A shortage of work is not a problem this week for those in charge of performing client conflict checks at law firms representing major corporations worried about the turmoil on…
A lawyer has been fined $500 for filing a frivolous lawsuit on behalf of a New York restaurateur who claimed a model damaged the limited edition designer umbrella he loaned…
Mergers with German law firms were all the rage in 2001, and then came several years of relative quiet. Now there is a new merger to report: The 55-lawyer German…
Turmoil on Wall Street has brought major business to a few well-known law firms, as Lehman Brothers sought bankruptcy protection and Merrill Lynch & Co. agreed to be purchased by…
A prominent New York criminal defense lawyer has been charged with obstruction of justice and witness tampering based on allegations he sought to bribe and “neutralize” witnesses in a case…
Black is a color that goes with just about anything, an observation apparently made by some New York judges who dress up their robes with accessories. Other judges have spurned…
Oops. If you’re a law firm managing partner trying to secretly shop some of your colleagues to a competing law firm, it’s best not to leave documents from a PowerPoint…
The chance to keep living in a rent-stabilized New York City apartment that costs a mere $4,614 per month has motivated Bianca Jagger to pursue a case that could help…
A New York lawyer for more than 25 years has been accused of defrauding victims, including his clients and friends, of $5 million via various real estate-related schemes.
Add another well-known name to the list of those unhappy about e-mail communications. Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of the New York Times, is going to have to testify in a…
A Pakistani neuroscientist being held without bail in Brooklyn, N.Y., had documents suggesting possible plans for a U.S. attack when she was arrested in Afghanistan, according to an indictment announced…
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