When Ryan Swift got a job as a gofer, making sure the coffee machine was filled and fetching sandwiches for lawyers at Holland & Knight in Atlanta, his mother told…
A once-mighty partner at the nation’s biggest and best-known plaintiffs securities firm was given a two-year federal prison sentence today for his role in an alleged law firm scheme to…
Two Massachusetts lawyers, including the former ethics counsel for two state governors, were disbarred today because of their aggressive investigation of a judge who ruled against their clients in 1995…
A federal judge in Houston is one step closer to approving a criminal plea deal by petroleum giant BP concerning a 2005 explosion at a Texas refinery that killed 15…
Nestle reportedly has axed its lead antitrust counsel in Europe after focusing during a review of its legal staffing there on the fact that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer also represented the…
The parent company of major newspapers in California and Illinois has taken an innovative approach to the revision of its employee handbook under the leadership of a new owner. Forgoing…
The House and Senate judiciary committees are seeking more information about the appointment of corporate monitors amid questions about whether prosecutors are rewarding political pals with the lucrative work.
A federal judge in New Jersey has approved $9.5 million in attorney fees in an investor suit against Schering-Plough Corp. even though no money damages were awarded.
Bank of America Corp.’s newly announced deal to buy Countrywide Financial Corp. likely could cost considerably more than the $4 billion purchase price.
A lawyer at a well-known British firm says a wave of lawsuits being filed over subprime mortgage issues could eventually exceed the scope of the litigation over the infamous Enron…
A no-bid contract awarded to the consulting firm of former Attorney General John Ashcroft has spurred a Justice Department inquiry into its procedure for selecting outside monitors to oversee company…