Latham & Watkins received 28 Top 10 rankings and improved its placements in 10 categories across a range of corporate and finance categories in The American Lawyer's 2012 Corporate Scorecard, an annual review ranking law firms that advised on transactions during the previous year.
Baker & McKenzie has advised Siemens Energy on the acquisition of the Connectors and Measurements Division of Expro Holdings UK, a company specializing in the oil and gas industry, for Euro470 million. The equipment manufactured by Expro forms a crucial part of the power grid that Siemens is currently developing for use on the sea bed at depths of down to 3,000 meters.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that jails do not violate privacy rights by routinely strip-searching everyone, even those arrested on minor traffic offenses.
A judge has thrown out a fine imposed by federal education officials against Virginia Tech, finding the school did not wait too long under federal law to alert students of the first shootings in a 2007 rampage that left 32 innocent people dead.
