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  • AT&T, Verizon Won’t Sell BlackBerry for More Than IPhone

    AT&T Inc. shrugged off BlackBerry’s suggested retail price of $249 for the new Q10 phone -- a level that would have made it $50 more expensive than the iPhone --and began taking preorders for the device today at $199.99.

  • Obama Prods Republicans With Picks for Appeals Panel

    President Barack Obama nominated three lawyers to serve on the U.S. appeals court in Washington, setting up a potential fight with Republicans who are trying to block him from naming more judges to the influential court.

  • Norton Rose, Goodwin Procter, Milbank: Business of Law

    Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, the transatlantic combination of London-based law firm Norton Rose LLP and U.S. law firm Fulbright & Jaworski LLP was completed yesterday as the firm announced its leadership.

  • Bob Rubin's Coup Is Now Complete

    Robert Rubin has completed the remarkable feat of placing five of his acolytes in key positions of power in the Obama administration.

  • Loeb’s Plan Spotlights Sony Missing Media Renaissance

    Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb’s proposal to separate Sony Corp.’s movie, music and TV businesses would give the Tokyo-based company a chance to join the 3 1/2- year media rally it has missed.

  • Baker Botts, Akin, Greenberg, Wachtell: Business of Law

    Baker Botts LLP announced three lateral hires last week including international tax lawyer Don J. Lonczak and capital markets lawyer Bonnie A. Barsamian.

  • Kim Koopersmith's Winning Legal Strategy at Akin Gump

    Kim Koopersmith is as surprised as anyone by the path her career has taken. On April 1, Koopersmith, 53, assumed the chairmanship of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, an 850-lawyer global law firm with strong roots in Washington, D.C., and Dallas, Texas. Koopersmith, a litigator, is the fourth chair in the firm’s 68-year history and the first woman to hold that position. It's not exactly what she had in mind back in law school: “I assumed I would be working in some public interest capacity,” she says. “It was a surprise to me that I was at a law firm at all.”

  • Littler, Edwards Wildman, MoFo, Venable: Business of Law

    A second wave of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC lawyers, mostly associates, have left the firm for Littler Mendelson LLP as part of an earlier group of departures led by Don Prophete.

  • Congress Members Sprint for Money to Lobby After Election

    Looking to expand its lobbying and government affairs practice, Covington & Burling LLP turned to those who know Congress best: elected officials just finishing their terms on Capitol Hill.

  • True Religion to Be Acquired by TowerBrook for $835 Million

    True Religion Apparel Inc., the maker of designer jeans worn by Megan Fox and Angelina Jolie, agreed to be bought by TowerBrook Capital Partners LP for about $835 million.

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