Law Firms of Skadden and Simpson Top Lists of First Quarter M&A Rankings
The law firms of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have made it onto three…
Harvard Law School Identifies Binding of Book as Sheepskin
A book owned by Harvard Law School has long since been rumored to have been bound in human skin. But,…
Woman Takes Picture Straddling Body of Dead Shark
A warning has been issued to beachgoers in Marcoola, Australia to not touch any dead sharks that wash ashore. The…
Actress Doris Day Turns 90
Doris Day is 90! Day spoke to Closer magazine about her nine decades of life, saying that she has nothing…
Link Love
It’s another Friday and this week I came across a lot of blog posts that I loved, so I figured…
Greenberg Traurig Names New Co-Chair of Global Benefits and Compensation Group
Les Klein, a shareholder in the Phoenix office of Greenberg Traurig has been named the Co-Chair of the law firm’s…
Gerald Wells Leaves DLA Piper to Join Quarles & Brady
The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced today that Gerald C. Wells has joined the firm as…
China Growth Measures and Railway Spending
Bloomberg News has reported that China has outlined a package of measures including railway spending and tax relief to help…
Sinopec Selling 30 Percent Stake in Retail Unit
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is working with Asia’s largest refiner, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., according to Bloomberg News,…
Former Hollywood Personal Assistant Talks to New York Magazine
Neither the assistant nor the star is named in the article, but the story details some of the awful things…
Free Windows for Smartphones Announced by Microsoft
On Wednesday, the Microsoft Corporation announced free Windows licensing for small devices and updates to Windows 8.1, including an introduction…
Alberto Gonzales Named Dean of Belmont University
Former President George W. Bush’s administration, U.S. attorney general Alberto Gonzales, has been named dean of Belmont University. Alberto Gonzales,…