Oracle to buy Sun for $7.4B after IBM dropped bid — fewer antitrust issues seen
As the media reported this morning, Oracle Corp. will buy Sun Microsystems Inc. in a cash deal the company valued at $7.4 billion after IBM abandoned
Continue readingA Reference Guide To The Financial Crisis Rescue Efforts
Paul Weiss has published a reference guide to the principal regulatory programs and initiatives that have been announced to date. The guide summarizes the U.S. Treasury programs implemented under the
Continue readingEconomic Pressure May Force Permanent Shift in Corporate Legal Costs, and solo practitioners stand to gain
Confronted with orders to control legal costs and rein in expenses, general counsel throughout California are now taking dramatic steps that were virtually unheard of only a few years ago. Salaries are
Continue readingSan Francisco’s Legal Business Doing Better Than Most Cities’
San Francisco’s legal business is holding up against the recession a lot better than other major cities’, according to first-quarter data collected from about 100 large firms by Hildebrandt
Continue readingWebinar tomorrow (April 16th): Introduction to the Hart-Scott-Rodino process: webinar with special offer for Posse List members
We were able to negotiate a 50% discount so the cost will be $100. To register for the webinar tomorrow (April 16th) Hart-Scott-Rodino Compliance Issues Facing Business Entities go to www.lawcatalog.com/april16.
Continue readingOne BigLaw firm says “we get it” : marking the death of BigLaw as we knew it
As has been reported, there were layoffs this week at Womble Carlyle. But that was not the big news. The big news was Womble decided to address the general retrenchment of the legal market
Continue readingBankruptcy-related M&A has “only just begun”
Bankruptcy-related mergers and acquisitions have hit their highest level globally since August 2004, and are set to keep rising as more companies are forced into distressed sales, according to Thomson
Continue readingESI Bytes: a web site that provides free resources on electronic discovery
ESI Bytes is a web site (click here) that provides free resources on electronic discovery and where you can information from the top experts in electronic discovery: Judge Scheindlin, Judge Facciola, Craig
Continue readingApril 8th: Weekly “Top 10″ E-Discovery articles
This week’s “”Top 10” electronic discovery articles from Orange Technologies: 1. Can Lawyers Use Clients’ E-Discoveries? http://tinyurl.com/ck28dz 2. Court Declines
Continue readingFollow-up to ABA TechShow: Susskind’s words seem to ring true — BigBusiness is dumping BigLaw
We covered Richard Susskind’s speech at the ABA TechShow (click here) and we had previously covered his thoughts in our “Changing Legal Landscape” series (click here). Today’s
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