The Hollywood Reporter has unveiled its list of the most powerful entertainment lawyers in America and given the massive size of the entertainment business in the US these are some of the most powerful lawyers in the country, like Skadden Arps’ Michael . The only thing is, like Skadden Arps, acting for The Disney Company […]
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The No Win No Fee system has suffered its share of criticism among many, but the big money wins for some British law firms has seen their cases against the National Health Service provide some massive fees for their principals. Suing the NHS has made £35 Million (US52 million ) for five UK law
LawFuel.com – Celebrity Trials – Celebrities involved in legal proceedings of whatever form are invariably the center of high media attention and the viral video showing actress Reese Withersoon’s arrest in Atlanta is certainly no exception. Witherspoon, actress in movies like “Legally Blonde” has blamed her role as a lawyer for much of the trouble.
A career flame-out is not necessarily the end of everything for once high fliers like former New York governor and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who has created another career out of the ashes of the one that went before. Spitzer was forced from office and the governor’s mansion by a sex scandal, but
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Which law firms would rank among the very best in terms of universal admiration by their peers? It’s Cravath’s according to a new book. The question is one that arose in a new book “What It Takes: Seven Secrets of Success from the World’s Greatest Professional Firms” By Charles Ellis. The author looked at what
Judy Clarke is an unlikely death row lawyers, but she has helped some of America’s worst criminals escape the death penalty and has now been appointed to the legal team to defend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect. She has previously represented the famed “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski, along with Jared Lee Loughner, sentenced to life
He has been one of America’s most celebrated criminal lawyers, acting for everyone from the Boston Strangler to O J Simpson, but the questions facing F Lee Bailey over his ability to practice law are not deterring the 79 year old from continuing his quest to work at what he loves. He has a tax
Barry Ostrager of New York’s Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and co-head of the firm’s litigation department is reputed not to have lost a trial in over 20 years. Already a LawFuel nominee in 2005, Ostrager handles the difficult cases, favoring the hard cases that are reputed to make good law. Take the arbitration involving his
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He’s used to honors and awards, the lawyer who was described by Wall Street Journal as “the zelig of the white collar bar: He’s everywhere.” For some 30 years, Gary Naftalis has represented individuals and corporations in all phases of complex civil, criminal, and regulatory matters, including those involving allegations of insider trading, market manipulation,
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The massive growth in intellectual property issues has lead to a corresponding growth in IP litigation, but for California lawyer Joseph Re he’s the man who has stood up for the little guy, securing over $400 million in damages for patent infringement cases this year. A partner in the Orange County IP firm Knobbe Martens
