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Canadian Bar Report Endorses Nonlawyer Ownership of Law Firms
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Six Firms Assist on Latest Health Care REIT Merger
Arnold & Porter, Sidley Austin, Shumaker Loop and a trio of leading Canadian firms are advising on a deal that will see Health Care REIT, the largest U.S. health care landlord by market value, acquire HealthLease Properties for $950 million. The transaction value could surge to $2.3 billion when accounting for sidecar deals with Mainstreet Property Group.
The Churn: Winston Bulks Up in IP and Asia, Plus More Lateral Moves
Despite a recent round of layoffs, Winston & Strawn has hired a four-strong corporate team in Hong Kong and a three-partner IP team in San Francisco.
The Careerist: Rationality in the Law School Marketplace?
Law school enrollment is down. But some schools are defying that trend.
Paul Weiss to Receive $90 Million in Contingency Fees in Alaska Pension Board's $500 Million Negligence Settlement with Mercer
Publication Date: 2010-06-14 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
You don't often find Paul Weiss working on the left side of the v. in a major commercial suit. But with results like these, maybe it'll happen more often.
Blackson v. United States
Publication Date: 2009-09-04 Practice Area:
Industry: Court: D.C. Ct. App. Judge: Kramer, Associate Judge Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: 06-CF-1494
Argued May 5, 2009Before REID, KRAMER and OBERLY, Associate Judges. Opinion for the court by Associate Judge KRAMER.Concurring opinion by Associate Judge OBERLY at page 17.Shortly after 2:00
Lewis Clayton of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Publication Date: 2010-06-17 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
Paul Weiss isn't exactly in the vanguard of the alternative fee movement. But Clayton saw a great opportunity for a contingency fee assignment in the Alaska pension board's suit against Marsh & McClennan's Mercer consulting unit. Then he made the case with old-fashioned investigation and witness examination. The result? $500 million for his client--and more than $90 million for his firm.
Firms Wrestle with Health Care Costs
Syracuse, N.Y.-based Hiscock & Barclay has seen the cost of providing health care to nearly 400 employees rise by 20% each of the past five years. It has largely shouldered the mounting costs without asking employees to pick up the difference. Fortunately for the firm, there is relief on the horizon. Managing partner John Langan said the firm's health care costs won't go up in 2009, largely because of several new insurance plans available to employees that offer low premiums, high deductibles and tax-free health savings accounts to help cover medical costs.TRENDING STORIES
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