court judge concluded that, in his view, the Airgas pill had already served its defensive purpose, but that under Delaware law, it is the board's business judgment--and not his--that matters.

January 23, 2002 | Law.com

Complaint in 'Netscape Communications Corp. v. Microsoft Corp.'

In its action against Microsoft Corporation, Netscape Communications Corporation seeks relief under §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, portions of the District of Columbia Code and the common law, for harm resulting from Microsoft's alleged anticompetitive conduct in the markets for Intel-compatible personal computer operating systems and Web browsers worldwide.
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