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October 2008 Archives
Ten steps to public speaking success
1/10/2008
Nothing inspires greater levels of fear than speaking in public. Hearts pound, mouths go dry and stomachs churn at the prospect of making a presentation – even to people you know. It doesn’t have to be like this, says Chris Roycroft-Davis,...Fasten your seatbelts: Citigroup/Wachovia fight heats up over Wells Fargo deal
6/10/2008
It was a busy weekend for the lawyers on the various pieces of the Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo deals and litigation. Just as we were writing up this post on the events of the last two days, word came through that New...Goldsmith on 'credit crunch plus' litigation
7/10/2008
Lord Goldsmith, the former Attorney General, was due to deliver the keynote address at last month's Legal Week Litigation Forum in London. In the event, Debevoise & Plimpton's European head of litigation was called away on international business. But he subsequently recorded...Citi-Wachovia deal off, lawsuits stand
10/10/2008
Citibank has announced that it is ending negotiations with Wells Fargo to divide the assets of Wachovia. The announcement was made roughly 15 hours before a litigation standstill agreement among the banks was set to expire.According to the Wall Street...Iceland's lawyers prepare for deep freeze
13/10/2008
Am Law 100 lawyers thinking they have it bad because of the economic meltdown might want to take a moment and consider the plight of lawyers in Iceland. The current economic crisis in the US pales in comparison to that...The deals they are a-dyin'
16/10/2008
It's no secret that successful non-banking billion-dollar deals - whether friendly tender offers or hostile bids - are going the way of the dodo given the turmoil in the world's financial markets. Which law firm tops our list of dead...How is the Lehman bankruptcy like Hurricane Katrina?
17/10/2008
The Am Law Daily spent Thursday morning and afternoon standing in the aisle of Judge James Peck's courtroom in a federal bankruptcy court for a major hearing in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. Sweating in a standing-room-only crowd was still better...Openness in the family courts
23/10/2008
The family courts in England & Wales hear over 400,000 cases every year. Decisions in each one of these will have a profound impact on the families involved. They provoke strong and emotionally fraught reactions in the way that they deal...Bredin Prat keeping busy amid banking crisis
23/10/2008
Wall Street firms aren't the only ones dealing with credit crunch-related fire drills. Bredin Prat, the Paris-based boutique that represents France's corporate elite, has its hands full with bailouts, mergers, and outside counsel appointments."Our level of activity, at least in...With 2001 in mind, law firms alter layoff strategy
29/10/2008
Many firms are choosing a more transparent process when trimmingClifford Chance's (CC’s) latest round of layoffs unfolded according to a carefully choreographed sequence of events - almost.Law firm leaders spent a month developing a plan for how to tell 20...Born Survivor – with Investment Banker (not Bear Grylls)
30/10/2008
You may have seen the TV show Born Survivor starring Bear Grylls, who goes to some of the world’s most remote places to demonstrate how you can survive those harsh terrains, from eating bugs and snakes to drinking your own...