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The American Lawyer

Latham Lands Latest Energy Bankruptcy as Fees Draw Scrutiny

Oklahoma City's Chaparral Energy tapped Latham & Watkins to guide it through Chapter 11, while Skadden and Kirkland both faced questions over their fees in other recent energy industry bankruptcies.
26 minute read

The American Lawyer

Growth Game: Dentons Launches Referral Network, Munich Office

Dentons, in its latest growth bid, announced this week the formation of a global referral network in an effort to establish itself as a brand able to connect clients with lawyers around the world. The firm is also poised to open an office in Munich.
46 minute read

The American Lawyer

Second Tranche of Offshore Docs Reveals More Big Firms

A nonprofit published a database of offshore entities culled from leaked documents at Panama's Mossack Fonseca. But while the names of dozens of law firms emerged in the disclosures, internal emails and other source materials remained out of public view.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Managing Partner Splits With Newly Formed Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz

Just months after co-founding the elite new litigation boutique with Paul Weiss's Beth Wilkinson and other high-profile Big Law alums, partner Eric Liebeler has left the firm.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Firms Cash In on Anti-Bribery Expertise Amid Litigation Slowdown

Big-ticket litigations involving scores of lawyers may be thinner on the ground these days, but a surge in global anti-corruption probes appears to be making up for it at a number of firms.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Full-Service Client Partnership Model: A Primer for Law Firms

Michael R. Caplan, chief operating officer of Goodwin Procter, writes: In the current market, law firms need to manage client relationships by providing advice through two key sources: traditional lawyering, or the practice of law, and through legal operations, or the business of law.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-Dewey Leader Wants to Handle Retrial Pro Se

The criminal case against two leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf took an unusual turn Friday, when former executive director Stephen DiCarmine said he wanted to represent himself at a retrial.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Holland & Knight Partner To Sing National Anthem At Hawks' Game 3

When Holland & Knight partner Robert Highsmith isn't manning his practice or exploring underwater caves, he's singing and playing guitar in some of Atlanta's smaller music venues.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Two More Energy Companies Tap Kirkland for Bankruptcy Work

Having already grabbed a handful of key debtor's-side roles for struggling energy companies, Kirkland & Ellis added two more Chapter 11 cases to its docket this week, snagging assignments for Houston's Ultra Petroleum Corp. and Midstates Petroleum Inc.
3 minute read

Law.com

Big Law Alums Seek to Grow Tech Startup Scene in New York

New York City's efforts to grow as an East Coast technology hub are being helped by Tech:NYC, a new nonprofit headed by a former Loeb & Loeb and Dentons lawyer that has two Am Law 100 alums on its board. Gunderson Dettmer is also involved with the organization.
4 minute read

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