LawFuel.com – Celebrity Trials – Celebrities involved in legal proceedings of whatever form are invariably the center of high media attention and the viral video showing actress Reese Withersoon’s arrest in Atlanta is certainly no exception. Witherspoon, actress in movies like “Legally Blonde” has blamed her role as a lawyer for much of the trouble. […]
Des Moines, LawFuel.com – Many Americans do not realize that declaring bankruptcy may affect their home insurance rates. Once personal bankruptcy has been filed, all of a debtor’s property and assets come under the purview of a court assigned trustee. This individual closely watches spending and keeps track of assets, to protect the
For most of us, filing our taxes is a stressful process. But for those who filed bankruptcy in the past year, they may be confused about the affect it had on their taxes and how it changes the way they file their taxes. Which forms do you file and who files your taxes for you?
Bankruptcy Law Advice on Filing Taxes After Bankruptcy Read More »
A career flame-out is not necessarily the end of everything for once high fliers like former New York governor and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who has created another career out of the ashes of the one that went before. Spitzer was forced from office and the governor’s mansion by a sex scandal, but
Eliot Spitzer and the Rise From the Ashes of Scandal Read More »
NEW YORK – LawFuel.com – Morrison & Foerster has appointed new co-chairs to lead the firm’s Corporate and Finance Departments. The Corporate Department co-chairs are San Francisco partner Brandon Parris and Tokyo partner Randy Laxer. The Finance Department co-chairs are New York partner Gary Lee and Tokyo partner Dale Caldwell. Pamela Reed, former Morrison &
Morrison & Foerster Names New Leaders for Corporate and Finance Departments Read More »
LawFuel.com – Australia trail-blazed the way for listed law firms with the listing six years ago of personal injury law firm Slater & Gordon and is now set to list another law firm, the recently-established Rockwell Olivier. Rockwell Olivier is owned by the listed company Integrated Legal Holdings and is a newly formed combination of
Which law firms would rank among the very best in terms of universal admiration by their peers? It’s Cravath’s according to a new book. The question is one that arose in a new book “What It Takes: Seven Secrets of Success from the World’s Greatest Professional Firms” By Charles Ellis. The author looked at what
LawFuel.com – Law Newswire Service – On April 25, 2013, Archer Daniels Midland Company (“ADM”) announced that it has signed a takeover bid implementation deed with GrainCorp Limited. Cravath is representing ADM in connection with this transaction. Subject to the satisfactory completion of due diligence, ADM has agreed to make a cash offer, which would
Cravath Represents Archer Daniels Midland on Takeover Bid with Graincorp Read More »
LawFuel.com – Slaughter and May is advising Standard Chartered PLC (the ‘Company’) on the implementation of a partial two-way fungibility programme enabling the redemption of Indian Depository Receipts (‘IDRs’) issued by the Company into ordinary shares of the Company (‘Shares’) and the conversion of Shares into IDRs. The Shares to be released on redemption
Slaugher and May Advises Standard Chartered PLC on Fungibility Programme Read More »
Judy Clarke is an unlikely death row lawyers, but she has helped some of America’s worst criminals escape the death penalty and has now been appointed to the legal team to defend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect. She has previously represented the famed “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski, along with Jared Lee Loughner, sentenced to life
