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Howrey Bests Fish in Golf Ball Wars

Posted on March 30, 2010
After four long years, the parent company of Titleist scored a big win Monday in its long-running patent dispute with Callaway over the Pro V1 golf ball when a jury threw out Callaway's claim for $246 million in damages.  

More Lovells Restructuring Ahead of Merger

Posted on March 30, 2010
Lovells is shuttering its Chicago office a month before its merger with Hogan & Hartson becomes official.

Shanghai Court Sentences Rio Tinto Executives in Bribery, Trade Secrets Case

Posted on March 29, 2010
Four employees of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group charged in China with bribery and stealing trade secrets were found guilty Monday and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 7 to 14 years. Rio Tinto said the four will be terminated immediately.

THE AM LAW 100: Foley & Lardner Feels the Pain

Posted on March 29, 2010
Gross revenue declined almost 9 percent in 2009, and both partners and associates saw their paychecks shrink. But, says firm chair Ralf-Reinhard Boer, business is coming back.

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Water Commission Douses the Jenner & Block Party

Posted on March 29, 2010
A suburban Chicago water commission is throwing cold water on the firm, claiming that Jenner overbilled it for a forensic audit.

The Backlash to the Backlash: The Gitmo Lawyers

Posted on March 29, 2010
We're getting to know more and more from the private lawyers representing Guantanamo detainees in the aftermath of the "Al Qaeda-7" campaign.

Davis Polk First-Years Will be At Work By The End of 2010

Posted on March 29, 2010
Some good news for a select few 2010 graduates.

Bad Bet: OTB Halts Payments to Lawyers in Chapter 9 Case

Posted on March 29, 2010
Cravath and Kaye Scholer are among four consultants that New York City's Off-Track Betting Corporation will cease making payments to after a stalled rescue plan by the state forced the bankrupt entity to terminate all of its 1,300 employees.

Freshfields, Hogan Lead on Geely's Volvo Gamble

Posted on March 29, 2010
The Chinese automaker purchased the Volvo brand for less than one-third of what Ford paid for it--in 1999.

More Fee Fights in the Tribune Bankruptcy

Posted on March 29, 2010
The latest: Creditors want big banks to pay back legal fees Tribune has paid them through a subsidiary since filing for bankruptcy.

More Partners Leave, Ruden McClosky Insists Everything is Fine

Posted on March 29, 2010
If you feel like you've read that headline two or three times in the past month, it's because you have.

The Agent Zero Chronicles II: Where Litigation and Corporate Come Together

Posted on March 26, 2010
How Gilbert Arenas's sentencing on a gun charge could affect the sale price of the NBA's Washington Wizards, the Golden State Warriors announce they're for sale, Proskauer Rose steps up for Major League Soccer, a law school dean takes over a basketball program, and Florida State antes up for legal fees.

Eight Days in Haiti

Posted on March 26, 2010
When Reed Smith pro bono counsel Jayne Fleming landed in Port-Au-Prince in early March, the scene on the ground, she says, was something straight out of a science fiction end-of-the-world movie. Tents covered the landscape. Haitians were wandering the streets clearing rubble by hand...

The Ambac Bonanza

Posted on March 26, 2010
Dewey and Bingham lead a group of law firms getting the key work in the Ambac restructuring.

Texas Gets Its Day To Defend Strip Club "Pole Tax"

Posted on March 26, 2010
And K&L Gates is ready to take its amicus representation in defense of the tax all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.

So, How'd the Crazy Toyota Hearing Go?

Posted on March 26, 2010
One leading plaintiffs lawyer compared the fight for time in front of the judges to bartering for cigarettes in prison. In other words, it went pretty much as expected.

Ashurst, Clifford Chance, Latham Leading on Latest Dubai Debt Restructuring

Posted on March 25, 2010
Dubai's debt woes continue as the government of the Persian Gulf emirate announced on Thursday it would inject $9.5 billion into Dubai World to help recapitalize the state-owned holding company's ailing real estate arm Nakheel.

What Did Clifford Chance Offer to Pay to Settle a Discrimination Case?

Posted on March 25, 2010
We've got the answer.

Schulte, McDermott, Manatt On the Cerberus Venture into Catholic Health Care

Posted on March 25, 2010
With health care reform kicking in over the next few years, Cerberus is set to pick up a Boston-based chain of Catholic hospitals.

Five Firms Power Up With Big Energy Deals

Posted on March 25, 2010
Herbert Smith, Fulbright & Jaworski, Mallesons, Vinson & Elkins, and Latham & Watkins have landed roles advising on two separate deals involving oil and gas giant BG Group worth an estimated $70 billion.

Ropes & Gray Moves to Dismiss Malpractice Suit

Posted on March 25, 2010
Ropes & Gray filed a motion on Tuesday to dismiss a civil suit filed by former client Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, accusing the firm and former partner Matthew Vincent of malpractice.

Secretary Sues Davis Wright After Panic Attacks, Firing

Posted on March 25, 2010
Two years into the recession, secretaries appear to be getting a bit more litigious.

Tempers Flare in North Face v. South Butt

Posted on March 24, 2010
The trademark battle between The North Face and startup clothing company The South Butt is getting louder. As South Butt founder James Winkelmann heads off to spring break in Florida, his father is turning up the volume in the case, accusing North Face's lawyers at Bryan Cave of a conflict of interest.

Indian Lawyers Group Seeks to Prohibit Activities of Foreign Law Firms

Posted on March 24, 2010
A group of lawyers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is seeking government action against a legal process outsourcing firm and 31 foreign law firms--including Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, and Shearman & Stearling--for illegally practicing law "out of five star hotels and business centers...

Blistering SEC Watchdog Report Criticizes Ex-Venable Partner

Posted on March 24, 2010
It has kinder words for Wilmer Hale.

More 2010 Start Dates Trickle In: Good News for Kirkland, Simpson First-Years

Posted on March 24, 2010
The firms expect to have all their first-years at work by the end of 2010.

From Russia With Fear

Posted on March 24, 2010
When he opened his law and audit firm Firestone Duncan in Moscow in 1993, Jamison Firestone saw Russia as a land of opportunity. Today, he is essentially exiled abroad, managing his business from London, and afraid of what could happen to him should he return to the city he called home for 17 years.

McGuireWoods Wants Its $12 Million in BARBRI Fees

Posted on March 24, 2010
More than two years after a settlement in a class action case that alleged price-fixing, McGuire Woods still hasn't been paid for its work.

Rio Tinto Trial in China Ends

Posted on March 24, 2010
The three-day trial in China of four employees of the Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto Group ended Wednesday. Verdicts on the charges of bribery and theft of trade secrets faced by the defendants are expected to be issued in the coming days.

Rio Tinto Employees on Trial in China Admit to Taking Bribes

Posted on March 23, 2010
The four employees of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group on trial in China for bribery and infringement of trade secrets admitted Monday to taking bribes from Chinese businesses. Western media covering the trial have drawn a connection between concerns over the trial's fairness and Google's decision to close its Chinese search engine, suggesting both are signs of growing disenchantment among foreign businesses' with China's business environment...

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