Law Firms

Finally, some good news for Richard A. Grasso. In a decision yesterday that raises the legal hopes of Mr. Grasso, the former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, a New York appeals court dismissed four of six legal claims brought against him over his compensation. The ruling may make it more difficult for the […]

Revenues at Linklaters are set to smash the £1bn barrier for the first time as it challenges Clifford Chance for the title of the world’s largest law firm, The Lawyer reports. Linklaters will outshine Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, with growth of around 15 per cent. Despite the massive upheaval at Freshfields, insiders predict that its revenue

The man who was Conrad Black’s trusted top associate for 30 years testified at the former media baron’s fraud trial on Tuesday how millions of dollars prosecutors claim were stolen began flowing to a Canadian company controlled by Black. David Radler, who has pleaded guilty to a single count of fraud in the same case

NBC Universal is taking sides with fellow media conglomerate Viacom Inc. over a piracy lawsuit filed against Google Inc.’s online video sharing site YouTube, according to papers filed in court. The case involves a separate party, Los Angeles News Service operator Robert Tur, who sued YouTube in July for allowing its users to appropriate his

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz violated the agency’s ethics rules when he arranged a pay increase and a promotion for his companion, a panel of directors has concluded, according to a bank official. Wolfowitz has been given the report and will have a chance to respond, said the official, who declined to be identified because

In China, the government is vowing to clean up its pharmaceutical industry, in part because of criticism over counterfeit drugs flooding the world markets. In December, two top drug regulators were arrested on charges of taking bribes to approve drugs. In addition, 440 counterfeiting operations were closed down last year, the World Health Organization said.

Don Imus, the tousled and acerbic radio host whose racial remarks engendered a media storm that triggered a swift upending of his career, is not going away quietly even if the imbroglio has all but disappeared from the national conversation in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre. For Imus, who made a career out

The trial of former Telegraph proprietor Lord Conrad Black is expected to plumb new depths of acrimony this week, when his former ally and business partner David Radler gives evidence against the embattled peer. Radler will tomorrow appear as a star witness for the prosecution, which accuses Black of 14 counts of fraud and racketeering.

A Justice Department prosecutor, lobbyists and military officials are among the clients of a Vallejo woman accused of a running a prostitution ring in the nation’s capital, ABC News reported Friday night in a highly anticipated program resulting from its analysis of phone records of the alleged “D.C. Madam.” On the network’s “20/20” program, Deborah