Up Front
Aug. 1, 2014
Power Play
Patton Boggs made itself attractive as a merger partner by removing contingent liability -- at its former clients' expense.
Sometimes the prenuptial agreement to a law firm merger is far more interesting than its consummation.
Such was the case in May with a stipulation and order dismissing a bitter lawsuit between Washington, D.C., litigation and lobbying powerhouse Patton Boggs and Chevron Corporation.
The dismissal, filed in the Southern District of New York, tied off one strand in a twisted skein of litigation known as the Lago Agrio case, originating decades ago in the sam...
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