Class Action “Bugaboo” Judgment on Incentive Fees “Misguided”
Reuters correspondent Alison Frankel writes about the judgment of US District Court McMahon and her references to incentive fees – they are a “bugaboo for McMahon,” she writes. U.S. District Judge...
View ArticleFive Things You Do “After Work” That Can Get You Fired
By Shayna Balch is a partner at Fisher & Phillips LLP, handling employers in employment and labor litigation matters before federal and state courts as well as before administrative agencies....
View ArticleShould Law Firm Leaders Be Active on Social Media?
Posting to social media has been a bugbear for lawyers and law firms. How far should they go? Should they venture there at all? If so, who should post and other such issues facing lawyers. Kevin...
View ArticleLawyers For Hernandez Kept Busy With Murder Charges
Lawyers representing former New England Patriots tight Aaron Hernandez have been kept busy by the footballer as he faces two counts of first degree murder in 2012 and were seeking the dismissal of a...
View ArticleAnti Corruption Lawyer Joins Baker + McKenzie
Washington, DC, USA, 13 May 2014 – Howard Weissman has joined Baker & McKenzie’s compliance practice as Counsel, adding decades of experience in designing and strengthening anti-corruption...
View ArticleGlobal Compliance Issues – How To Get It Right When Operating Globally
Minimizing and managing legal and other risks around the globe requires a holistic corporate compliance program that is designed to satisfy the needs of the global organization. For companies currently...
View ArticleThe Best Social Media Apps for Lawyers
Cyber Advocate blogger and lawyer Brian Focht has written a post on the 8 best social media apps for lawyers. Talking apps and lawyers is something that may strike fear into any lawyer’s heart, but a...
View ArticleLeaving Corporate Law To Travel
Jodi Ettenberg is a former corporate lawyer who now travels the world – not billing out by the hour, but eating and looking at things, just like a real traveller might. She also writes the popular...
View ArticleOil & Gas Partner For Reed Smith – Burleson Corporate Practice Leader Joins...
May 15, 2014, Houston – Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Gary C. Johnson as a partner in the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group. Johnson will work from the firm’s...
View ArticleThe Law Firm Costco with Its Own Skunk Works
Law firm Seyfarth Shaw may be a legal monolith with 850 lawyers on board, but it also has some techniques borrowed from a defense industry client to develop its own “skunk works” concept to deliver...
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Weil Advises GE Aviation in the sale of its Hydraulic Actuation Business to...
BERWYN, Pa.—-May 27, 2014– Triumph Group, Inc. (NYSE:TGI) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the hydraulic actuation business of GE Aviation. GE’s hydraulic...
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Prosecutions for Wide-Ranging Student and Visa Fraud Scheme
Alleged Crimes Involved Two For-Profit Schools and Hundreds of Students Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge...
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“Hesh Comes The Judgesh” . . DUI Judges Arrested
It’s not exactly a great look when judges get arrested on DUI charges but DUI law has taken a new turn with not one, not two but three Broward County judges haveing been arrested in the past seven...
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Navi Pillay To Talk on IBA Webcast
Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, is the latest legal luminary to participate in an hour-long webcast with the International Bar Association (IBA). The live interview...
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Kate Middleton’s Bottom and Bare-Cheeked Privacy
The publication of pictures of a bare-bottomed Princess Kate in Australia have aroused interest on several levels, but one of them is the question of privacy, of course. The matter is similar to the...
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AmLaw 200 Survey
The AmLaw 200 survey results show a small but significant percentage of the second tier firms were in the “super rich” category. When the Am Law 100 rankings came out in late April, the key takeaway...
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US Attorney Lays Charges Over Large Scale Counterfeit Credit Card Scheme
Scheme Involved the Theft of More Than 150 Account Numbers andOver Half a Million Dollars in Losses Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Brian A. Swain,...
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Sex Crimes Attorneys Aren’t the Only Detectives Looking into Sex Crime Charges
Being a Florida sex crimes attorney is a job reserved for multi-talented individuals. The best sex crimes attorneys are detectives in disguise, studiously examining every angle of evidence and...
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Sullivan & Cromwell Represent SK Global Chemical Co in JV
Sullivan & Cromwell represents SK Global Chemical Co., Ltd. (South Korea) in its 50-50 joint venture agreement with SABIC Industrial Investment Company (Saudi Arabia), for a total investment of...
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Law Firm Diversity Remains an Elusive Goal
The rarity of African-American partners in the Am Law 100 law firms is such that they can be counted on one hand and the crisis of diversity in the white, male dominated law business raises its ugly...
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