The New York Times is reporting that Governor David Paterson has turned to lawyer Theodore V. Wells for legal assistance. Wells was a member of former Governor Eliot Spitzer’s legal team in 2008. He is a partner and Co-Chairman of the litigation department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, a New York City based [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 26, 2010
Cahill Gordon & Reindel report that in 2009 the firm saw increases in revenue and profits. Gross revenue increased more than 9%, rising from $247 million to $269.5 million. Revenue per lawyer increased almost 6%, from $932,000 to $987,000; and profits per equity partner increased 19%, from $2.1 million to $2.5 million. Founded in 1919, Cahill [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 25, 2010
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP announced that Andrew J. Lorin will be joining the firm’s insurance practice in downtown New York City. Lorin is a noted insurance industry investigator. He was the general counsel of the New York Liquidation Bureau and is a former Enforcement Section Chief of the Investor Protection Bureau in the New [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
President Barack Obama named five nominees for U.S. Attorney in Louisiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and New York on January 20. Stephanie Finley was nominated for the Western District of Louisiana. She has been assistant U.S. attorney in the Western District since 1995. Donald Washington, the current U.S. attorney, stepped down this week to join Jones, Walker, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The leading Republican on the House Committee on Homeland Security says that the Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused of attacking an Detroit bound airliner should be tried by a military tribunal rather than a civilian court. Rep. Peter King of New York said that it will be more difficult for authorities to get useful information [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 19, 2009
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you know by now that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried in New York for his role in planning 9/11. He’ll get his day in court with every legal protection to which he is entitled, but at the end of the day he will almost certainly be [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 8, 2009
In two unrelated stories making headlines today, the ability of attorneys to give corporate clients unvarnished and frank advice is coming under fire. In New York, AG Cuomo is taking on outside counsel for Bank of America, saying in a letter to Lewis J. Liman of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, “…attorney-client privilege is hindering this [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 4, 2009
Wolf Block laid off 428 workers when it dissolved — and no, this isn’t a repeat from March. The law firm has released its WARN Act filings, which show that 235 people were laid off from Wolf Block’s Philadelphia headquarters; 15 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; 121 in New Jersey; and 57 in New York. At the time of [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 5, 2009
Dublin law firm William Fry has made 17 staff redundant, and implemented pay cuts of up to 10%. The firm, one of Ireland’s “big five” legal practices, informed its 400 staff of the decisions this weekend. The pay cuts will apply to all employees on a sliding scale. William Fry has 63 partners, and offices in Dublin and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 2, 2009
Two corporate lawyers recognized for representing private equity and venture capital funds, investment banks and Fortune 500 companies in a full range of transactional activity have joined Fulbright & Jaworski. Michael Flynn and Thomas L’Helias join as partners in Fulbright’s New York office. They were formerly at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP. Flynn mainly represents private equity [...]
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