ALM, publisher of The National Law Journal, The American Lawyer and several other legal and real estate news titles, has named Bill Carter its president and chief executive officer. Carter, a veteran of the legal information services industry, was most recently a senior vice president at Thomson Reuters.

No matter the measurement — number of suits filed, lawyers involved, pages of briefs, hours of oral argument, dollars at stake — the legal challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas rules are about as big as they come. Business groups call the efforts to regulate emissions of six greenhouse gases “the most significant and far-reaching regulatory program ever devised by a federal agency.” Last week 10 lawyers for the EPA and eight for petitioners faced withering questions from a D.C. Circuit panel during a grueling hearing.

Hard on the heels of several major stumbles for Justice Department cases brought under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform is pressing the DOJ and the Securities and Exchange Commission for guidance on corporate compliance with the controversial anti-bribery law.

Once the co-chair of Proskauer Rose’s securities practice, Thomas Sjoblom saw his legal career hit a snag three years ago this month when former client R. Allen Stanford was charged with running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme

Liverpool’s Silverbeck Rymer is set to be acquired by software and outsourcing firm Quindell Portfolio in one of the first takeovers of a law firm under the U.K.’s Legal Services Act. The deal, which requires regulatory approval, will create a combined insurance claims outsourcing operation.Visit International News