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Clifford Chance Creates Team of Key Partners

Clifford Chance has garnered a team of key partners to direct its newly formed bond with Indian firm AZB &…

Edwin Coe Hires Four New Partners

Litigation team Edwin Coe has just hired four new partners to accommodate their growing list of clients. Edwin Coe has…

UK Lawyers In Trouble

The troubles affecting the financial sector are beginning to spread to the legal industry in the UK. Large law firms…

Federal Appeals Court Brings Back Fraud Suit Against Pfizer

A federal appeals court rejuvenated a securities fraud suit against Pfizer. Investors claim the company was hiding the truth about…

Justice Antonin Scalia Addresses Right to Privacy

Justice Antonin Scalia spoke Wednesday at a conference organized by the Institute of American and Talmudic Law, about American and…

Freshfields to Represent Xtrata; Linklaters to Represent Banks

Freshfields will act as the main corporate adviser to Xtrata, a mining group who is set to launch a £4.1billion…

Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett Postpone Sao Paolo Launch

Law firm Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett have postponed their plans to place an office in Sao Paulo. They have also…

Michigan Lawyer Sentenced to Three Years of Probation

A Michigan based lawyer was sentenced to three years of probations and fined $10,000 for aiding a woman in fraudulently…

Lawyer Confesses To Losing 2.8 Million Dollar Settlement

Attorney Sandeep Baweja has withdraw as counsel in a class action case after he confessed in court papers that he…

Levy Appointed As Associate Judge to Third Circuit of Madison County

Elizabeth Levine Levy has been appointed as an associate judge to the Third Circuit of Madison County. She will replace…

Defense Attorneys Say Blagojevich is Digging Himself Into a Hole

Defense lawyers are claiming that Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich’s recent high profile interviews will probably hurt him when his…

Legal Aid Programs Hurt; So Do Third-Year Law Students

Legal aid programs are hurting from a reduction in funding from Interest on Lawyer Trust Account Programs and state budget…