Partner Steven Krane of New York’s Proskauer Rose died yesterday of an apparent heart attack. Krane, a member of the ABA’s Board of Governors and former president…
It’s official: Baker & McKenzie has told 11 would-be New York associates from the Class of 2009 that it still doesn’t have enough work to justify hiring them so they…
Google and Twitter have filed an amicus brief that supports a financial news website’s legal fight to quickly publish research by bank analysts at several Wall Street firms.
A New York City police officer shot in the line of duty while subduing a suspect last year has sued his employer, contending that officials knew about a design defect…
A New York judge is credited with developing a settlement negotiation model that is now being tried by five hospitals in a $2.9 million, three-year demonstration project funded by a…
A veteran child-abuse prosecutor in Brooklyn, N.Y., is the subject of an internal investigation after legal interns complained that she repeatedly raised her voice and even threatened to fire them…
A former secretary at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson claims in a revised lawsuit that the firm discriminated against older staffers and those who had taken family or medical…
A group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban “facilitated” an attempted car bombing in New York City’s Times Square, said Attorney General Eric Holder today in a written statement announcing an…
Haas & Gottlieb had an agreement with its client, David Addison, that one-third of any money recovered in a bankruptcy litigation would go to the law firm.
Domestic worker Agnes Cybulska claims in a lawsuit that an heir to the Annenberg fortune violated New York City’s human rights law by asking her to submit to an HIV…
A trusted law firm secretary who stole at least $625,000 from a small New York firm said its partners were like brothers to her at a sentencing hearing yesterday.
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