The trustee and liquidators for Sphinx Funds have sued Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, claiming the law firm contributed to the funds’ $263 million loss when commodities firm Refco Inc. collapsed.
Mergers and acquisitions work has plummeted by more than two-thirds for large law firms, according to new figures on the number of clients represented.
The federal judge overseeing the unprecedented case against the former Milberg Weiss has declined to dismiss a money-laundering conspiracy charge against the firm even though all the principal targets in…
One year ago, Jenkens & Gilchrist disbanded after a probe into the law firm’s work on aggressive tax shelters. But many lawyers and staffers go to the…
A former employee at a Baltimore-area law firm has been indicted on charges that he embezzled more than $1 million of escrow money and set fire to the firm’s offices…
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…
A former corporate partner at Latham & Watkins in New York pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to stealing $200,000 from his firm and clients by filing false expense…
When Alabama attorney and Navy Reserve officer Sterling DeRamus got married, his wife felt reasonably sure he would be a full-time solo practitioner and weekend soldier.
Nearly two dozen school districts on Long Island improperly reported private attorneys as employees, helping them earn public pensions totaling more than $342,082 a year, Newsday reported today.
Veteran U.S. Rep. Albert R. Wynn, D-Md., announced this week he’s resigning from Congress early to become a partner at Dickstein Shapiro, which is known in part for a strong…
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