The professional services sector providing expertise in law, including advice, document drafting and representation of individuals and organizations in legal matters, encompassing private law firms, in-house counsel and public legal institutions. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Legal Services Industry
Filter Results3 entries
Connections
Associated With
The Cravath System is the standard hiring and up-or-out promotion structure used across the legal services industry, not only at the firm that originated it.
Source Wikipedia, Cravath System
Corporate law, compliance and regulatory work make the legal services industry a major service provider to the financial services industry.
Source Wikipedia, Legal Services
The IBM antitrust case, filed in 1969 and withdrawn in 1982, is among the longest-running matters in U.S. antitrust legal history, alongside the Microsoft and Standard Oil cases already linked here.
Source Wikipedia, Legal Services
A landmark antitrust case exemplifying the legal services industry's role adjudicating corporate conduct.
Source Wikipedia, United States v. Microsoft Corp.
The 1911 Supreme Court breakup of Standard Oil is a founding landmark of American antitrust legal practice.
Source Wikipedia, Standard Oil
Sources
1. Wikipedia, Legal Services
WikipediaLead section
A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, and represent individuals in legal matters.
- Associated With: IBM Antitrust Case
- Associated With: Financial Services Industry
View the Source Wikipedia, United States v. Microsoft Corp.
WikipediaAssociated With: Microsoft Antitrust Case, IntroductionQuote, Associated With: Microsoft Antitrust Case, Introduction
United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation, 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001), was a landmark American antitrust law case.
Wikipedia, Standard Oil
WikipediaAssociated With: Standard Oil Antitrust Breakup, Monopoly charges and antitrust legislation sectionQuote, Associated With: Standard Oil Antitrust Breakup, Monopoly charges and antitrust legislation section
On May 15, 1911, the US Supreme Court upheld the lower court judgment and declared the Standard Oil group to be an 'unreasonable' monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act, Section II.
Wikipedia, Cravath System
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.