Big Law’s Next Crypto Bonanza Beckons With New Wave of IPOs
Disputes and restructuring lawyers are giving way to deal teams as crypto companies look to move on from controversy and toward growth.
A court fight is brewing among law firms gunning for the chance to earn a potential nine-figure fee challenging Silver Lake’s $13 billion acquisition of Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.
The Ohio Supreme Court is forming a group to review the accreditation process of law schools in the state, becoming the latest to express an interest in alternatives to the nationwide process helmed by the American Bar Association.
Plaintiff firm Labaton Keller Sucharow elected a new chairman after the former leader died in April, the firm announced Wednesday.
With the rule of law under attack, lawyers must step up to defend the legal needs of everyday Americans, writes Kathleen Rubenstein, former executive director of the Skadden Foundation.
Disputes and restructuring lawyers are giving way to deal teams as crypto companies look to move on from controversy and toward growth.
A new mandate that federal job applicants demonstrate their commitment to the Trump administration’s policy agenda could tie day-to-day enforcement and compliance work across federal agencies to the White House’s political goals, civil service researchers and former federal officials say.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s unprecedented attempt to rescind a settlement with a Chicago mortgage lender is spurring more companies to push the regulator to undo their own accords.
A global standard-setting board said Thursday that 14 countries will definitely use its new environmental, social, and governance reporting rules, with 36 jurisdictions in total working toward using them.
Progressive advocacy groups are dismayed by what they say was a lackluster effort by Senate Democrats to scrutinize President Donald Trump’s first slate of judicial nominees.
Policyholders say Oxford Risk Management deceived them in a bid to avoid a downgrade to its credit rating. The coverage policies, worth more than $1 billion, were insured through captive insurance, a nontraditional structure in which policyholders essentially form their own insurance company. The disputes offer a window into how such funding backstops might go awry.
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Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf, the product of a merger between two storied New York law firms, filed for bankruptcy. For the first time, Dewey's former chair Steven Davis opens up about the years, months, and weeks leading to his firm's collapse, the decisions he made and, looking back, whether he would have done anything differently.
Disputes and restructuring lawyers are giving way to deal teams as crypto companies look to move on from controversy and toward growth.
Risk emanating from cryptoassets could soon become a serious threat to the financial system, according to outgoing
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