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Equal pay, better life lure big-firm staffers It wasn't too long ago that Goldman Sachs Group had fewer than a dozen lawyers in its legal department. But after a hiring [...]

It wasn't too long ago that Goldman Sachs Group had fewer than a dozen lawyers in its legal department. But after a hiring spree, the Wall Street investment firm now [...]

As U.S. attorney for the district that covers Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, Zachary Carter never managed to become a household name in the city. Neither has the Minneapolis-based law [...]

When public officials of all political stripes were quick to blast Consolidated Edison's handling of this summer's power blackout in upper Manhattan, Eliot Spitzer held his tongue. The New York [...]

It's not just the big New York law firms that are paying top dollars to recent law school graduates. More than a half dozen smaller law firms are paying salaries [...]

New Jersey may be a state, but to some of New York's biggest law firms, it's looking like a niche practice. In recent months, several Manhattan firms have quietly bolstered [...]

Psst! Here's a secret. Gossip on-line sells. Just ask the three young founders of VaultReports.com, a Manhattan publishing and on-line company that dishes out the latest dirt on big law [...]

The lawyers at Proskauer Rose are not ashamed to copy a good idea -- particularly if it leads to new business opportunities in Silicon Alley. So three months ago, the [...]

David Butowsky, a well-respected Manhattan corporate lawyer, recently did something that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. He gave up his position as a name partner at his 80-lawyer [...]

Four of the Big Five find little things can mean a lot of profit When Sunbury Holdings wanted to buy a generating station from Pennsylvania's PPL Resources Inc., the Wisconsin [...]

When Sunbury Holdings wanted to buy a power plant from Pennsylvania's PPL Resources Inc., the Wisconsin power company didn't call on some big Wall Street investment firm to negotiate and [...]

Brillo, Oaktree150, Gringo28 and Just4Fun are all loyal members of the Big City Bagels fan club. Every day, they discuss the fortunes of this little Long Island-based bagel company that's [...]

These are sour times for Candie's Inc. and investors in the company best known for its brand of vampish women's shoes. It's been three months since Nasdaq halted trading in [...]

A team that just won the World Series with the best record in baseball last year wouldn't seem to need to hire a full-time advertising agency to sell more tickets [...]

Once a month, several dozen accountants get together at the Williams Club in mid-Manhattan for a little group therapy. The soul-searching sessions, which bring together certified public accountants from across [...]

When Internet Financial Services Inc. began trading shares on the Nasdaq Small-Cap Market in April, it was payday for Edward Tishelman. Internet Financial's outside counsel owned 112,500 shares of the [...]

Up until a month ago, National Arbitration and Mediation Corp. was just another small-cap company that couldn't get anyone on Wall Street to take notice. With its stock trading at [...]

Sometime in the next few weeks, thousands of former A.R. Baron & Co. customers will get the kind of news that the victims of other rogue brokerage houses can only [...]

Adviser to Torricelli, once barred by NASD, faces fraud charges Matthew Gohd is not the kind of investment banker you'd expect a rising political star like New Jersey Sen. Robert [...]

In the ``before'' picture, Reid & Priest is a stodgy New York law firm with stagnant profits and an uncertain future. The ``after'' shot shows a rejuvenated practice that is [...]

Matthew Gohd is not the kind of investment banker you'd expect a rising political star like New Jersey Sen. Robert Torricelli to have manage his stock portfolio. Mr. Gohd's pedigree [...]

Robert Quish, the new president of the New York office of Lowe & Partners/SMS, is going car shopping. One of his first orders of business is overcoming the agency's recent [...]

In the advertising industry, there are two legitimate ``blue-chip'' publicly traded firms: Omnicom Group Inc. and The Interpublic Group of Cos. Young & Rubicam Inc., which went public last year [...]

With her long black wig, green headband and tall black boots, Jasmine Khalili looked like she was ready to get shagadelic, not learn about the next big corporate deal. Standing [...]

The City University of New York has been getting poor grades for preparing students for the workforce; now it's also received a failing mark for its advanced job training programs. [...]

Wall Street's top investment firms are scoring big-time on the playing field. Goldman Sachs & Co. will handle the sale of the New York Jets following the death of Leon [...]

When Aid Auto Stores Inc. suddenly ceased its operations last December, disgruntled shareholders and a major creditor wanted someone held accountable. They found a convenient target in Grant Thornton, the [...]

The impending union of New York's Rogers & Wells and London's Clifford Chance, announced last week, is being portrayed as the beginning of a wave of trans-Atlantic mergers among law [...]

The day after the merger between Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand became official, something was amiss at the Manhattan headquarters of the world's newest accounting giant. The name etched [...]

Candace Beinecke has received so many bouquets in the last few weeks, the corporate lawyer could open her own flower shop. The floral displays have been pouring in ever since [...]

A tough new series of Nasdaq trading rules is having a devastating effect on small New York area companies. At least 42 local businesses have been bounced from the two [...]

When Emilio Barletto's restaurant was shut down for two weeks following last summer's scaffolding collapse at the new Conde Nast tower, he thought he'd have no problem recouping most of [...]

When a Big Five accounting firm wanted to find out how it could save on its outside legal fees, it turned to Richard Robbins, an attorney turned legal auditor. The [...]

Shortly before settling a sexual harassment suit with the federal government, the Long Island brokerage house Lew Lieberbaum & Co. changed its name to First Asset Management Inc. In the [...]

Mother Nature has dealt Manhattan Cruises, an offshore gambling operation that operates out of Sheepshead Bay, a bad hand. With the end of summer, business at the nine-month-old cruise line [...]

One might think Pfizer Inc. would not have to advertise its now legendary anti-impotency drug, Viagra. But a few months ago, the Manhattan-based pharmaceutical company debuted a print ad that [...]

Robert Kantor's introduction to the business of running an advertising agency began well before he graduated from college. While still a student at American University in Washington, D.C., Mr. Kantor [...]

Former Court of Appeals Judge Vito Titone makes no bones about why he signed a two-year contract with a fast-growing alternative dispute resolution firm. He did it for the money. [...]

For the first time in a decade, the United Way of New York City is expanding the list of social service groups to which it contributes money. In opening its [...]

George Fertitta is celebrating his 25th year as president and founder of Margeotes/Fertitta & Partners Inc. by cashing in on his advertising agency's success. In selling a majority stake in [...]

When Doron Golan came up with the idea of putting restaurant takeout menus on-line, he didn't give much thought to marketing his unusual Web site. The East Village restaurateur mostly [...]

Mori Mickelson says the chemical fumes coming into her Upper West Side apartment from a downstairs dry cleaning store were so strong, they made her eyes water. She and her [...]

WXTV Channel 41, New York's dominant Spanish-language television station, has a problem convincing advertisers that its viewers are worth their money. The station's ratings have grown 23% since last year, [...]

While many of Manhattan's largest law firms are raking in rich fees from a wave of corporate deals, Proskauer Rose stands out as a notable exception. A laggard in mergers [...]

Gotham Incorporated, once known simply as 'Maybelline's ad agency,' is getting a makeover. While Maybelline Inc. remains a major client, the 4-year-old Manhattan agency has surprised many in the ad [...]

Despite a booming economy and an abundance of 'help wanted' signs across the city, many New York teenagers are having a hard time finding summer employment. A federal program that [...]

Bankruptcy lawyers at Weil Gotshal & Manges got an education a few months ago on why they shouldn't keep secrets from a bankruptcy judge. The city's fifth-largest law firm presented [...]

Christopher Culver likes big walls, preferably ones with unobstructed views. The president of a 4-year-old company that specializes in outdoor advertising and marketing, Mr. Culver has an eye for buildings [...]

Entertainment firm buys big on credit Maybe magician David CopperField could learn a trick or two from Robert F.X. Sillerman. In the blink of an eye, the fearless dealmaker has [...]

It wasn't too long ago that the New Jersey Nets were running television ads urging basketball fans to come to the Continental Arena to see Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and [...]