Lawyer Frank Scudere considers himself lucky to be alive, but his luck ran out soon after surviving the Hudson River landing of US Airways Flight 1549.
President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Stephen Preston, a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, to be the next general counsel of the CIA.
A bankruptcy judge sorting out the issues surrounding the dissolution of Heller Ehrman is refusing to allow a malpractice suit by an identity theft company to proceed against the former…
A federal judge thought he saw a “gross conflict of interest” when a pension fund administrator revealed in a court hearing earlier this month that a securities class action law…
So many law firms have deferred the start date for entering first-year associates that a number reportedly are having difficulty finding jobs at nonprofit organizations.
The fate of WolfBlock’s retirees when the 106-year-old firm dissolved prompted us to take a closer look at unfunded pension liabilties in the legal industry. And the consultants we spoke…
An Arizona appeals court has upheld a $25,000 sanction against a construction law firm that trumpeted to potential clients, without mentioning the exact amount, a confidential settlement of a homeowner…
A federal judge has dismissed a bankruptcy trustee’s suit that had contended Mayer Brown helped failed brokerage firm Refco hide its financial problems in an initial public offering.
Lawyer Marc Cherno is trying to help investors who lost money with Bernard Madoff after his own reported loss of almost $1.12 million with the investment manager who Apr 16, 2009 1:59 PM CDT
Updated: The former president of an investment group who claimed in arbitration that the CEO of the company defrauded investors was apparently offered $500,000 if the Wall Street Journal pulled…
The co-head of the government relations practice at Cozen O’Connor has been charged with accepting more than $800,000 in sham fees for doing political favors for New York’s former comptroller…
Adding another name to a small but growing list of well-known law firms cutting attorney pay, Robinson & Cole has announced that all associate and counsel salaries will be reduced…
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