Morning News Roundup for Monday
Here are the top news stories for this morning: The RIAA has decided to stop its controversial lawsuits against individual…
Erik Even
Woman Gives Away “Cure for Cancer,” Sues to Get It Back
I love Above the Law's Lawsuit of the Day. Whether its the guy who wrote off his girlfriend as an…
How Should Law Firms Deal With a 0% Attrition Rate?
From Bruce MacEwen's blog: An unspoken, and certainly uncelebrated, aspect of the law firm associate personnel model is built-in attrition.…
RIAA to Cease Controversial Lawsuits Against Music “Pirates”
Fantastic! After years of ruining people's lives by suing them for exorbitant sums of money because they might have downloaded…
Squire Sanders Adds 16 Lawyers to Partnership
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey has elected 16 lawyers to its partnership, effective January 1st. The 2009 partnership class includes lawyers…
Nixon Peabody’s Graf Defects to Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig LLP has announced that Jessica Graf has joined its Boston office as a shareholder in the Environmental, Energy…
“Avalanche” of Chapter 11 Filings Means Attorney Work for Years to Come
From Financial Week: The counter-cyclical practices of bankruptcy lawyers are thriving amid the worst business collapse since the Great Depression.…
Law Firm Sued Over Failed Trump Development
Wes & Diane McLeod, who placed a deposit on a unit at Trump Tower Tampa, are suing the developers of that…
Litigation Head Jumps Ship on Sinking USS Thacher Proffitt
Richard Hans, who left DLA Piper two years ago to join Thacher Proffitt & Wood, is heading back to his old…
Madoff Victims — Sue All You Want, The Money’s Gone
Lawyers ramping up to try to recover client's investment cash squandered by indicted New York investor Bernard Madoff aren't expecting…
Blago’s Lawyer to Challenge “Illegal” Wiretaps
Indicted Governor Rod Blagojevich's attorney will challenge the lawfulness of the court-ordered wiretaps offered as evidence in federal corruption allegations…
Subprime Court Filings Reach Record Level
The number of subprime-related court filings has reached an unprecedented level and is expected to continue skyrocketing as economic conditions…