On Friday, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein announced a new effort to fight against mortgage fraud in the state of Maryland and beyond. The new Maryland Mortgage Task Force will go after fraud crimes that cross over city, county, and state lines, said Rosenstein. The task force will not just go after fraudulent mortgage consultants, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 1, 2009
The troubles affecting the financial sector are beginning to spread to the legal industry in the UK. Large law firms such as Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, and Slaughter and May have all managed to steer clear of layoffs in previous recessions; however, the current economic decline is taking a much heavier toll on [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Elizabeth Levine Levy has been appointed as an associate judge to the Third Circuit of Madison County. She will replace Judge Richard Tognarelli, who was elected a circuit judge. “I think it’s the right time for me,” Levy said. Levy, 60, earned a law degree from Washington University in 1974 and is currenly a partner at the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
From Legal Blog Watch: Looking for a recession-proof area of practice? … The business of porn grinds on even in lean times, and its purveyors need lawyers just as do any businesses. Adult-entertainment law is not just about obscenity and free speech, but also about zoning, labor law, record-keeping and who knows what else. Thus, it should [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 12, 2009
According to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal services industry in the United States shed some 7,000 jobs between December 2007 and December 2008. The numbers include lawyers, paralegals, public relations specialists, secretaries and other positions; and reflect layoffs by firms nationwide over the last few months, and the dissolutions of Am Law 100 firms [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 19, 2008
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey has elected 16 lawyers to its partnership, effective January 1st. The 2009 partnership class includes lawyers from four continents. The new partners are: J. Philip Calabrese, a trial lawyer in the firm’s Cleveland office. Sean T. Cork, a bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer in the Phoenix office. Peter W. Culp, an environmental, health and safety lawyer [...]
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Monday, February 23, 2009
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