Law Firms

King & Spalding no longer is in the running to acquire the substantial portion of Thacher Proffitt & Wood that it had pursued in recent weeks, according to a lawyer familiar with the negotiations. Altanta-based King & Spalding has been reported to be in talks for weeks to acquire some or all of beleaguered Thacher,

Bernie Madoff is a man of superlative accomplishments, albeit negative ones. He bilked thousands of hedge fund investors in a gargantuan and unprecedented $50 billion Ponzi scheme. He repeatedly evaded review by the SEC, as detailed in this Wall Street Journal article. So persuasive were Madoff’s techniques, that he managed to make all but one

http://www.lawfuel.com/show-release.asp?ID=20255 Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 According to reports by train accident lawyers in Orange County, some of the details of the Anaheim fatal train collision have been released. The vehicle was struck at approximately 5:50 p.m. in the vicinity of the tracks that run in the Orangetorpe Avenue, at Lakeview Avenue area according

Charles Ponzi wouldn’t have thought much of Bernard Madoff. Legendary Wall Street trader Madoff reportedly admitted last week that his success was an illusion, a fraud in which investors were paid not with the fruits of his own acumen, but with money from other investors. Prosecutors quoted Madoff as telling an associate that his $50

http://www.lawfuel.com/show-release.asp?ID=20210 December 13, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to statements by California Highway Patrol Officer Anthony Martin and corroborated by motorcycle injury lawyers in Los Angeles, traffic on the 210 Freeway was closed after an accident involving a motorcycle and a van in the westbound lanes. Officer Martin stated the 210 Freeway was closed one