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June 05, 2003 | New York Law Journal

SECURED TRANSACTIONS

15 minute read
June 28, 1999 | Law.com

Hayboo!

As it approaches its 30th anniversary, Haynes and Boone, the baby of Texas' big-firm family, is living in "holy terror." And that's just the way it likes it. A look at why the firm is well-known for its passionate management.
14 minute read
November 13, 2008 | Law.com

Bagram's Black Hole

On its face, the legal status of detainees at Bagram, a U.S.-controlled air base leased from the government of Afghanistan, appears to be much like that of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. military station leased from Cuba. One would expect the Bagram detainees to benefit from legal arguments raised on behalf of Guantanamo inmates, whose due process rights the Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed. But so far, that?s not the case.
19 minute read
September 15, 2004 | Law.com

Defending Detainees

One day he's on a brief with conservative scholar Richard Epstein, the next he's challenging the Guantanamo tribunals. Neal Katyal defies easy categorization. Just seven years after a Supreme Court clerkship, the young Georgetown University law professor has already figured in many important cases. Says a former deputy attorney general who supervised Katyal at the Department of Justice: "He is already a force, and he will be recognized as a national figure in the law."
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Baker Botts and Asarco Duke It Out in Grandaddy of All Fee Fights
Publication Date: 2010-06-03
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The Asarco bankruptcy was a huge success, resulting in full payment to all creditors and the emergence of a going concern. Baker Botts, the debtor's counsel, wants the judge to approve a total of about $142 million in fees and expenses. But Asarco is now owned again by its former parent, which Baker Botts whipped to the tune of a $6 billion fraudulent conveyance judgment in the Chapter 11. And--no surprise--the vanquished opponent doesn't want to pay up.

May 15, 2006 | National Law Journal

The Happy Warrior

Judge Paul Michel and professor Sherman Cohn remember the late Howard Markey (right), first chief of the Federal Circuit.
7 minute read
May 13, 2004 | Law.com

Coercive Jury Instructions Lead to Drug Conviction Upset

A judge who told a deadlocked jury its job was "to get a result" coerced it into returning a guilty verdict five minutes later, New York's Court of Appeals has ruled. The Appellate Division, 1st Department, had earlier reversed the conviction in a 3-2 decision identifying five errors in the trial judge's charge. The Court of Appeals agreed with the 1st Department majority, and admonished trial judges to strike an appropriate balance in jury instructions.
2 minute read
June 28, 1999 | Law.com

Branding: It's Not That Easy

Building brand name recognition is all the rage these days among law firms. But how do you get your firm's name to harbor the singular magic of words like "Cravath" and "Skadden"? Marketing firm guru Jay M. Jaffe analyzes key trends, problems and strategies in the naming game.
9 minute read
March 01, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

THE WAR ISN'T OVER

It took decades for the U.S. to resolve a key conflict between antitrust and patent law. Now the battleground moves to China.
10 minute read
February 14, 2005 | Law.com

Five from VLG Leave Heller, Opt for Orrick

It's back to the future for five partners from Heller Ehrman's Venture Law Group who resigned Wednesday to join the law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Silicon Valley partners Glen Van Ligten, John Bautista, David Lee and Michael Morrissey, as well as Edmund Ruffin Jr. in Washington, D.C., will join Orrick within a month.
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