Clik here to view.
Magic Circle Firms Drops Position in Rankings
UK Magic Circe firms generally dropped in the latest Thomson Reuters rankings for big deals completed in the UK market for 2013. The figures, which are compiled by Thomson Reuters, encompass all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Morrison & Foerster Business Restructuring Chair Named Outstanding...
Gary Lee, chair of MoFo’s Business Restructuring & Insolvency Group, has been named an Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer for 2013 in the December issue of Turnarounds & Workouts. Only 12 lawyers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Class Action Lawyers Fail the “Little Guy” Test
Class Action lawyers are not acting so effectively in their efforts to stand up for the little guy, according to a Mayer Brown study prepared for the Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Skadden Arps Advises The Jones Group on Sycamore Partners’ Acquisition
LawFuel.com – Skadden is advising the independent board directors of The Jones Group Inc. in connection with the company’s $1.2 billion acquisition by affiliates of Sycamore Partners, announced on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against TJX for Alleged Overtime Violations
A class action lawsuit filed by two former assistant managers of Framingham-based TJX is claiming the company violated federal laws by not paying overtime. The lawsuit was filed for New York Workers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jones Day Trials Damages-Based Fees in UK
The ability of UK law firms to use alternative billing arrangements is being used by US-based legal giant Jones Day to deliver “damages-based” fees arrangements under the new, UK regulations. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
$43 Million Jury Verdict for Malpractice Lawsuit
A Philadelphia jury this week handed down one of the biggest medical-malpractice verdicts in the state with a $42.9 million award to cover future medical expenses to a child born with cerebral palsy....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Southern California Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Assist Al-Qai’da by...
LOS ANGELES — An Orange County man pleaded guilty this morning to a federal terrorism offense, admitting that he intended to assist al-Qai’da by traveling to Pakistan, where he would provide...
View ArticleClik here to view.
4 At-the-Scene Tips for Your Car Accident Client
Forming a solid accident injury case can be difficult at times, but there are a few ways that your client (and future clients) can help you to help them. Here are 4 basic rules that every car...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eight Ways To Lose A Personal Injury Case
If you’ve recently been injured in an accident and the fault lay with somebody else, you have every right to be compensated. Unfortunately however, there’s a big difference between deserving...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Top Growth In Asian Law Market, Says Survey
Asian law firms continue to grow rapidly as the local economy picks up and as UK- and US-based law firms continue to expand into the region. However it is the growth in Chinese law firms that dominates...
View ArticleClik here to view.
So-So Year for Lawyers Set To Continue
The average growth – if that is the word – for law firms during 2013 was something that is likely to continue into the current year according to a blog item on the WSJ Law Blog. The reality is that the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Risks of Crisis management
International law firm Freshfields has released a document about crisis management, noting that more than one quarter of crises spread to the media within an hour and exposing clients to “Trial by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
42 Inch Pins Wins Russian Lawyer the Longest Legs Contest
She’s a trainee lawyer, but 18 year old Anastasia Strashevskaya is also a trainee lawyer with exceptionally long legs. So much so that she has won the competition for the longest legs in Russia,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Drug Kickback Scheme Sees Lawsuits Against Novartis and Lawsuit Settled...
Suit Alleges Novartis Orchestrated a Kickback Scheme with Bioscrip, Inc., by Referring New Patients and Giving Rebates to BioScrip in Return for Bioscrip Increasing Refills of Exjade Prescriptions...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pittsburgh and Tampa Law Firms Look at Merger
Another major law firm merger is in the wings with talk that Pittsburgh-based Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney and Tampa-based Fowler White Boggs are going to tie the knot. “Florida is a growth state...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Large Woman-Owned Law Firms Stands Out in Man’s World
Firm receives certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise from Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) If it’s easy to think of construction as a man’s world, it may be surprising to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How the legal service of a car accident attorney can help in claiming the...
Car insurance is a mandatory and very useful purchase that protects you from the medical and damage repair costs in the event of a car accident. However, insurance companies work for profit and it is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Santa Barbara Doctor “Candy Man” Guilty of Writing Scripts for Dangerous...
SANTA ANA, California – A Santa Barbara physician was remanded into custody this morning after he pleaded guilty to 11 federal drug trafficking charges for writing prescriptions for powerful...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is Bigger Better for Law Firms?
Law firms and their quest for growth and new revenue streams in the pursuit of bigger profits and growth may not be the best way ahead according to a Georgetown University Law Center study. Is bigger...
View Article