Law Firms

It was fun while it lasted. In 2007, The Am Law 100 — the top-grossing law firms in the United States — finished the best sustained growth spurt since The American Lawyer began tracking firm financials in 1984. For the first time, the firms showed five consecutive years of better-than-average growth in both revenue per […]

Indicted U.S. law firm Milberg LLP is in settlement talks with federal prosecutors to resolve a long-running criminal case involving accusations it paid illegal kickbacks to clients, sources close to the talks said on Tuesday. New York-based Milberg, scheduled to go on trial in August, is discussing ways to resolve the case with the U.S.

Tariq Aziz, who for years was the public diplomatic face of Saddam Hussein’s regime, went on trial in Baghdad on Tuesday facing charges over the execution of Iraqi merchants during the Baathist era. Mr. Aziz, 72, who was deputy prime minister under Mr. Hussein, looked frail as he entered the court carrying a walking stick.

With his joint appearance alongside Bill Cosby on Thursday night, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington continues an arc that is bringing growing fame as one of the newest voices calling — or shouting — for a renewed focus on self-respect and education among the black youth that too often end up in his

The FBI director and a Republican congressman sketched out a far-reaching plan this week for warrantless surveillance of the Internet. During a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing, the FBI’s Robert Mueller and Rep. Darrell Issa of California talked about what amounts to a two-step approach. Step 1 involves asking Internet service providers to open

They’re violent, they’re ruthless, they have caused misery to many, but you can’t fault their business sense: mafia bosses know how to make a profit. Its practices may be largely illegal, but Cosa Nostra is not as retrograde, or conservative, as it has often been portrayed. Its raison d’etre is profit. Like any business, it

Bank customers could be in line for a £1 billion refund after a significant ruling in the High Court over unfair charges. The charges made for going overdrawn and bouncing a cheque were found to come under “unfair contract” rules, raising the prospect banks will have to repay millions of account holders. Consumer groups hailed

The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners. Indeed, the United States leads the world in producing prisoners, a reflection of a relatively recent and now entirely distinctive American approach to crime and punishment. Americans are locked up for crimes —

A possible witness in the federal trial against Antoin “Tony” Rezko would testify that former White House aide Karl Rove was involved in discussions to remove U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald from the brewing case against the politically-connected Chicago businessman, prosecutors reportedly said Wednesday morning. The conversations are alleged to have occurred in 2004, prosecutors told

Delaware’s legal system ranked the best and West Virginia’s the worst in a U.S. Chamber of Commerce survey of corporate lawyers who rated less than half of U.S. state courts as “excellent” or “pretty good.” Nebraska, Maine, Indiana and Utah were in the top-five with Delaware, which has been highest on the business lobbying group’s