Seventeen lawyers from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz drafted the agreement governing the Treasury Department’s takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, according to a lead partner on the legal…
A New Jersey appeals court has ruled a judge in Monmouth County must hold a hearing in a dispute between two former law firm partners, even if he thought the…
Updated: The civil justice system in the United States is so bogged down in a “morass” of e-discovery that it is often too expensive for litigants to take their cases…
A 1912 lease provision that requires payment in gold coin is enforceable, a federal appellate panel held yesterday, even though the U.S. withdrew the gold coin from circulation in 1933…
Mattel Inc. had sought more than $2 billion, including punitives, in the damages phase of a copyright infringement and contractual rights suit against the manufacturer of the…
Maryland’s highest court is relying on a Seinfeld episode to explain why author Tom Clancy cannot harm a partnership with his ex-wife simply because of spite.
As the economic downturn hit Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft this year, its managing partner has also had to deal with problems at home—or more specifically, with his home.
In a move that could serve as a model for other troubled banks and homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments, the FDIC announced a plan today to allow delinquent…
A dozen lawyers from Taylor Wessing’s French office have given notice that they intend to move to Nixon Peabody, despite their initial concerns about the workload, according to a motion…
On the eve of a scheduled trial next week, a California appeals court has thrown out a palimony suit against director Tim Burton by his former girlfriend, actress Lisa Marie.
A Pennsylvania nonprofit that claims it was overbilled by Reed Smith in a routine employment discrimination defense that was originally estimated at $50,000 and eventually racked up…
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