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News Flash: Water Wet, Ice Cold, Dreier Bankrupt

Marc Dreier (center) with football ex-player Michael Strahan and actor William Shatner. No, really. Notice how this photo really plays…

Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn has added 10 people to its staff. Nine of them will work out of the…

Last week, investment fund manager J. Ezra Merkin sent a very interesting letter to investors in his Ascot Partners fund. In the…

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is to reopen 170 estates of deceased people, in order to reimburse heirs…

From The USA Today Sky Blog: Experts are predicting a rash of airline mergers in 2009. "As we are in…

In more Shearman & Sterling news: the New York law firm has announced ten partner promotions. Seven of the promotions…

New York's Shearman & Sterling has promoted Huang Ling and Sanja Udovicic to partners in Asia, and has relocated Lorna…

At least two more law firms are considering following the lead of DLA Piper, requiring nonequity partners to buy into…

Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will retain Edward Genson, of Chicago's Genson & Gillespie today, according to news sources. Genson…

Above the Law claims that Philadelphia's Drinker Biddle & Reath will let 20 people go on Friday, one week before…

Fronm Legal Blog Watch: William S. Stevens, a Pennsylvania lawyer who died last week at the age of 60, will…

While fifteen electors were meeting in Atlanta today to cast their votes for John McCain, four state lawmakers called for…