Key witnesses in the Alexander Litvinenko investigation are missing, with their families claiming that they fear for their lives. The sudden disappearance of a number of leading figures linked to the affair will make it even harder for British detectives, whose inquiry has now spread across five countries. Interpol joined the hunt for the murderer […]
A deal to unite San Francisco’s Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP with Dewey Ballantine LLP is taking longer than expected. Leaders of both law firms anticipated having partners vote on a merger this month. But preparing a partnership agreement has taken more time than expected, an Orrick spokesman said Tuesday. A vote will take place
Sir Paul McCartney will give his estranged wife Heather Mills a $235 million divorce package to safeguard his health, according to a British newspaper. The News of the World reports the former Beatle was urged to agree the deal by his daughters Stella and Mary because they are concerned the bitter divorce battle is affecting
Two days after a West Side truck driver entered the offices of a downtown law firm and killed three people, the man’s family and acquaintances called him a quietly religious man who for years sought revenge against a lawyer he believed pilfered his idea for a portable toilet. Brenda Jackson said she only saw her
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP will become the first Canadian law firm to merge with a United Kingdom firm next year when it officially acquires Stringer Saul LLP, a London boutique firm that specializes in listing companies on London’s Alternative Investment Market. Prior to the launch of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 1995, the Toronto
Count on the leaders of America’s biggest law firms to lead the pep rally. The heads of Am Law 200 firms have been bullish about the year ahead since we began surveying them annually in 2003. This time, they are even more so: Ninety-one percent of respondents say they are optimistic about their firms’ future.
Steven G. Schulman, a named partner at the securities class-action law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, resigned yesterday to seek out “new ventures” and devote time to defending himself against criminal charges. Steven G. Schulman spent 20 years at Milberg Weiss, a securities class-action law firm. He was a named partner. Mr. Schulman; another
Steven G. Schulman, a partner at New York law firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, resigned, eight months after he and the firm were indicted for giving kickbacks to clients in exchange for filing complaints against companies. Schulman, 55, was charged in May along with partner David Bershad, 67, and the firm in a 20-count
Have you ever railed about how absurd it is that Amazon.com could get a patent on “one-click” online shopping? Or that Smuckers could get one on a crustless peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich with the edges smushed together? If you’ve ever trash-talked about the U.S. patent system–and who hasn’t?–you should be following closely today’s U.S. Supreme Court argument
Congress isn’t the only place where public corruption is on the rise. More than 1,000 federal, state and local government employees across the country have been convicted in government corruption cases over the past two years, including hundreds of crooked police officers and others who have dipped into the taxpayers’ till, FBI Director Robert S.
