Brian Baxter
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Foley & Lardner, Gardere Mull Potential Merger
The two firms which held talks about a tie-up last year have recently resumed discussions. → Read More
Half-Dozen Firms Lace Up for Sports Equipment Bankruptcy
Performance Sports Group Ltd., maker of Bauer ice hockey gear and Easton baseball equipment, filed for bankruptcy Monday as part of a plan to sell itself for... → Read More
Hogan Lovells Associate Killed in Denver Hit-and-Run
Karina Pulec, a 28-year-old associate at Hogan Lovells in Denver, was killed early Sunday morning after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run accident. → Read More
Chadbourne Hit With New Complaint—and Video—in Gender Bias Suit
Plaintiffs led by Chadbourne & Parke litigation partner Kerrie Campbell and former Kiev office managing partner Jaroslawa Johnson have filed an amended compl... → Read More
Weil, Sidley Snag Roles on Two More Big Energy Bankruptcies
The ongoing energy bust has claimed two more victims in Houston-based Key Energy Services Inc. and Fort Worth-based Basic Energy Services Inc., both of which... → Read More
Wall Street Firms Lead on Big Brokerage Merger
Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell, Simpson Thacher and Fried Frank are advising on a $4 billion cash-and-stock merger that will see Scottrade be acquired by TD A... → Read More
Deal Watch: Cravath Leads on Time Warner, Tobacco Mega-Mergers
Christmas has come early to Cravath, Swaine & Moore. The firm is advising British American Tobacco on a $47 billion cash-and-stock bid for the remaining stak... → Read More
Trump's Campaign, Already a Boon to Lawyers, Could Serve as Litigation Fund
Donald Trump's presidential campaign saw its monthly legal bills hit $500,000 in September, a sum that's almost half of what former Republican presidential n... → Read More
Cooley Comes Up Empty in Two Bankruptcy Cases
The Am Law 100 firm is owed a collective $1.57 million in fees from Implant Sciences Corp. and Sotera Wireless Inc., two companies that recently filed for Ch... → Read More
Ex-Chadbourne Partner Discusses Decision to Join Gender Bias Suit
Jaroslawa Zelinsky Johnson, a former managing partner of Chadbourne & Parke’s defunct Kiev office, is the second named plaintiff to come forward in a $100 mi... → Read More
Canadian Lawyer, Ex-Alberta Premier Killed in Plane Crash
Jim Prentice, a well-respected lawyer who worked at Canada's Fraser Milner Casgrain and once served as Alberta's premier, died at 60 on Oct. 13 with three ot... → Read More
As Trump's Troubles Pile Up, More Lawyers Stay Busy
Marvin Putnam and Marshall Grossman, two lateral hires by Latham & Watkins and Orrick, respectively, are the latest lawyers to represent clients caught up in... → Read More
Sheppard Mullin Snags Sichenzia Ross Founding Partner
Richard Friedman, the former head of New York's Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference, has left the firm he co-founded in 1988 to join Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & ... → Read More
Ashurst Partners Do About-Face, Plus More Lateral Moves
Paul Hastings and Gibson Dunn see two purported recruits remain at a London-based legal giant; a bevy of moves at Chadbourne & Parke, Jones Day and Quinn Ema... → Read More
Deal Watch: White & Case Tops Tables as M&A Volume Plunges
League table rankings for the third quarter of 2016 show global transactional volume reaching its lowest levels in three years in Brexit's aftermath. → Read More
ROSS Intelligence Lands Another Law Firm Client
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice has become the latest large law firm to ink an agreement to use artificial intelligence platform ROSS Intelligence, which ear... → Read More
Winston, Orrick Reprise Roles as Top Firms for NBA Players
The National Basketball Players Association, now under the leadership of former Skadden litigation partner Michele Roberts, recently filed its annual report ... → Read More
Florida Biopharma's Bankruptcy Leaves Big Firms Holding Bag
Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed for bankruptcy in Delaware last week, owing nearly $3.7 million to lawyers from more than 20 firms, including at least ... → Read More
Southern Firms Seek New Horizons, Plus More Lateral Moves
Baker Donelson and Maynard, Cooper & Gale set up shop in new cities; McGuireWoods expands in San Francisco; and other notable additions from throughout The A... → Read More
Cravath Helps IBM Pick Up Promontory, Bolster Watson’s Brainpower
International Business Machines Corp. turned to its longtime lawyers from Cravath, Swaine & Moore to handle it recent purchase of Promontory Financial Group.... → Read More