Boston’s Legal Firm At The Center Of Wall Street Journal Takeover It’s not ‘Boston Legal’s’ Crane, Poole and Schmidt, but nevertheless Boston’s patrician and private law firm of Hemenway & Barnes has moved center stage in the battle for control of the Wall Street Journal’s owners, Down Jones & Co. The fate of Dow Jones […]
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The fate of Dow Jones & Co. and its flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, lies in the hands of a patrician New England family that has shunned hands-on management and has instead entrusted much of its legacy to powerful but discreet Boston lawyers. The Bancrofts, heirs to the controlling stock of Dow Jones, have
– Stanford’s Multidisciplinary Legal Curriculum Outpaces That of Other Schools – STANFORD, Calif.–LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Multidisciplinary education is the cornerstone of a new, model legal curriculum being developed by Stanford Law School and today the school announced that it has created innovative joint degree programs with eleven Stanford graduate departments and schools.
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Alschuler Deal Boosts Bingham’s L.A. Office by 40 Lawyers for a Total of 350 in California, Nearly 1,000 Worldwide, Marks Bingham’s Second Combination for 2007, Third in California Since 2002, Eighth in 10 Years LOS ANGELES (May 1, 2007) LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Bingham McCutchen LLP will add 40 lawyers in Los Angeles
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The BP Chief Executive, Lord Browne, was forced to resign after court documents showed that he had committed potential offences, for which he could be charged. What were they? Lied to the High Court about how he met his former lover, Jeff Chevalier, whom he said he had met while “exercising in Battersea Park”; —
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Lied to the High Court about how he met his former lover, Jeff Chevalier, whom he said he had met while “exercising in Battersea Park”; — Used BP resources and staff to set up a company for his boyfriend; — Attempted to “trash” the reputation of Mr Chevalier in court by claiming that he was
LAWFUEL – The Net’s Law Newswire – Gunhild Schäfer, dispute resolution partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt, has been admitted to the exclusive circle of lawyers at the highest German civil law court, the Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), by the German secretary of justice (Bundesjustizministerium). Less than 50 lawyers are currently admitted to represent clients in
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A.G. Edwards Agrees To Pay $3.86 Million To Settle Charges; SEC Also Charges Two Brokers And Two Branch Managers With Misconduct Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled enforcement proceedings against A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., alleging that A.G. Edwards failed reasonably
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The Democrat’s attempt to reverse Mr. Bush’s veto of a war-funding bill with a troop withdrawl timetable for Iraq failed in a 222-203 vote, more than 60 votes short of the needed two-thirds majority, which also would have had to have been mustered in the Senate. The Washington Post reports that the vetoed legislation, which
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LawFuel – The Law & Businesswire – While Dow Jones evaluates Rupert Murdoch’s $5 billion takeover offer for the group, lawyers claim it could face a flood of lawsuits if it rejects the bid and its stock price plummets. Dow Jones & Co Inc.could face a flood of shareholder lawsuits if it rejects a buyout
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