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Corporate Counsel

Fintech Innovation Too Quick for Some Outside Counsel

Some fintech startups are innovating so quickly that it's hard for outside counsel to keep up. Ben Alden, general counsel for personal finance startup Betterment in New York, has hired many firms that he ultimately parted ways with before finding the right outside counsel who understood the company, which offers automated investing, or "robo-advising."
22 minute read

National Law Journal

Court Sets Hearing to Weigh Giuliani, Mukasey Conflict Claim

A federal judge has ordered a hearing to address whether former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey have a conflict of interest in a case where they represent a Turkish gold trader charged with helping Iran violate sanctions imposed by Congress.
27 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Sets Hearing to Weigh Giuliani, Mukasey Conflict Claim

A federal judge has ordered a hearing to address whether former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey have a conflict of interest in a case where they represent a Turkish gold trader charged with helping Iran violate sanctions imposed by Congress.
27 minute read

The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Five Firms Help ConocoPhillips Escape Oil Sands

One of the world's largest independent oil exploration and production companies is bidding adieu to Canada's massive oil sands. Three leading Canadian firms and a pair of Am Law 100 shops have grabbed lead roles on a $13.3 billion deal by Houston-based ConocoPhillips' to unload the bulk of its assets up north.
47 minute read

The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Five Firms Help ConocoPhillips Escape Oil Sands

One of the world's largest independent oil exploration and production companies is bidding adieu to Canada's massive oil sands. Three leading Canadian firms and a pair of Am Law 100 shops have grabbed lead roles on a $13.3 billion deal by Houston-based ConocoPhillips' to unload the bulk of its assets up north.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Trump Lawyers' Financial Disclosures Reveal Big Law Salaries, Client Lists

Want to know what Jones Day's biggest names made last year? How about partners at other major firms? The White House's staff financial disclosures, released over the weekend, offer rare glimpses inside the wallets of some of Washington's most well-known lawyers. We've highlighted details from 12 lawyers' disclosures.
82 minute read

The American Lawyer

Sidley, Bay Area Boutique Among Top Baseball Billers

San Francisco-based Altshuler Berzon and Sidley Austin were among a dozen outside law firms to have received payments in 2016 from the Major League Baseball Players Association. The labor union, one of the most powerful in professional sports, disclosed the fees in an annual Labor Department filing.
31 minute read

The Recorder

Sidley, Bay Area Boutique Among Top Baseball Billers

San Francisco-based Altshuler Berzon and Sidley Austin were among a dozen outside law firms to have received payments in 2016 from the Major League Baseball Players Association. The labor union, one of the most powerful in professional sports, disclosed the fees in an annual Labor Department filing.
31 minute read

The American Lawyer

Investment Fund Fires Morgan Lewis for 'Enabling' Trump With Ethics Advice

"Americans deserve a president of undivided loyalty," the Wallace Global Fund told Morgan Lewis' leader. "Your firm has denied them that."
40 minute read

National Law Journal

Covington's Robert Kelner, Navigating the 'Wild West,' Pushes Michael Flynn Deal

Robert Kelner, the leader of Covington & Burling's political and election law team, once described congressional investigations as the "Wild West," an area that lacked any set of defined rules. "A lot of this in the Wild West is about rapport and credibility," Kelner said in 2009, speaking on a panel in Washington. As the lawyer for Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser who resigned in February, Kelner's rapport and credibility are about to be tested.
17 minute read

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