President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Stephen Preston, a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, to be the next general counsel of the CIA.
A bankruptcy judge sorting out the issues surrounding the dissolution of Heller Ehrman is refusing to allow a malpractice suit by an identity theft company to proceed against the former…
Lawyer Marc Cherno is trying to help investors who lost money with Bernard Madoff after his own reported loss of almost $1.12 million with the investment manager who Apr 16, 2009 1:59 PM CDT
Updated: The former president of an investment group who claimed in arbitration that the CEO of the company defrauded investors was apparently offered $500,000 if the Wall Street Journal pulled…
The co-head of the government relations practice at Cozen O’Connor has been charged with accepting more than $800,000 in sham fees for doing political favors for New York’s former comptroller…
Opening a new office for the second time in two weeks, Barnes & Thornburg is setting up shop in Columbus, Ohio, with the help of a longtime labor and employment…
The New York attorney general says he will sue a Long Island law firm and has already sued a major process-serving company in the state, contending that they were involved…
Lawyers involved in the bankruptcy of Heller Ehrman were in court Monday to watch arguments in a case involving the duties of 10 former partners at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison.
Litigation and labor and employment are busy right now at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. But an ongoing emphasis by corporate clients on value is making some significant changes in the…
Jenner & Block is opening a new office Los Angeles, putting at the helm two litigation partners lured from the local office of Kirkland & Ellis. The new LA outpost…
For years, David Koller had been following what he calls the money train, seeking the best—and highest-paying—jobs to help him advance in his career and pay “the nut” on his…
Updated: Two well-known law firms have partially resolved what one participant has termed a “sandbox” dispute over a PowerPoint presentation about legal fees paid by Sherwin-Williams Co. in lead paint…
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