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October 23, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Court Urged to Reject 'Blanket Sealing' of Monitor's Report in HSBC Case

The Second Circuit case tests the secrecy of compliance reports.
12 minute read
October 23, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Cravath Leads on Time Warner, Tobacco Mega-Mergers

Christmas has come early to Cravath, Swaine & Moore. The firm is advising British American Tobacco on a $47 billion cash-and-stock bid for the remaining stake in cigarette giant Reynolds American it doesn't already own. Meanwhile, another longtime Cravath client, Time Warner Inc., has agreed on a $108.7 billion sale to AT&T.
74 minute read
October 21, 2016 | International Edition

Skadden and Kirkland Advise on Privatization of Chinese Travel Site

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Kirkland & Ellis are advising on the privatization of Chinese travel site Qunar Cayman Islands, which is valued at $4.4 billion.
13 minute read
October 21, 2016 | National Law Journal

Court Urged to Reject 'Blanket Sealing' of Monitor's Report in HSBC Case

A federal appeals court was urged Thursday to allow the public to read a 1,000-page report from the compliance monitor who is overseeing a deferred-prosecution agreement between HSBC Bank USA and the U.S. Justice Department. Prosecutors and lawyers for the bank are fighting in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to overturn a judge's unsealing order.
14 minute read
October 20, 2016 | Legaltech News

Trial Technology Expert Joins Opus 2 International as Electronic Courtrooms Gain Traction

Cheryl Wilson-Griffin joins Opus 2 International from Mayer Brown and Kirkland & Ellis as the company's client success manager.
11 minute read
October 18, 2016 | National Law Journal

Alito, Thomas to Headline Federalist Society Annual Convention

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Jr. are headliners next month at the Federalist Society's annual national convention, which will focus on the legacy of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. The agenda marks the return of the appearance of at least one conservative justice—a seven-year streak that ended last year when no justice spoke at the event in Washington. Numerous lawyers from Big Law are set to participate on panels at the convention.
20 minute read
October 17, 2016 | International Edition

Skadden and Kirkland Advise as ZTO Express Eyes Biggest China IPO in U.S. Since Alibaba

The Chinese logistics company is set to list on the New York Stock Exchange in an offering that could raise as much as $1.5 billion.
19 minute read
October 17, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Cognitive Dissonance and Law Firm Associate Pay

Steven J. Harper tackles issues of law firm associate salary increases and client costs, writing: Corporate clients truly worried about the long-run might want to spend less time obsessing over young associates' starting salaries and more time focusing on the behavior of older attorneys at their outside firms. In the end, clients will bear the costs of short-term thinking that pervades the ranks of big firm leaders.
13 minute read
October 16, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

SEC Whistleblower, Rejecting Award, Cites Revolving Door for Lax Enforcement

Former Deutsche Bank risk officer Eric Ben-Artzi grabbed headlines this year when he said he was rejecting a multimillion-dollar SEC whistleblower award. In refusing any compensation, Ben-Artzi put a spotlight on the revolving door at the agency: "So why did the SEC not go after Deutsche's executives? The most obvious concern is that Deutsche's top lawyers 'revolved' in and out of the SEC before, during and after the illegal activity at the bank," he said. Last week, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, long a critic of SEC Chair Mary Jo White's leadership, raised new concerns in a letter to President Obama.
18 minute read
October 14, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Shearman Gambles on Wall Street Rarity: Nonequity Partners

Shearman & Sterling's move to expand its nonequity tier will likely increase the firm's profitability, at the least in the short term. But it also carries risks.
28 minute read

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