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Thompson Coburn LLP of St. Louis, MO, and FagelHaber LLC of Chicago have announced a merger. The combined firm has more than 330 attorneys with offices in St. Louis and Chicago ' two of the region's major business centers ' and additional offices in Washington, DC, and southern Illinois. The combined firm's Chicago office will initially be known as Thompson Coburn Fagel Haber, enabling it to leverage the name recognition that FagelHaber has developed in the Chicago legal and business communities over the past 45 years. Thompson Coburn LLP is a full-service law firm with offices in Chicago, St. Louis, southern Illinois and Washington, DC. The firm regularly represents lenders and equipment lessors in the inland and offshore maritime industries, as well as ship owners, charterers, investment bankers, and related parties in all types of project and equipment finance transactions, principally relating to ships, barges, and containers.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.