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The pace of law firm mergers are holding steady, according to legal consultancy Altman Weil Inc. There were 17 new law firm mergers and acquisitions reported in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2008.

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There were 17 new law firm mergers and acquisitions reported in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2008, according to the legal management consultancy Altman Weil Inc. The Newtown Square, Pa.-based consultancy said that the pace of mergers has stayed at a steady pace for the past four quarters and it does not expect […]

The pace of law firm mergers are holding steady, according to legal consultancy Altman Weil Inc. There were 17 new law firm mergers and acquisitions reported in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2008. Read More »

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is dropping a controversial effort to collect over $400,000 in health-care reimbursement from a former employee who is confined to a southeast Missouri nursing home since she suffered brain damage in a traffic accident.

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is dropping a controversial effort to collect over $400,000 in health-care reimbursement from a former employee who is confined to a southeast Missouri nursing home since she suffered brain damage in a traffic accident. The world’s largest retailer said Tuesday in a letter to the family of Deborah Shank it will not

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is dropping a controversial effort to collect over $400,000 in health-care reimbursement from a former employee who is confined to a southeast Missouri nursing home since she suffered brain damage in a traffic accident. Read More »

Does the latest appeal by former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling to overturn his May 2006 conviction stand a chance?

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Does the latest appeal by former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling to overturn his May 2006 conviction stand a chance? It depends on who you ask, but the proceedings scheduled for April 2 in New Orleans before a three-judge panel in the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit are sure to be lively. The big

Does the latest appeal by former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling to overturn his May 2006 conviction stand a chance? Read More »

The decade-long conspiracy theory that Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed were murdered by MI6 on the orders of the Duke of Edinburgh was finally and comprehensively dismissed yesterday.

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The decade-long conspiracy theory that Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed were murdered by MI6 on the orders of the Duke of Edinburgh was finally and comprehensively dismissed yesterday. In a landmark day in the six-month inquests, the coroner told the jury that there was no evidence to support claims by Mohamed Al Fayed

The decade-long conspiracy theory that Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed were murdered by MI6 on the orders of the Duke of Edinburgh was finally and comprehensively dismissed yesterday. Read More »

The decade-long conspiracy theory that Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed were murdered by MI6 on the orders of the Duke of Edinburgh was finally and comprehensively dismissed yesterday.

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The decade-long conspiracy theory that Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed were murdered by MI6 on the orders of the Duke of Edinburgh was finally and comprehensively dismissed yesterday. In a landmark day in the six-month inquests, the coroner told the jury that there was no evidence to support claims by Mohamed Al Fayed

The decade-long conspiracy theory that Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed were murdered by MI6 on the orders of the Duke of Edinburgh was finally and comprehensively dismissed yesterday. Read More »

The year’s partnership promotions round is shaping up to be the best ever for female lawyers in the UK, The Lawyer reports.

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The year’s partnership promotions round is shaping up to be the best ever for female lawyers in the UK, The Lawyer reports. Of the first 10 firms to announce their promotions, 27.5 per cent of them are female, the first time it has tipped over the 25 per cent mark. And there was more good

The year’s partnership promotions round is shaping up to be the best ever for female lawyers in the UK, The Lawyer reports. Read More »

The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that the F.B.I. went too far in searching the office of Representative William J. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat accused of using his position to promote business deals in Africa.

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The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that the F.B.I. went too far in searching the office of Representative William J. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat accused of using his position to promote business deals in Africa. Without comment, the justices declined to review a ruling by the United States Court of

The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that the F.B.I. went too far in searching the office of Representative William J. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat accused of using his position to promote business deals in Africa. Read More »

A bitter partners battle saw former Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal partner receive a partial victory in his battle for compensation.

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A Washington, D.C., jury Friday awarded a former Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal partner at least some of the compensation he claims is owed to him by the firm. The verdict marked the end of a bitter two-and-a-half-year battle over the firm’s partnership agreement and compensation policy. Jurors in the D.C. Superior Court trial stemming from

A bitter partners battle saw former Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal partner receive a partial victory in his battle for compensation. Read More »

U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Inc. appears to have been a victim of a fraud in which swindlers used forged documents from one of Japan’s biggest trading companies to bilk it out of as much as $250 million.

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U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Inc. appears to have been a victim of a fraud in which swindlers used forged documents from one of Japan’s biggest trading companies to bilk it out of as much as $250 million. Late last year, a unit of the New York-based investment bank issued loans to a fund run

U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Inc. appears to have been a victim of a fraud in which swindlers used forged documents from one of Japan’s biggest trading companies to bilk it out of as much as $250 million. Read More »

For a couple of major US law firms, Paris rather than London has become the power base of their European operations as they put expansion plans to the fore.

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If Daniel Hurstel’s schedule on Thursday, March 27, was anything to go by, the Paris legal market is in decent health. The head of Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s office there, Hurstel was frantically attempting to juggle two deals while explaining parts of the U.S. firm’s strategy in London to a visitor. The Paris mood is

For a couple of major US law firms, Paris rather than London has become the power base of their European operations as they put expansion plans to the fore. Read More »

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