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March 06, 2017 |

Soft Demand Drags Pa. Law Firms Back Down to Earth

Big law firms based in Pennsylvania faced a reality check in 2016, as weak demand for legal services took its toll.
29 minute read
March 06, 2017 |

Cybersecurity for Law Firms: Business Imperatives Update 2017

Following the maxim that it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness, Kenneth N. Rashbaum of Barton LLP suggests practices for law firms to mitigate cybersecurity risks.
19 minute read
March 05, 2017 |

Deal Watch: SoftBank's Spending Spree Keeps Lawyers Busy

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. has continued its frenetic deal pace, brokering a $13 billion merger between satellite operators, investing $3 billion in office-sharing startup WeWork and taking part in a $500 million fundraising round by online lender Social Finance. Morrison & Foerster, a longtime legal adviser to SoftBank, is close behind.
68 minute read
March 03, 2017 |

Shout-Out: Milbank Wins Confirmation of Record-Setting Patent Arbitration Award for Bayer

In what Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy describes as the largest known arbitration award involving a patent dispute, partners Chris Gaspar and Michael Nolan won confirmation from the U.S. Court of Federal Appeals for a $456 million-plus payment to their client, Bayer CropScience.
10 minute read
March 02, 2017 |

Kirkland Latest Firm to Bag Bankruptcy Role From Ailing Retailers

BCBG Max Azria Group LLC, a high-end women's fashion house struggling with $685 million in debt, has retained Kirkland & Ellis for a bankruptcy filing in New York. The company, which owes more than $781,000 to Winston & Strawn, is the latest retailer to go bust this year.
30 minute read
March 02, 2017 |

Ethical E-Discovery and New Technologies

Kristen B. Weil and Ronald J. Hedges offer practitioners a list of tips to comply with ethical obligations of competence in the world of e-discovery
16 minute read
March 02, 2017 | International Edition

Yahoo general counsel resigns amid data breach controversy

GC steps down after investigation reveals legal team's failures over 2014 security breach
3 minute read
March 01, 2017 |

Never Too Late: In Two Separate Deals, Chicago and New York Firms Combine

The route between Chicago and New York is well-trod territory for many Big Law lawyers, with firms from one metropolis finding a way into the other for decades. Add two more to the pile.
18 minute read
March 01, 2017 |

Judge Refuses Fee Award to State AGs in Antitrust Case

Nearly a year after striking down Staples Inc.'s proposed takeover of Office Depot, a federal judge in Washington refused Tuesday to award $175,000 in legal fees to the Pennsylvania and District of Columbia attorneys general for their role in challenging the office supply chains' $6.3 billion deal.
12 minute read
March 01, 2017 |

Joint Employment Tests Are All Wrong, Says Federal Appeals Court

In a landmark Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) decision issued in late January, the Fourth Circuit adopted a more liberal test than NLRB's Browning-Ferris decision.
25 minute read

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