Reynolds Holding
Reynolds Holding is a Breakingviews columnist who writes from New York about the law in conjunction with Reuters Legal. Before joining Breakingviews, he was a national editorial producer for the Law & Justice Unit at ABC News, a senior writer for Time magazine and the executive editor of Legal Affairs, the first general interest magazine about the law. He spent more than a decade as an investigative reporter and columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle, where he was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for explanatory writing. Before becoming a journalist, he practiced corporate law at the New York firm of Debevoise & Plimpton. He graduated from Harvard College and Duke University School of Law.
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Recent stories
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Law site’s IPO evokes a future beyond dying firms
It’s coincidence that LegalZoom’s $120 mln float is coming as Dewey & LeBoeuf evaporates. But the rise of the U.S. online legal document site is a warning to old-line lawyers. There’s plenty of work for savvy legal eagles, but those who aren’t lean and innovative could perish.
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Oracle suit gives Google a chance not to be evil
The search giant has been thumped on privacy, antitrust and governance grounds. But it looks almost virtuous in a patent spat with troll-like Oracle. Investors and watchdogs may still have beefs, but for now Google can milk its role as defender of software’s right to be free.
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Murky U.S. bribery law gets a dose of clarity
Morgan Stanley recently showed how to avoid legal charges, and an appeals court will soon define whose palm can’t be greased. That’s good news for multinationals sweating unpredictable enforcement of a very confusing statute. But an overhaul by Congress is still long overdue.
- Judges can be tough without getting personal
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Outside backers could tame U.S. law firm excesses
- M&A spin doctors take a thumping on the record
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U.S. legal profession makes case for its critics
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Lawyers play high-low game with costly M&A suits
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Florida example could help drowning Dewey lawyers
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Bribery case against Wal-Mart harder than it looks
