Mayer Brown partner Joseph Collins was convicted Friday of securities fraud and four other charges for his role in hiding financial problems from investors in the trading firm Refco Inc.
Mayer Brown partner Joseph Collins, accused of misleading investors in the public offering for Refco Inc., won’t get a mistrial over an unusual juror feud.
The former mergers and acquisitions lawyer with Cravath, Swaine & Moore accused of paying a woman to have sex with her teenage daughters is weighing yet another lawsuit.
On the same day Lisa Madigan announced that she will run for re-election as Illinois attorney general and not for governor, Locke Lord partner and Illinois state senator Kirk Dillard…
Former employees of the dissolved law firm Thelen have filed a lawsuit that claims they didn’t get the wages they deserved because some former partners paid themselves instead.
Women lawyers looking for advancement would do well to study Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, according to a law firm partner who founded the Opt-In Project.
A law firm hired as special counsel for the estate of law firm Heller Ehrman is considering whether to pursue a lawsuit against Covington & Burling and the 14 Heller…
A Pennsylvania lawyer initially portrayed by his counsel as a victim has now pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to a $2.5 million juvenile detention judicial…
What was until recently the world’s top-grossing law partnership has announced its preliminary results for the fiscal year that ended April 30, and the picture isn’t a pretty one.
A group of nearly 150 lawyers has organized to protest the firing of Gerald Walpin, the government watchdog who was unexpectedly terminated by the Obama administration in mid-June.
Amidst the dismal economy, layoffs, pay cuts and constant pressure to work more efficiently for corporate clients is some definite good news, one might think: As law firms increasingly embrace…
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