It has been reported that at approximately 10:30 a.m. a Caltrans crew of five that included three probationary workers were on the I-15 north
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The hot seat just got a little hotter for Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz in the Bank of America bonus disclosure drama. In a court filing Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission maintained that Wachtell knowingly gave Bank of America bad advice about how it should disclose $5.8 billion in bonuses approved for Merrill Lynch
The Securities and Exchange Commission released the full report from its inspector general on the bungled investigations of Bernard L. Madoff a little after 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before Labor Day. How’s that for timely disclosure. The report goes into excruciating detail on how the commission missed numerous opportunities to uncover the enormous Ponzi
New partner promotions across the U.K.’s top 50 law firms plunged by a third between 2008 and 2009, with the downturn impacting lawyers’ opportunities to advance into the partnership. Taking into account promotions at firms such as Clifford Chance and Simmons & Simmons, which pushed their decisions back until the summer, there were 399 promotions
The three-judge panel already made clear in its Aug. 4 ruling (pdf) that it would not consider a stay and would view “with disfavor … any effort to postpone or delay an expeditious resolution of the terms of the population reduction plan.” So Schwarzenegger plans to appeal the ruling itself to the U.S. Supreme Court
Specifically, the 45-year-old Sullivan (William & Mary, Yale Law), who became a judge two years ago after spending more than 10 years as a prosecutor at the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, denied bail to Frank DiPascali, a possible key witness in future Bernard Madoff-related prosecutions. That occurred after DiPascali pleaded guilty to helping carry
But nope. No smooching lawyers. Just some sweaty tourists asking us the location of the nearest Sbarro. And now we know why: Things might be getting marginally better in BigLaw, but the turnaround ain’t going to be swift. It, like the economy at large, is going to take a long long time. The news on
But all five have one main gripe: Facebook violated their rights, in some fashion. The photographer and actress claim their professional photos were uploaded from Facebook without thier consent; the minors claim their pages were accessed without their knowledge; and the college student claims Facebook altered the terms of service without her consent. Reads the
In an interview, John Merrigan, a DLA Piper partner who chairs the federal affairs practice, said Armey, who had been a senior policy adviser, made the decision to leave. The nonprofit group, FreedomWorks, has been associated with disruptive protests at town hall meetings on health care reform. Armey’s association with FreedomWorks, and his ties to
The plaintiffs, represented by veteran Alien Tort Claims lawyer Terry Collingsworth of Conrad & Scherer, alleged in four lawsuits that two Coca-Cola bottlers, Panamco and Bebidas, collaborated with paramilitary forces in what the 11th Circuit called “the systematic intimidation, kidnapping, detention, torture, and murder of Colombian trade unionists.” The complaints didn’t accuse Coke or its
