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A Brooklyn judge has rejected a bank’s request for $9,112 in costs for producing subpoenaed documents, calling the claim an example of the excess and greed among “fat cat bankers on Wall Street.”

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A Brooklyn judge has rejected a bank’s request for $9,112 in costs for producing subpoenaed documents, calling the claim an example of the excess and greed among “fat cat bankers on Wall Street.” JPMorgan Chase, a non-party in an action to confirm an arbitration award, sought 25 cents per page and $25 per hour for […]

A Brooklyn judge has rejected a bank’s request for $9,112 in costs for producing subpoenaed documents, calling the claim an example of the excess and greed among “fat cat bankers on Wall Street.” Read More »

Ever since the Tiger Woods story broke the last month, there have been rumors and tales of a strange cover-up that had happened in 2007 involving the golfing great and two American Media Inc. publications, the National Enquirer and Men’s Fitness.

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Ever since the Tiger Woods story broke the last month, there have been rumors and tales of a strange cover-up that had happened in 2007 involving the golfing great and two American Media Inc. publications, the National Enquirer and Men’s Fitness. The story, meticulously chronicled on Friday by a handful of WSJ reporters, goes like

Ever since the Tiger Woods story broke the last month, there have been rumors and tales of a strange cover-up that had happened in 2007 involving the golfing great and two American Media Inc. publications, the National Enquirer and Men’s Fitness. Read More »

A London law firm has offered unhappy couples a ‘must have’ Christmas present – divorce gift vouchers.

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Lloyd Platt & Company, a London-based law firm is offering unhappy couples what it claims a “must have” Christmas present – divorce gift vouchers. The firm says it has received hundreds of enquiries about the vouchers since they were put on sale in November. A couple can have half-hour or hour-long advice sessions with a

A London law firm has offered unhappy couples a ‘must have’ Christmas present – divorce gift vouchers. Read More »

He was a prominent Minnesota lawyer in line to become president of the State bar association. Now he’s been jailed for raping a teenage boy.

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A prominent Twin Cities lawyer who was in line to become president of the Minnesota State Bar Association was charged Monday with plying a teenage boy with alcohol at his home and then raping him. The charges against Aaron F. Biber, of the Gray Plant Mooty law firm, say he arranged in a phone call

He was a prominent Minnesota lawyer in line to become president of the State bar association. Now he’s been jailed for raping a teenage boy. Read More »

Heller Ehrman’s creditors have reached a tentative settlement for $1.6 million with 62 former shareholders, most of them junior partners, according to briefs filed in bankruptcy court late Wednesday.

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Heller Ehrman’s creditors have reached a tentative settlement for $1.6 million with 62 former shareholders, most of them junior partners, according to briefs filed in bankruptcy court late Wednesday. Creditors are targeting 180 partners altogether and have carved out policy committee members and senior management for separate negotiations. At least 56 partners who made less

Heller Ehrman’s creditors have reached a tentative settlement for $1.6 million with 62 former shareholders, most of them junior partners, according to briefs filed in bankruptcy court late Wednesday. Read More »

Cardoni & Associates, of Kingston, Pa., will close its doors by the end of the year, sources familiar with the Pennsylvania insurance defense bar say, following federal charges that a Luzerne County Common Pleas judge allegedly accepted the use of a New Jersey beach house owned by the firm’s managing member and improperly ruled in that attorney’s favor in a civil litigation case.

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Cardoni & Associates, of Kingston, Pa., will close its doors by the end of the year, sources familiar with the Pennsylvania insurance defense bar say, following federal charges that a Luzerne County Common Pleas judge allegedly accepted the use of a New Jersey beach house owned by the firm’s managing member and improperly ruled in

Cardoni & Associates, of Kingston, Pa., will close its doors by the end of the year, sources familiar with the Pennsylvania insurance defense bar say, following federal charges that a Luzerne County Common Pleas judge allegedly accepted the use of a New Jersey beach house owned by the firm’s managing member and improperly ruled in that attorney’s favor in a civil litigation case. Read More »

Law firms, which have spent the last year getting beaten up like never before, are planning to raise billable rates in ‘10. Clients, meanwhile, many of whom have also struggled through a lackluster ‘09, are at last playing hard ball. In other words, conflict looms.

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Last month, Susan Blount, the general counsel of Prudential Financial, sent a letter to the 60 law firms the insurance giant uses regularly. The letter addressed the general economy and the need to cut costs, but one announcement stuck out: Prudential informed the firms that in calendar year 2010, the company expected to pay for

Law firms, which have spent the last year getting beaten up like never before, are planning to raise billable rates in ‘10. Clients, meanwhile, many of whom have also struggled through a lackluster ‘09, are at last playing hard ball. In other words, conflict looms. Read More »

DLA Piper has made a new round of job cuts in the Middle East, with the firm set to make another 9% of staff in the region redundant in response to the continued deterioration in the markets.

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DLA Piper has made a new round of job cuts in the Middle East, with the firm set to make another 9% of staff in the region redundant in response to the continued deterioration in the markets. The latest round of cuts, which follow a review of the business, equate to seven lawyers and 10

DLA Piper has made a new round of job cuts in the Middle East, with the firm set to make another 9% of staff in the region redundant in response to the continued deterioration in the markets. Read More »

The Senate late Thursday confirmed Victoria Espinel to be the nation’s first-ever intellectual property enforcement coordinator, a position that will be housed in the White House.

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The Senate late Thursday confirmed Victoria Espinel to be the nation’s first-ever intellectual property enforcement coordinator, a position that will be housed in the White House. She most recently served as the founder and president of the nonprofit Bridging the Innovation Divide and also has served as a visiting professor at George Mason University Law

The Senate late Thursday confirmed Victoria Espinel to be the nation’s first-ever intellectual property enforcement coordinator, a position that will be housed in the White House. Read More »

The former general counsel of Broadcom Corp., David Dull, avoided criminal charges in a stock options backdating case this week following claims of prosecutorial misconduct.

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The former general counsel of Broadcom Corp., David Dull, avoided criminal charges in a stock options backdating case this week following claims of prosecutorial misconduct. Dull is expected to reach a nonprosecution agreement with the government, according to court documents. He has not been criminally charged in the case, but he is considered to be

The former general counsel of Broadcom Corp., David Dull, avoided criminal charges in a stock options backdating case this week following claims of prosecutorial misconduct. Read More »

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