The former general counsel of investment bank UBS AG has agreed to pay $6.5 million to resolve an insider trading investigation by the New York attorney general.
A disbarred criminal defense lawyer has been convicted of murdering his wife in 2006, as the couple were on their way home to upscale Westchester County. At the time, they…
Former Dechert associate Marc Lubin has filed suit against the firm, claiming it lied to woo him to join the firm from Skadden in 2002, then fired him in part…
Wells Fargo’s deal to acquire Wachovia violates Wachovia’s exclusivity agreement with Citibank, which prohibits Wachovia from negotiating a merger with others prior to October 6, according to University of Connecticut…
Citigroup is threatening to sue Wachovia Corp. after it spurned a federally backed deal to sell itself to Citibank, choosing instead this morning to sell itself to Wells Fargo &…
Miramax Film Corp. and supermodel Heidi Klum did not violate the copyright of fashion designer Cynthia Rodriguez and buyer and merchandiser Elizabeth Zwiebach with their reality TV show “Project Runway,”…
Because the jury was allowed to hear inflammatory testimony, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday tossed out the convictions of two men who had been found guilty…
A week after a much-criticized incident in which a naked man Tasered by New York City police fell from a fire escape and died, the lieutenant who ordered the use…
When Hollywood makes a movie about the record-breaking wild ride on Wall Street in recent weeks, there’s one lawyer who’s sure to be among the main men played by the…
Although proposed emergency legislation intended to rescue the struggling U.S. economy at a cost of some $700 billion hasn’t yet been enacted, attorneys are already jockeying…
In a piece celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Time Out London, it’s across-the-pond iteration Time Out New York has picked its very own Top 40 individuals to recognize, including disgraced…
Ever wonder what happened to legal crusader Erin Brockovich after Julia Roberts earned an Oscar for the role in the major Hollywood motion picture named for her?
A state judge in New York has rebuffed attempts by a lawyer who asked to withdraw as a family’s counsel in a wrongful death case because he doesn’t think it’s…
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