A federal judge is seeking more information on a $2.1 million fee application by Dewey & LeBeouf that breaks down to about $100,000 a day in attorney fees.
After staggering news last week that the longtime head of a respected Wall Street investment firm had allegedly been running a massive $50 billion Ponzi…
A receiver for the Dreier law firm says it will soon file for bankruptcy, following an alleged massive fraud by its founder and sole equity partner, Marc Dreier.
Public sector employment would mean a big cut in regular pay for attorney general nominee Eric Holder, but he’ll have a big payout from his law firm to cushion the…
At least two more law firms are considering following the lead of DLA Piper and requiring nonequity partners to buy into equity status, a law professor says.
Three more Long Island lawyers are having their government pension credits or pension revoked by the state comptroller, bringing to 45 the number of New York attorneys who have had…
For those who may have wondered what it’s like to practice law at a partnership that’s under receivership, a notice to Dreier employees filed in federal court in Manhattan within…
As a stunning federal corruption case was unveiled this week against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, many wondered why he is being represented by a well-regarded Chicago attorney rather than a…
Last year, Jim Beresford made headlines as the United Kingdom’s highest-paid solicitor, having found a lucrative practice niche representing sick coal miners. Today, after a…
Calling New York attorney Marc Dreier a “Houdini of impersonation and false documents” who allegedly stole $380 million from hedge funds and investors, a federal prosecutor today urged that he…
Just when it seemed that the alleged situation involving the founder of Dreier and his disintegrating 238-attorney law firm could hardly get much worse, even more bad news is being…
A partner in an Akron, Ohio, law firm who is also a trustee of the University of Akron has been charged in a misdemeanor ethics case concerning a real estate…
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