Firm Profiles

The Bankruptcy Files: Big Ideas Go Bust

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Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : May 24, 2013

The Am Law Daily looks at the Am Law 200 firms involved in a diminishing number of notable bankruptcy filings, including those of failed social networking site Bebo, a leading nonprofit for children with psychiatric disorders, and zero-calorie flavored drink Skinny Water.

Personal Notes on Lawyers

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: New York Law Journal : May 23, 2013

Paul Tuchmann has been named deputy chief of the public integrity section at the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office, while several firms announce promotions, additions and honors.

Kasowitz Launches in L.A. with Insurance Vet Oshinsky

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Sara Randazzo : The Am Law Daily : May 20, 2013

In a year that has seen Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman falter in Northern California, the litigation shop is building out its insurance coverage practice with a pair of hires in Los Angeles from Jenner & Block, including Jerold Oshinsky, who has helped shape legal theories benefiting insurance policyholders.

Kasowitz Launches Los Angeles Office

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Sara Randazzo : The Am Law Daily : May 20, 2013

Split State Panel Dismisses Suit Against Goldman Sachs

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Brendan Pierson : New York Law Journal : May 15, 2013

A divided state appellate panel has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Goldman Sachs & Co. of tricking insurer ACA Financial Guarantee Corp. into insuring a complex mortgage-backed security that the bank had designed to fail, ruling that ACA should have done more to protect itself.

Kasowitz Makes Silicon Valley Hire

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Julia Love : The Recorder : May 14, 2013

Patent litigator Steven Carlson is leaving Fish & Richardson to lead the Silicon Valley office of Kasowitz, arriving as the firm rebuilds in the Valley. Earlier this month, the head of the office, Douglas Lumish, jumped to Latham & Watkins with two other Silicon Valley-based partners and a New York-based partner.

Kasowitz Makes Silicon Valley Hire

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Julia Love : The Recorder : May 10, 2013

MBIA Litigation Tested Limits of State Power to Confront Crisis

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Brendan Pierson : New York Law Journal : May 10, 2013

Bond insurer MBIA Inc. has agreed to pay Societe Generale $350 million to settle the bank's lawsuit over the insurer's 2009 restructuring, wrapping up a four-year legal battle that involved 17 other major banks and the New York state government. At its heart, the dispute was over the extent of the state's power to take extraordinary measures in response to the financial crisis, and about judges' power to second-guess those measures.

The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

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Diane Jeantet : The Am Law Daily : May 7, 2013

Edwards Wildman Palmer expands its newly launched Miami office; a Department of Justice lawyer joins Steptoe & Johnson in Washington, D.C.; and Chadbourne & Parke loses a project finance partner in New York. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com.

Advisers' Tab in Dewey Bankruptcy Hits $23.6 Million

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Sara Randazzo : The Am Law Daily : May 7, 2013

In a series of final fee requests filed in court this week, 10 law, financial, and restructuring firms tally up their hours worked and expenses incurred from the time Dewey & LeBoeuf filed for bankruptcy in May 2012 through March 22 of this year, when the firm's Chapter 11 plan became effective.