8,000 Claims in Madoff Fiasco?
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation and the trustee handling the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC have mailed…
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Lakin Law Firm Renamed In Wake of Drug Scandal
The Lakin Law Firm has been renamed LakinChapman LLC, and former Appellate Court Judge Charles Chapman will join Brad Lakin…
Anti-virus Firm Doesn’t Want to Pay WilmerHale for “Luxury Hotel Rooms, Limousines and Bar Tabs”
In more overbilling news, Wilmer Pickering Hale & Dorr has lost a bid to toss out a fraud claim in…
DLA Piper Freezes Associate Salaries
DLA Piper associates were greeted with this email on Friday: 2008 has indisputably been one of the most challenging economic…
GC Goes to Work for Firm That “Saved” Her Daughter’s Life
Via Fulton County Daily Report, the story of a lawyer who has gone to work for the company she says…
Dewey & LeBoeuf Wants $100,000 a Day — Judge Says “No”
A federal judge, citing excessive hours and unreasonably high rates, ordered a 20% reduction in fees for a law firm…
San Diego Law Firm Saves Sick Kids’ Holiday Fun
The San Diego Business Journal reports that lawyers in "America's Finest City" saved Christmas for a group of sick kids.…
Murder Defendant Denied Counsel, Sues Public Defenders
A murder defendant who has been denied legal representation for eight months is suing the head of the Georgia public…
McNeely Stephenson Opens First Satellite Office in New Albany
Shelbyville, Indiana's McNeely, Stephenson, Thopy & Harrold has opened its first satellite office in New Albany. The office was established…
Lawyers Raise $200,000 for Human Rights
An insurance company's unusual "pyramid scheme" has raised siginificant funds for global human rights organizations. The legal department at Swiss…
For “Times” Suit, Iseman Taps Lawyer Who Wrote the Book
Washington lobbyist Vicki Iseman has chosen Rodney Smolla, dean of Virginia's Washington & Lee School of Law, to represent her in…
Lawyers Vie for Top Fed Prosecutor Slot
Four lawyers, including two with ties to the US attorney's office in Birmingham, have applied to become the next top…