Weil, Gotshal and Covington & Burling to handle antitrust side of Exxon/XTO Energy deal

Reported by:  Gregory Bufithis and Alex Hania Weil, Gotshal and Covington & Burling will provide antitrust counsel to Exxon, and handle the second request.   Covington has long been Exxon’s

Going to law school? Proceed with caution

Make no mistake: A Law School Carol is no heartwarming holiday tale of redemption. The computer-animated video, which has been circulating on YouTube for several weeks, focuses on a law student named

The Comcast/NBC Universal merger

                           As heavily reported in the media, Comcast reached an agreement on Thursday with General Electric Company to acquire NBC Universal.  The deal will under

2010: Litigation Support and eDiscovery Trends

From the December 2009 issue of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel® Bob Tennant is the Chief Executive Officer at Recommind, a position he has held since late 2001.  His thoughts on litigation support

Monsanto’s dominance draws antitrust inquiry

  30 November 2009 For plants designed in a lab a little more than a decade ago, they’ve come a long way:  Today, the vast majority of the nation’s two primary crops grow from seeds genetically

Happy Thanksgiving

Free webinar Dec 2nd: A Call For Change — Privilege Logs in Modern Litigation (Facciola and Redgrave)

Exploring creative and effective ways to protect privileges while saving time and money Date:  Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Time: 1:00 PM (EST)/10:00 AM (PST) Hon. John Facciola (U.S. Magistrate Judge

The Georgetown Law Advanced E-Discovery Institute: a review

19 November 2009 Reporting for The Posse List:  Gregory Bufithis, Scott Madsen and Alex Hania Last week Georgetown Law CLE, in cooperation with the Sedona Conference, presented its 6th Annual Advanced

November 19th: A great webinar on European data privacy

LDM Global (for more about the company click here) is an international information management/litigation support solutions provider.  It specializes in data recovery, computer forensics, large scale

The Sheppard Mullin / eTERA Consulting Corporate Educational Seminars

             We recently attended the first in a series of CLE corporate briefing seminars jointly sponsored by Sheppard Mullin and eTERA Consulting.  The seminars focus on emerging legal