A new federal law that requires merchants to remove from cash register receipts private information such as more than five digits of a credit card number apparently may have caught…
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…
Six private equity lawyers who are leaving a smaller Chicago firm for a Chicago-based giant say they are doing so regretfully, in order to practice from the bigger platform that…
In the short run, the story of the successfully averted almost-collapse of the nation’s fifth-largest investment bank is a tale of triumph over near-disaster. But, in the long run, it…
After a stunning loss in the value of Bear Stearns stock that cost employees and investors big bucks over the weekend and led to widespread turmoil in stock markets today,…
Hillary Clinton spent most of her career in a corporate law firm, a fact that could account for the difficulties some people have warming up to her, according to a…
Law enforcement agencies across the country are spending millions of dollars to build data warehouses of domestic intelligence that can be used to fight crime and spot terrorist plots.
After some $10 million in court-ordered penalties, attorney sanctions and a switch of both in-house and outside counsel, it is clear that Qualcomm Inc. didn’t handle its discovery obligations in…
A former client has sued McGuireWoods for malpractice over claimed illegal trading of the client’s stock by a law firm partner acting as issuer’s counsel. He allegedly made more than…
Updated: Although some law firms are suffering as a result of the current turmoil in the U.S. economy, others are doing fine. One secret to their success: avoiding hot practice…
After pleading guilty in a $1 billion federal securities fraud conspiracy case last year, Florida attorney Stephen Ziegler was sentenced to a five-year prison term and had his law license…
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