Recent Updates
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A law firm's bitter breakup laid bare
Headline News 03/05/2008They call him "psychologically abusive." He insists their "venomous attacks" and "reckless hyperbole" are motivated by greed and personal vendettas.They say they were appalled by his "fiscal and executive mismanagement" and "reckless and wasteful spe...
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Another law firm surfaces in Rezko case
Headline News 03/04/2008The name of the Bryan Cave law firm has come up in pretrial legal battles in the criminal case against politically connected entrepreneur Antoin "Tony" Rezko.In a footnote to a motion last week seeking to exclude some government evidence against Rezk...
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Florida health providers refunded $125M
Headline News 03/03/2008The first fully implemented year of Medicare's recovery audit contractors in Florida was a costly one for health care providers. They returned nearly $125 million to the government last year, a report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid showed. ...
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Law Firms Follow Banks to the Persian Gulf
Headline News 02/29/2008At Latham & Watkins, the international law firm, William H. Voge is the resident whiz on Dubai. And Abu Dhabi. And Qatar. Mr. Voge, who heads the finance practice, can recite when each of the firm's investment banking clients opened offices in th...
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Former partner suing Dorsey & Whitney law firm
Headline News 02/28/2008A former partner in the New York office of Dorsey & Whitney is suing the Minneapolis-based law firm, claiming gender discrimination and violations of the whistleblower act, among other things.Hennepin County District Court Judge Gary Larson heard...
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Two Birmingham law firms agree to merger
Headline News 02/24/2008Birmingham law firm White Arnold & Dowd PC and fellow Birmingham firm Summey & Hennecy have merged. Partners Sidney C. Summey and Karen M. Hennecy and their staff members recently agreed to join White Arnold & Dowd PC, which brings the fi...
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William Lear to step down as law firm's chief
Headline News 02/22/2008One of Kentucky's oldest law firms, Stoll Keenon Ogden, has announced changes in its top management position.William M. Lear Jr., managing director for 18 years, will step down to return to full-time law practice.The new managing director will be J. ...
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Firm suspends lawyer in school district scandal
Headline News 02/19/2008A part-time private attorney who was listed as a full-time employee by five school districts - enabling him to earn health benefits and a nearly $62,000-a-year state-funded pension, while his law firm was paid millions of dollars in fees - has been s...
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Five districts falsely reported lawyer's job status
Headline News 02/17/2008A federal grand jury in Central Islip has opened an investigation into possible fraudulent financial double-dipping at five Long Island school districts, according to several sources. Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation served subpoenas f...
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‘Hottest Female Associate’ Contest Leaves Skadden Unamused
Headline News 02/13/2008Who’s the hottest young female lawyer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom? Last week that question sent the New York firm into a bit of a tizzy.On Feb. 4, Skadden Insider, a blog written by two anonymous firm employees and dedicated, unoffici...
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Feds: Terror trial prosecutor shouldn't collect legal fees
Headline News 02/12/2008A former prosecutor lied about achievements on his resume and shouldn't collect legal fees for defending himself against charges from a botched terrorism trial, federal authorities say.A jury in October acquitted Richard Convertino of accusations tha...
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Law firm installs mock courtroom, TV gear
Headline News 02/11/2008[##_1L|1050289154.jpg|width="160" height="99" alt=""|_##]It's a high-tech mock courtroom where jurors with hand-held "perception analyzers" can twist a dial to rate a lawyer's performance - the same kind of testing the television industry uses to eva...