A lawyer will face an ethics hearing in Washington, D.C., after an appeals court gave him the benefit of the doubt for writing two letters telling bar counsel and a…
Former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen has agreed to pay $2.2 million in a civil settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve allegations of stock options backdating.
A panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that recusal is not required in a challenge to a ballot measure that would cut judges’ pay and eliminate some…
A federal judge in San Jose, Calif., has refused to approve settlements in two backdating cases without more information about the role of corporate lawyers, including Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &…
Although prosecutors sought probation for a former name partner at a California entertainment law boutique, a federal judge gave Richard Purtich a two-month sentence yesterday for helping another law firm…
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