Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey has resigned from DLA Piper, saying a firestorm over his ties to a conservative nonprofit opposed to health care reform has hurt the firm.

Law Firms /

In an interview, John Merrigan, a DLA Piper partner who chairs the federal affairs practice, said Armey, who had been a senior policy adviser, made the decision to leave. The nonprofit group, FreedomWorks, has been associated with disruptive protests at town hall meetings on health care reform. Armey’s association with FreedomWorks, and his ties to […]

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey has resigned from DLA Piper, saying a firestorm over his ties to a conservative nonprofit opposed to health care reform has hurt the firm. Read More »

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Three Men in Kidnapping of Valley Man Who Was Shot with Gun, Shocked with Taser and Held for $1 Million Ransom for Five Days

Press Releases /

LawFuel.com- 16 August, 2009 – LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury has indicted three men on kidnapping charges for abducting a Van Nuys man who was shot, shocked with a taser and held captive for five days while his kidnappers attempted to negotiate a $1 million ransom payment. The two-count indictment returned Thursday afternoon

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Three Men in Kidnapping of Valley Man Who Was Shot with Gun, Shocked with Taser and Held for $1 Million Ransom for Five Days Read More »

Malibu Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Willfull Failure to Disclosure UBS Swiss Bank Accounts to the IRS

Press Releases /

LawFuel.com – August 16, 2009 – LOS ANGELES – A Malibu man was charged today with failing to inform the government of a Swiss bank account as part of a scheme to move at least $1 million from the United States into Swiss bank accounts with the goal of avoiding the payment of federal income

Malibu Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Willfull Failure to Disclosure UBS Swiss Bank Accounts to the IRS Read More »

Sidley Austin LLP Named a Best Law Firm for Women by Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers for the Third Year in a Row

Press Releases /

LawFuel.com – August 16, 2009 – New York – Sidley Austin LLP has been named as a 2009 Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firm for Women. Sidley is among the 50 winning law firms praised for their continued attention to work/life and women’s issues and for their use of flex-time, reduced-hour and other

Sidley Austin LLP Named a Best Law Firm for Women by Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers for the Third Year in a Row Read More »

Chairman and CEO of Mayfair Capital Group, LLC Arrested on Securities Fraud and Wire Fraud Charges

Press Releases /

LawFuel.com – 16 August, 2009 – PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOSEPH F. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that STEPHEN R. GREEN, 45, of Locust Valley, New York, was arrested yesterday afternoon by

Chairman and CEO of Mayfair Capital Group, LLC Arrested on Securities Fraud and Wire Fraud Charges Read More »

In a 34-page ruling (pdf) that one defense lawyer describes as “a sweeping review of the Alien Tort Statute,” a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Miami federal district court’s dismissal of four cases claiming that Coca-Cola and its two Colombian bottling subsidiaries were liable for the murder and torture of trade unionists by Colombian paramilitary forces. Citing the Supreme Court’s now-infamous May 2009 ruling in Ashcroft v. Iqbal (pdf), the court concluded that the plaintiffs’ complaints “fail to sufficiently plead factual allegations” to establish subject matter jurisdiction and state a valid claim.

Law Firms /

The plaintiffs, represented by veteran Alien Tort Claims lawyer Terry Collingsworth of Conrad & Scherer, alleged in four lawsuits that two Coca-Cola bottlers, Panamco and Bebidas, collaborated with paramilitary forces in what the 11th Circuit called “the systematic intimidation, kidnapping, detention, torture, and murder of Colombian trade unionists.” The complaints didn’t accuse Coke or its

In a 34-page ruling (pdf) that one defense lawyer describes as “a sweeping review of the Alien Tort Statute,” a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Miami federal district court’s dismissal of four cases claiming that Coca-Cola and its two Colombian bottling subsidiaries were liable for the murder and torture of trade unionists by Colombian paramilitary forces. Citing the Supreme Court’s now-infamous May 2009 ruling in Ashcroft v. Iqbal (pdf), the court concluded that the plaintiffs’ complaints “fail to sufficiently plead factual allegations” to establish subject matter jurisdiction and state a valid claim. Read More »

Former Fiscal Director of New York City Foster Care Agency Found Guilty for her Role in Adoption Subsidy Scheme

Press Releases /

LawFuel.com – 14 August, 2009 – PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and ROSE GILL HEARN, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), announced that STAY THOMPSON, a/k/a “Stay Daniels,” was found guilty yesterday evening of conspiring to commit mail fraud and money laundering

Former Fiscal Director of New York City Foster Care Agency Found Guilty for her Role in Adoption Subsidy Scheme Read More »

A major dispute over how severely to punish a corporate “insider” who makes gains from trading in the company’s stock with information other investors don’t have seemed a likely bet for Supreme Court review. But that won’t happen now: the Justice Department has decided not to test the question further, after losing on it recently in the Tenth Circuit Court.

Law Firms /

In a direct conflict with the Eighth Circuit Court, the Tenth Circuit on July 31 adopted a new theory on stock market activity that can have the effect of sharply reducing the amount of money an executive made on “insider” transactions, leading to a required lowering of the criminal sentence for conviction of that crime.

A major dispute over how severely to punish a corporate “insider” who makes gains from trading in the company’s stock with information other investors don’t have seemed a likely bet for Supreme Court review. But that won’t happen now: the Justice Department has decided not to test the question further, after losing on it recently in the Tenth Circuit Court. Read More »

Matthew Larrabee walked into his office at Dechert in October and pulled up a chair to a new desk and a fresh start.

Law Firms /

The 54-year-old former leader of Heller Ehrman was building from the ground up at Dechert, this time with a track record that included the dissolution of his previous firm during his tenure as its chairman. “I’m trying to communicate to the world that I’m back in practice and that this is what I’m good at,”

Matthew Larrabee walked into his office at Dechert in October and pulled up a chair to a new desk and a fresh start. Read More »

Scroll to Top