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	The 2004 Corporate Scorecard The year-end dealmaking uptick notwithstanding, much of 2003 was characterized by the same caution and uncertainty that haunted 2002. But, as always, some firms managed to stay busier than others. By Jim Schroeder Read this story online. Dealmakers of the Year Signs of a thaw abound. But in many ways the caution of 2002 gave way to...well, more caution in 2003. Is it any wonder that bankruptcy stars still outnumber the others? Corporate Debt: Securities Warrior Cravath's Kris Heinzelman gets aggressive in the high-yield securities marketplace. By Jennifer Fried REITs: Endurance Contest For triathlete James McKenzie, Jr., of Morgan, Lewis, the American Financial Realty IPO was no sprint. By Carlyn Kolker Equities: His China Life Pulling off the year's biggest IPO was going to be tough for Debevoise's James Scoville. Then SARS hit. By Heather Smith Municipal Bonds: Speed Demon White & Case's Neil Rust burned rubber to seal a deal for cash-strapped California. By Helen Coster M&A: Invading France Sullivan & Cromwell's Scott Miller brings American takeover tactics from Silicon Valley to France. By Robert Lennon M&A: A Bankers' Lawyer Cleary, Gottlieb's Paul Shim becomes a go-to man in a string of big-money financial industry mergers. By Robert Lennon Bankruptcy: Big Client, Big Trouble The challenge for Weil, Gotshal's Marcia Goldstein: moving from mess to yes in the WorldCom case. By Matt Fleischer-Black Bankruptcy: Power Player A take-no-prisoners approach by Paul, Weiss's Alan Kornberg pays off in PG&E's reorganization. By Vivia Chen Bankruptcy: Turnaround Artist Skadden's John Butler, Jr., and a view of Chapter 11 as a technique in a dealmaking arsenal. By Andrew Longstreth Bankruptcy: Building the Brand James Sprayregen's lofty ambition as an associate at Kirkland & Ellis grows into a world-class practice. By Andrew Longstreth Americans in Paris For once, it's not just the usual suspects having all the fun. How counsel were chosen in GE-Vivendi, the year's most prestigious deal, speaks volumes about global dealmaking in a new era. By Douglas McCollam Dispatches from the Front: Dealmaking Vignettes for 2003 Touchy times for tax lawyers; Wachtell's seller-side ways; Fort Worth's bankruptcy stardom; who got rich(est) from WorldCom; signs of life in the Valley. The Rankings The biggest deals of 2003, and the firms that did the most. Methodology and leaders rankings Mergers and Acquisitions: Keeping the exuberance rational. Equities: Saved by a second-half sprint. Corporate Debt: A tale of two markets. Asset-Backed Securities: Enron? It rings a bell, but... Project Finance: Taking a spin in the refi market. Municipal Bonds: A growth market in public debt. REITs: Raising money, not hostilities. Mutual Funds: In the spotlight--and hating it. Bankruptcy: Brushing up on their Italian. Last Year's Scorecard
	The German Lawyer Merger Meisters Minority shareholders got creamed in two recent cosmetics deals. Even Botox couldn't hide the flaws in the new German takeover law. By Michael D. Goldhaber Driving Force A conversation with Maria Arenz, general counsel of Porsche. By Michael D. Goldhaber
	Crossed by Delaware Talk about scandal backlash. Now even the judges in Wilmington can't be counted on to provide safe refuge for the occasional mogul misstep. It's enough to make a corporate lawyer moan: Is nothing sacred anymore? By Susan Beck Sneak Preview Citibank's financial picture of law firm finances in 2003 is pretty rosy--and looking better all the time. By Aric Press The Son-in-Lawyer Martha Stewart's lawyer son-in-law, John Cuti, played a unique inside role in her trial. By Vivia Chen On the Sidelines The Comcast/Disney takeover battle was just what Cravath, Swaine & Moore needed to put air back in its M&A tires. Its chances looked good at first. So why did it lose out to Wachtell? By Andrew Longstreth Bankrupt, With Flair What do boxer Mike Tyson and Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione have in common? A bankruptcy lawyer who seems to be having more fun than most lawyers in his field. By Carlyn Kolker O.J.'s Kids Inside the legal commentariat: how lawyers get jobs as television talking heads. By Amy Vincent The Taxman's Travails Can Jenkens & Gilchrist put its tax-shelter nightmare behind it with a $75 million settlement? Probably not yet, in light of the complications and disputes that haven't yet been resolved. By Paul Braverman Read this story online. The E-Mail Life First it was the sushi memo. Now it's the Skadden Christmas-dinner memos. By Helen Coster On the Firing Line An interview with Greenberg Traurig's John Alternburg, who's heeding the call of duty to take on the controversial oversight of the Guantanamo prisoners' tribunals By Vivia Chen Got Appeals? The multiple legal attacks on government-funded generic food ads--such as the "Got Milk?" campaign--are headed for a Supreme Court showdown. By Matt Fleischer-Black A Season for Whistle-Blowers A Detroit federal prosecutor's claims that he was punished for complaining about the handling of a terrorism case is just one of many such claims against the government. By Matt Fleischer-Black Book of Business The month's top lateral moves and mergers. A Canadian IPO? What has the Canadian bar buzzing? The chance that a rules change could allow the sale of law firm shares to the public. By Jay Dixit An Expensive Waiver? There's a story behind the story of Morgan, Lewis's unhappy client, the one that sued over advice that got it convicted for trading with Cuba. By getting its client to sign a release, the firm may have dodged a malpractice problem--or maybe made it worse. By Jennifer Fried Getting Presidential Who stands more to gain from their past relationship: Patterson, Belknap or a onetime firm intern, Mikheil Saakashvili, who's now president of the Republic of Georgia? By Amy Vincent
	In-House The story behind the stories. By Aric Press Read this story online. Big Suits Coleman, et al. v. GMAC Goodwin v. Anheuser-Busch and Miller Japan v. Loral Top of the Docket: Test Driving a New Niche How a Tennessee solo practitioner, Clint Watkins, took on the case of a lifetime: the class action against GMAC over its credit policies. By Helen Coster Management: The Quick and the Dead What's the leading cause of law firm death? It's never a simple answer. But a new study shows which factors are present most often when firms are succeeding--or failing. By Burkey Belser and Mark T. Greene Client Watch: Staying Power It's report card time. Which corporate counsel fads from the nineties--such as convergence, legal bill audits, task-based billing, and online auctions--actually worked? By Krysten Crawford Books: Privacy Tyrants Trust Jeffrey Rosen to bring his sober analytical skills to the privacy debate. But it's a shame that his new book, The Naked Crowd, doesn't challenge the current orthodoxy that our privacy is worth preserving at all costs. By Paul Braverman Read this story online. Dicta: Virtue Is Its Own Reward The stink raised by the Berkeley graduate school dean over a missed deadline for Fulbright grants provides a useful ethics lesson: Telling lies isn't wrong on strategic grounds. It's just wrong. By Steven Lubet Read this story online.
	Time Off: Cruising Alaska The natural wonders of coastal Alaska leave few visitors disappointed, and there is no better way to experience the splendor of the forty-ninth state than by boat. By Chris Santella Motion: Resetting the Standard The Mercedes-Benz E500 sedan. By Ronald Gordon Case of the Month: Worlds Apart French and German Rieslings: two countries, one grape--and a world of difference. By John Anderson Read this story online.

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