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March 20, 2024

Bridge - Card game

Bridge: fine slam relies on controls, long suits and some decent fortune

...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...

February 28, 2024

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific

Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region

Bridge - Card game

Bridge: excellent lead challenges declarer to think carefully before initial play

...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...

February 7, 2024

Bridge - Card game

Deduction from silence reveals position of missing cards

...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...

December 6, 2023

Paul Weiss

US law firm Paul Weiss mounts further raid on rival Kirkland

...Unlike some of its US competitors, including Kirkland and Latham & Watkins, Paul Weiss has largely missed out on a booming European market over the past decade or so....

September 11, 2023

Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers

How big should a US law firm be? Plus: top 35 innovative firms

...“There is so much fragility in the law firm market,” says Brad Karp, chair of Paul Weiss. “You are faced with coming up with existential strategies every day now.”...

December 5, 2023

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Summit

Guiding business in a new global age

Cravath

Cravath creates non-equity partner tier as it seeks to retain legal talent

...In 2016 Cravath’s star mergers and acquisitions lawyer Scott Barshay left for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison....

November 7, 2023

Supreme Court US

US Supreme Court reconsiders longstanding doctrine on agency power

...Roman Martinez, a Latham & Watkins lawyer representing one group of fisheries, said Chevron should be overruled because it had distorted the judicial process and “undermine[d] statutory interpretation”....

January 17, 2024

HTSI

19 ways to say it with bouclé

...top, €440 Airei wool-mix trousers, £1,045, selfridges.com Pols Potten terry-loop fabric Clover pouf, £255, madeindesign.co.uk The inspiration: Romy Schneider at Coco Chanel’s studio, Paris, c1960 A.W.A.K.E...

January 6, 2024

Bridge - Card game

Recognise suits which offer maximum tricks only if led by opponents

...BiddingDealer: SouthE/W Game West led 2♥; declarer won, and drew the remaining hearts with a second round. Rather than tackling clubs himself, he sought to compel East-West to assist him....

September 13, 2023

Due Diligence

Paul Weiss’s raid on Kirkland continues Premium

...Paul Weiss has also recently brought on Morgan Stanley’s M&A chair Robert Kindler and energy and infrastructure corporate lawyer Ravi Purohit from Latham & Watkins....

September 12, 2023

Due Diligence

Why hedge fund Elliott wants to sell you washing machines Premium

...They were both previously at Latham & Watkins. Law firm Simpson Thacher has hired media deals lawyer David Hernand as a partner in its Los Angeles office from Paul Hastings....

March 5, 2024

Bridge - Card game

Lacking both entries and confidence, declarer must enlist help of unwilling opponent

...BiddingDealer: NorthE/W Game The singleton A♦ may have put some off from raising no-trumps but, once bid, South is maximum, and must try for game....

August 16, 2023

Oren Cass

Republicans are misremembering their record of ‘fiscal discipline’

...George W Bush saw increases of 31 per cent and 36 per cent in his two terms as president. On the one hand, percentage growth may not be the right measure....

November 2, 2023

Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe

Practice of law: best examples in legal work

Featuring the most innovative services that lawyers have developed for clients

September 22, 2023

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe

Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region

Bridge - Card game

Unfortunate declarer stymied by key defensive plays not found elsewhere

...Astonishingly, at over 20 other tables, E/W recorded a plus score. Read Paul’s previous Bridge columns at ft.com/bridge-card-game...

May 30, 2023

Due Diligence

Barclays boss has a bold turnaround plan. Will it work? Premium

...Latham & Watkins has hired Seth Gottlieb and Alex Kassai as partners in its emerging companies and growth team. They join from Cooley....

February 21, 2024

News in-depthOil & Gas industry

Oil and gas profits triple under Biden even as industry decries him

...It’s more the fundamentals,” said Bob McNally, president of consultancy Rapidan Energy and a former energy adviser to George W Bush....

February 27, 2024

Due Diligence

The Wall Street bank cosying up to superstar lawyers Premium

...Job moves Latham & Watkins has added two partners to its banking team in London....

November 28, 2023

Airlines

Airlines rush to avoid cancellations after engine recall

...Paul Geaney, chief commercial officer of lessor Avolon, said aviation’s “fundamental supply and demand imbalance” would last for several years....

August 14, 2023

Special ReportAsia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers

Practice of law: best practice in legal work

...Paul Hastings O: 7; L: 8; I: 8; Total: 23In anticipation of rising tensions in US-China relations, the firm expanded its white-collar investigations practice....

May 5, 2023

The Big Read

The US pushback against ‘Basel Endgame’

...“I’ve never seen anything like this,” says Jarryd Anderson, co-chair of the financial services group at law firm Paul, Weiss....

March 19, 2024

Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe

Human touch makes change happen in the legal sector

...He joined the firm in 2016 after close to five years as chief administrative officer in Europe for global law firm Latham & Watkins....

September 22, 2023

ReviewBiography and memoir

The Maverick — George Weidenfeld, publisher to saints and sinners

...Saints or sinners, newsworthy names found a welcoming home between W&N covers....

September 27, 2023

Special ReportUS Manufacturing

Doubts linger over Biden’s industrial push

...“I certainly think the clean energy stuff is entirely driven by policy,” says Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former official in the George W Bush administration who is now president of the American Action Forum,...

October 18, 2023

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