August 31, 2011 6:11 PM

Three Firms Advise on Exxon Mobil's $3.2 Billion Arctic Exploration Pact

Freshfields, Skadden, and Akin Gump landed work on an Exxon Mobil joint venture with Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft that could generate hundreds of billions in investments.

08/31/11 Posted by Tom Huddleston Jr.

Dozens of Am Law 100 Lawyers on Hand for DOJ's Suit Against AT&T

AT&T's lawyers from five Am Law 100 firms weren't enough to stop the Justice Department from filing a complaint on Wednesday objecting to the telecommunications giant's proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom.

08/31/11 Posted by Brian Baxter

Hogan Lovells Media Group Decamps for Bird & Bird

The addition of 11 lawyers more than doubles Bird & Bird's Hamburg office, which launched in May through the acquisition of a six-attorney corporate and real estate boutique.

08/31/11 Posted by Sara Randazzo

Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy Advise Cathay Pacific on $2B Notes Issue

The Hong Kong airline is seeking more financial flexibility after seeing profits fall on rising fuel costs and the acquisition of new aircraft.

08/31/11 Posted by John Hazard

Trustee of Dreier Estate Seeks Settlement Approval

A representative for 360 Networks agreed to reduce his $85 million claim against the Dreier firm to $45 million to recover money the company claims should have been in its escrow account. Firm founder Marc S. Dreier, pleaded guilty in 2009 to running a massive Ponzi scheme.

08/31/11 Posted by John Hazard

August 30, 2011 7:28 PM

Boies, Schiller Defending Lawyer Lanny Davis in 3M Extortion Suit

Lawyer Lanny Davis is accused by 3M of conspiring with an investment group to "coerce" the company into "paying tens of millions of dollars" to settle a lawsuit.

08/30/11 Posted by Tom Huddleston Jr.

Polsinelli Shughart Picks Up 13-Lawyer Denver Firm

The Kansas City, Mo.-based Am Law 200 firm countered the recent Denver expansions of rivals Husch Blackwell and Lathrop & Gage by making some key local hires of its own from boutique Hensley Kim.

08/30/11 Posted by Brian Baxter

Bryan Cave Fights to Remove Fee Claim in Former Client's Bankruptcy

Following a malpractice suit brought by now-bankrupt former client Estate Financial Inc., Bryan Cave is attempting to extricate itself from an earlier effort to recover $282,000 in fees from the mortgage loan broker's estate.

08/30/11 Posted by Sara Randazzo

IPO Pipeline Starting to Flow for Lawyers Again After Slow Summer

The market for initial public offerings cooled in recent months, but securities lawyers were busy with a flurry of new filings in the last week of August. Angie's List, Jive Software, and Dynamic Offshore Resources are among several companies filing for IPOs.

08/30/11 Posted by Brian Baxter

Jones Walker Merges with Mississippi Firm to Fill Out Gulf Coast Presence

New Orleans–based Jones Walker will add 67 lawyers and three offices in Mississippi when it folds in Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis.

08/30/11 Posted by Brian Baxter