A 14-lawyer public finance practice group from Vinson & Elkins will be joining Bracewell & Giuliani in January as partners, their new firm announced today.
An engineer who blew the whistle on problems with a project to clean up a hazardous nuclear waste site has been banished to a windowless basement office for his efforts.
Democrats failed to get enough votes on Thursday to stop a filibuster of President Obama’s nominee to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Last year, former North Carolina governor Mike Easley disappeared from the attorney roster of McGuireWoods and took an Alford plea after being accused of violating campaign-finance reporting law.
Impeached former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich finally admitted his guilt today at sentencing and apologized, telling U.S. District Judge James Zagel he made “terrible mistakes” and is “unbelievably sorry.”
The owner of a West Virginia mine that exploded in 2010, killing 29 men, will pay a record $209 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability concerning the disaster…
An Illinois lawyer has filed a whistleblower lawsuit blaming the administration of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for ethics charges claiming she showed her bare breasts to co-workers and used…
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Secret Service agents who arrested an environmental consultant at a Dick Cheney appearance have immunity from suit.
In Los Angeles’ continuing struggle with medical marijuana dispensaries, the city attorney’s office recently filed actions against those located within 600 feet of a school, which is a violation of…
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