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How the Gore Team Built a 'Virtual Law Firm'
A battalion of lawyers has stepped into Vice President Al Gore's high-stakes fight for Florida's crucial electoral votes and the presidency. Their success or failure may determine who will be the next president. Behind the Democratic scenes, a network of more than 100 attorneys from across the nation have become a "virtual law firm," working around the clock to turn out briefs.Latest Merger Has Midsize D.C. Firms Pondering the Altar
It began, perhaps appropriately enough, at Arabelle, a romantic Manhattan restaurant best known for its role as a Sex and the City set.Ever since a jury awarded Lucent a whopping $358 million on its infringement claims over a component in Microsoft's Outlook program, Microsoft's lawyers have systematically whittled away at their client's damages. They did it again on Friday, when a judge in San Diego reduced Alcatel-Lucent's award to just $41 million.
Four years after regulators began investigating alleged collusion by the banks controlling the CDS market, private antitrust litigation is finally starting to take shape.
Shearman & Sterling stood with embattled Puda Coal chairman Ming Zhao after a China stock-watcher accused him of enriching himself though an illicit deal, and the firm stuck around when the SEC and an internal audit committee began to investigate. But after Shearman learned that it had passed along a phony document on Zhao's behalf that was also given to the SEC, the firm bid its client goodbye.
The Real World According to Summer Associates
Summer associates come off as a tough crew in The American Lawyer's survey of almost 6,800 interns at about 200 firms, welcoming brutal honesty about their own performances and leaving none of the firms immune from suggestions for improvement. But overall, law students gave their summer employers lots of praise. While the survey's upper tiers included many familiar names, plenty of newcomers hit high notes -- and two of the top 10 slots were captured by firms that vaulted more than 100 spots.Trending Stories
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