...influential chairman of the House capital markets subcommittee. "Something might start to move here," said Jerry Marlatt , an attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP. "Absolutely, this is the most promising sign. It's a pretty complete bill."

In this article: Scott Garrett, United States, Europe, Bank of America, Issuing bank, Small business, and Morrison & Foerster LLP

...the firm's British operations two weeks ago. Mr Bickerton replaces Jeremy Sandelson , who will run Clifford Chance's global litigation practice. Clifford Chance said it will not follow Linklaters and Allen & Overy in disclosing its half-year...

In this article: Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Revenue, Allen & Overy, London, and Simmons & Simmons

... amortization payments on the loans, more reserves for the loans and additional bankruptcy protections for the lenders, said Anup Sathy , a Kirkland & Ellis attorney working for General Growth. The interest rates on the loans will remain the...

In this article: General Growth Properties Inc., Bankruptcy, Simon Property Group, Amortization, Venable LLP, Kirkland & Ellis, and Prudential Financial Inc.

The loans covered under the agreement range from tens of millions of dollars to more than $1 billion, Anup Sathy, an attorney at Kirkland & Ellis , which also represents General Growth , told U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Allan Gropper. The...

In this article: General Growth Properties, Bankruptcy, Amortization, Venable LLP, United States, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Kirkland & Ellis, and Simon Property Group

But bankruptcy experts aren't convinced. "It has a nice splash in the media," says Jeffrey Cohen , a partner at Washington law firm Patton Boggs who has served as an adviser to some of Jefferson County's creditors. "But it really has very...

In this article: Bankruptcy, Jefferson County, JP Morgan, Jefferson County, Chapter 9, and Jefferson

Other members of the advisory board are James O'Shea ; Dan Schmidt , president and CEO of WTTW ; Newton Minow , senior counsel at Sidley & Austin and chair of the Federal Communications Commission in the Kennedy administration; Martin...

In this article: Tribune, WTTW, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Chicago News, Cooperative, Revenue, and Omaha World-Herald

...in jail." Dwek 's attorney did not return a call for comment. But the court-named trustee in the case, Charles Stanziale of McCarter & English , defended the allowance approved in 2007 by a federal bankruptcy judge. " Dwek has been...

In this article: Creditor, FBI, Bankruptcy, New York, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and McCarter & English

...said Joseph J. Seneca , who spoke to real estate, banking and insurance executives at a seminar in Florham Park , presented by the law firm McCarter & English. Citing the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , Seneca said Georgia lost 8.8...

In this article: New Jersey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, California, Georgia, Florida, Revenue, Recession, Rutgers University, and McCarter & English

...continuously for ten months on this, but there are going to be periods of intense activity," said Morton Pierce , chairman of law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf's mergers and acquisitions group. "You're talking about the very sophisticated end of the...

In this article: Agrium Inc, Acquirer, CF Industries, Exelon, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Dewey & LeBoeuf, and Blake, Cassels & Graydon

See more news releases in: Banking & Financial Services, Personnel Announcements, Legal Issues Tom Daschle Joins DLA Piper as Senior Policy Advisor Former Senate Leader Also Appointed to DLA Piper's Global Board WASHINGTON , Nov. 18...

In this article: Tom Daschle, DLA Piper, House of Representatives, Washington, South Dakota, Tax, and South Dakota State University

...two companies. Bank of America was represented in the negotiations by the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Merrill 's counsel was Shearman & Sterling. The attorneys were mainly responsible for drafting Bank of America's disclosure...

In this article: Bank of America Corp., Ken Lewis, Securities and Exchange Commission, Merrill Lynch, United States, and New York

...the forensic accounting and business valuation firm as director. He was most recently a managing director at Trenwith Valuation. DLA Piper : Anthony Williams , 63, joined the law firm as a partner in the corporate and securities practice.

In this article: Steve Shannon, New York City, Vibrant Media, Mindshare, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Mercy College, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, and DLA Piper

...was tricked into speaking to a reporter for The Guardian for an article that was published Saturday in the British newspaper. Dewey & LeBoeuf managing partner Greg Nott says in a statement that anything in the article "which are alleged...

In this article: Caster Semenya, The Guardian, Olympic Committee, University of Miami, Dewey & LeBoeuf, and The Miami Herald

...charges stemming from the Galleon investigation earlier this month. Read about 'Octopussy' charges. Balyasny said Friday that law firm Patton Boggs was hired to conduct an "extensive" review of all relevant communications and trading...

In this article: Galleon Group, Insider trading, San Francisco, Boston, Patton Boggs, and EMC Corp.

...trading-related criminal charges stemming from the Galleon investigation earlier this month. Balyasny said Friday that law firm Patton Boggs was hired to conduct an "extensive" review of all relevant communications and trading activity.

In this article: Galleon Group, Insider trading, Boston, Patton Boggs, EMC Corp., and MarketWatch

...in the reorganized company. ION 's board of directors rejected that offer earlier on Thursday. The company 's bankruptcy attorneys at Kirkland & Ellis said in a letter to Cyrus ' lawyers that the board felt the Cyrus plan would require the...

In this article: Bankruptcy, James Peck, Kirkland & Ellis, Federal Communications Commission, Lien, ION Media Networks, and Ion Television

...any other among the Top 20 on The National Law Journal's 2008 NLJ 250. In the U.K. , the firm operates as Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP. Additionally, Greenberg Traurig has strategic alliances with the following independent law firms: Studio...

In this article: Greenberg Traurig, United States, University of Miami, Joint venture, and The National Law Journal

...business litigation and international arbitration, asset management and tax. Contacts: Ron Brandsdorfer , Shearman & Sterling , 212-848-5081/ron.brandsdorfer@ shearman.com Gaston Terrones Dimant , Edelman ,...

In this article: Shearman & Sterling, Europe, Derivative, Risk management, Tax, and Credit crunch