A New Orleans federal judge is revealing more details of the disciplinary case against him and is seeking release of a secret dissent to an impeachment recommendation.
Ten former partners of the bankrupt law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and the two new firms they joined are facing lawsuits by a bankruptcy trustee.
In a case that may be something of a signpost pointing to further litigation related to the subprime mortgage crisis, a bankruptcy trustee has filed suit against major investment banks…
A bankruptcy examiner has proposed in a report issued late last month that the former partners of Coudert Brothers pay $11.8 million to liquidate the failed New York City-based law…
The trustee in SonicBlue’s bankruptcy is seeking disgorgement of fees and damages against two law firms connected to the case: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Levene, Neale, Bender, Rankin &…
A federal judge has authorized the U.S. Trustee to investigate whether mortgage processing systems used by Countrywide Financial Corp. have affected “the integrity of the bankruptcy process.”
A well-respected Boston bankruptcy judge is reconsidering his decision to resign after a flurry of publicity about the circumstances of his arrest for drunken driving.
A new survey has found that lawyers expect bankruptcy to be the hottest growth area for law firms this year. That’s no secret to law firm managers who are already…
Some justices’ questions bordered on brutal when they hammered away at an argument by U.S. Supreme Court litigator Eric Brunstad Jr. in a court appearance last month, reports Mar 28, 2008 3:15 PM CDT
A critical report by a lawyer and former SEC official breaks new ground by blaming a Big Four accountant for a failed subprime mortgage lender’s “improper and imprudent practices,” and…
Citigroup has agreed to pay $1.66 billion to settle claims that it aided Enron’s downfall by setting up complex financial structures that hid and amplified the…
After seeing the value of one of the nation’s investment banking giants plummet disastrously virtually overnight this week, investors are now wondering about the safety of assets held in brokerage…
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