Pioneering securities class-action lawyer Melvyn Weiss was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in a scheme to pay kickbacks to clients.
London’s top billing as an international financial and legal center could lose some of its luster in the foreseeable future, according to the global managing partner of Clifford Chance.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a litigant may be compensated for the market rate of paralegals in a contract dispute with the federal government, SCOTUSblog reports.
Saying that a $1.7 million damages award to a former law firm client for lost future profits was “speculative and uncertain,” a California appeals court has voided this portion of…
A lawyer turned diversity consultant has advised minority employees who feel underappreciated to get smart, rather than getting mad, by leaving for better opportunities.
Natalie Holder-Winfield, who wrote Recruiting and…
The former chief executive officer of Refco Inc. has held a series of “highly productive meetings” with plaintiffs lawyers suing the bankrupt brokerage firm and its advisers.
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