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A federal judge’s ruling in Los Angeles is getting attention among corporate lawyers because it suggests they need to issue more explicit warnings during internal company investigations that they don’t represent individual employees.

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A federal judge’s ruling in Los Angeles is getting attention among corporate lawyers because it suggests they need to issue more explicit warnings during internal company investigations that they don’t represent individual employees. The ruling earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney threw out portions of the government’s criminal case against a former […]

A federal judge’s ruling in Los Angeles is getting attention among corporate lawyers because it suggests they need to issue more explicit warnings during internal company investigations that they don’t represent individual employees. Read More »

U.S. companies, adopting a model used by DuPont Co., are adding firms with 300 or fewer lawyers to their outside-counsel roster and saving as much as half compared with fees of Wall Street firms more than triple that size.

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U.S. companies, adopting a model used by DuPont Co., are adding firms with 300 or fewer lawyers to their outside-counsel roster and saving as much as half compared with fees of Wall Street firms more than triple that size. DuPont and other clients, hit by the recession, are pressing firms for fixed fees or 10

U.S. companies, adopting a model used by DuPont Co., are adding firms with 300 or fewer lawyers to their outside-counsel roster and saving as much as half compared with fees of Wall Street firms more than triple that size. Read More »

French politicians have rejected a bill which proposed that people caught downloading music illegally three times should be cut off from the internet.

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French politicians have rejected a bill which proposed that people caught downloading music illegally three times should be cut off from the internet. The legislation, backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy, would have set a tough global precedent in cracking down on internet piracy. The music industry has been calling for stricter laws as revenues have

French politicians have rejected a bill which proposed that people caught downloading music illegally three times should be cut off from the internet. Read More »

Baker & McKenzie laid off 38 attorneys and 86 paralegals and staff employees in North America on Tuesday, as the financial crisis continues to take its toll on corporate law firms.

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Baker & McKenzie laid off 38 attorneys and 86 paralegals and staff employees in North America on Tuesday, as the financial crisis continues to take its toll on corporate law firms. This is not the first time this year Chicago-based Baker & McKenzie has shrunk its roster in the face of diminishing revenues. In January,

Baker & McKenzie laid off 38 attorneys and 86 paralegals and staff employees in North America on Tuesday, as the financial crisis continues to take its toll on corporate law firms. Read More »

Baker Botts lawyer Irv Terrell has scored his second $1 billion-plus judgment.

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The $6 Billion Man: Irv Terrell Leads Asarco and Creditors to Gargantuan Judgment Against Grupo Mexico For a trial lawyer, getting a judgment north of $1 billion is like winning an NCAA national championship.And Irv Terrell of Baker Botts has now done it twice. Many will recall his first billion-dollar case from back in the

Baker Botts lawyer Irv Terrell has scored his second $1 billion-plus judgment. Read More »

DLA Piper has laid off eight per cent of its Dubai fee-earners as its expansion plans in the Middle East are hit by the global economic crisis.

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DLA Piper has laid off eight per cent of its Dubai fee-earners as its expansion plans in the Middle East are hit by the global economic crisis. The firm has made eight associates redundant in its corporate, finance and projects departments in response to falling demand. Last month, Trowers & Hamlins became the first firm

DLA Piper has laid off eight per cent of its Dubai fee-earners as its expansion plans in the Middle East are hit by the global economic crisis. Read More »

Lawyers at Milberg and Seeger Weiss filed a motion Wednesday afternoon seeking court permission to push Bernard Madoff into involuntary personal bankruptcy in an attempt to stake out a claim to the assets of the admitted Ponzi scheme mastermind.

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Lawyers at Milberg and Seeger Weiss filed a motion Wednesday afternoon seeking court permission to push Bernard Madoff into involuntary personal bankruptcy in an attempt to stake out a claim to the assets of the admitted Ponzi scheme mastermind. The motion filed in Manhattan federal district court, would be a first step in pushing Madoff

Lawyers at Milberg and Seeger Weiss filed a motion Wednesday afternoon seeking court permission to push Bernard Madoff into involuntary personal bankruptcy in an attempt to stake out a claim to the assets of the admitted Ponzi scheme mastermind. Read More »

When CIA officials subjected their first high-value captive, Abu Zubaida, to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, they were convinced that they had in their custody an al-Qaeda leader who knew details of operations yet to be unleashed, and they were facing increasing pressure from the White House to get those secrets out of him.

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When CIA officials subjected their first high-value captive, Abu Zubaida, to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, they were convinced that they had in their custody an al-Qaeda leader who knew details of operations yet to be unleashed, and they were facing increasing pressure from the White House to get those secrets out of him.

When CIA officials subjected their first high-value captive, Abu Zubaida, to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, they were convinced that they had in their custody an al-Qaeda leader who knew details of operations yet to be unleashed, and they were facing increasing pressure from the White House to get those secrets out of him. Read More »

Two weeks after opening up its ‘Sidebar’ program to incoming associates as a means of encouraging one-year deferrals, The Am Law 100’s top firm by gross revenue has succumbed to the wave of staff layoffs sweeping the legal industry.

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Two weeks after opening up its ‘Sidebar’ program to incoming associates as a means of encouraging one-year deferrals, The Am Law 100’s top firm by gross revenue has succumbed to the wave of staff layoffs sweeping the legal industry. This week Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom began a round of layoffs among its 2,000

Two weeks after opening up its ‘Sidebar’ program to incoming associates as a means of encouraging one-year deferrals, The Am Law 100’s top firm by gross revenue has succumbed to the wave of staff layoffs sweeping the legal industry. Read More »

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Friday that it has laid off 36 support staff workers across the firm’s nine offices in response to the declining demand for legal services.

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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Friday that it has laid off 36 support staff workers across the firm’s nine offices in response to the declining demand for legal services. News of the firm’s reductions comes as poor economic conditions continue to take a toll on the legal industry. Gibson Dunn is the fourth L.A.

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Friday that it has laid off 36 support staff workers across the firm’s nine offices in response to the declining demand for legal services. Read More »

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