Pinsents and Masons are just weeks away from agreeing to a merger that would forge a national giant dubbed Pinsent Masons, it has emerged. The surprise talks are thought to have been going on for a number of months and are now at an advanced stage, leaving a vote in favour of the deal the […]
“With this merger we will be able to say to any corporate client anywhere in the world, ‘There is nothing we can’t assist you with. You will never be able to outgrow us. We will always be able to look after you.’ This will change the legal landscape.” Change the legal landscape? To be sure,
Leaders in Saddam Hussein’s regime will go on trial for crimes against humanity and war crimes as early as next week, Iraq’s interim premier says. Iyad Allawi said that the “symbols” of the former regime would be tried “one by one” but gave few details. There was no indication when Saddam Hussein himself would face
Former Federated CEO James Zimmerman was indicted for lying to prosecutors during a probe of whether the firm was trying to keep tableware from Waterford and Lenox out of rival Bed, Bath & Beyond. If found guilty of lying under oath during a probe by state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s office, Zimmerman could face as
A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived part of the widely-watched obesity suit against McDonald’s Corp. that accuses the world’s biggest fast-food company of using misleading advertising to lure children into eating fattening, unhealthy foods. The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge wrongfully threw out certain portions of the complaint
Silicon Valley and Manhattan law firms descended on Boston in December, throwing money at the hotshot talent fleeing the country’s premier high-technology law firm, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, as it was unraveling. Goodwin Procter, whose top partners earn over $1 million a year, could offer them money too. But the Boston firm had something more:
An MCI Inc. shareholder has sued to block the company’s $6.8 billion takeover by Verizon Communications Inc., saying the price was too low, according to a published report Sunday. The lawsuit, which was filed on Friday, said MCI and its board of directors breached their fiduciary duties “by depriving MCI’s public stockholders of maximum value
The assassination of an investigative judge working on the forthcoming trial of Saddam Hussein has raised fears that insurgents will target legal proceedings against Iraq’s former regime. Judge Barwez Mohammed Mahmoud and his son, Aryan, were murdered outside their home in Baghdad’s northern Adamiyah district on Tuesday evening, the same day that five members of
A quadriplegic attorney said Wednesday he dropped his lawsuit against producers of NBC’s “The Apprentice” after executives agreed to make clear the program accepts applications from the disabled. The federal lawuit by James Schottel Jr. claimed the show’s online application discriminatorily required “excellent physical” health of would-be contestants. Schottel said new language to be added
The former partners of now-defunct law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison in San Francisco didn’t let mere bad times stop them a few years ago. According to suits filed in January by Brobeck’s bankruptcy trustee, Ronald F. Greenspan, the 223 former partners maintained their distributions–a total of $264 million in 2001 and 2002–even though the
