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Three critical factors to keep on an eye on for global oil and gas markets: how Western sanctions against Russian-supplied energy play out; the Biden administration's policy to weaken the [...]

U.S.-based law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal L.L.P. is planning to merge with the U.K.'s Denton Wilde Sapte L.L.P. The combined firm, called SNR Denton, will have about 1,250 lawyers in 18 countries and $750 million in annual revenue.

U.S. law firm Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. and U.K.'s Lovells L.L.P. have agreed to merge, creating one of the world's largest law firms. The new company, renamed Hogan Lovell, will have 40 offices worldwide and combined revenue of about $2 billion.

Byline: RHONDA L. RUNDLE AND NATHAN KOPPEL The career of one of the U.S.'s most entrepreneurial, controversial, philanthropic and rich lawyers came to a close yesterday, as Melvyn Weiss was [...]

Byline: NATHAN KOPPEL Marilyn Monroe, a U.S. federal court has found, was a New Yorker when she died in 1962. That isn't good news for Ms. Monroe's estate, which has [...]

UK pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline PLC has filed a lawsuit against the US patent and Trademark Office regarding new rules that may have a negative impact on approximately 100 of Glaxo's pending patent applications. The rules place restrictions on filing more than two continuing applications; Glaxo officials contend this will make obtaining patent protection more expensive.

Byline: MARK MAREMONT AND NATHAN KOPPEL Monster Worldwide Inc.'s founder and former chief executive officer, Andrew McKelvey, was personally involved in the backdating of stock-option grants for company employees, according [...]

Scott Sullivan, former Chief Financial Officer of WorldCom Inc. of the United States has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for orchestrating an $11 billion fraud. The light sentence sends a message to white collar criminals that it can pay to cooperate with the United States authorities.

Bracewell and Patterson LLP changed its name to Bracewell and Giuliani LLP when it hired former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani in order to attract clients, but as in other cases with famous hires, the move may not pay off financially for the law firm.

Litigation lawyer Anthony Buzbee has caused an outcry because of a speech in which he explained how the location of personal injury lawsuits can be picked to maximize plaintiff benefit.

Chicago-based law firm McDermott Will & Emery has entered into a strategic alliance with Yuan Da Law Offices of Shanghai in order to enter the Chinese market.

Matthew Farmer's decision to leave Holland and Knight LLP because he felt that his billing hours were being inflated has drawn attention to the ethics legal billing practices.

The law firm of Gilbert Heintz & Randolph LLP was fined for conflicts of interest in several asbestos cases that it was involved in.