Wake Up Call: Fifth Partner Leaves Paul Weiss to Join New Firm
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Tom Girardi, the infamous ex-lawyer convicted for stealing millions of dollars from his clients, was sentenced Tuesday to 87 months in federal prison.
Holland & Knight LLP has moved to dismiss a lawsuit alleging one of the law firm’s partners helped the former leader of bankrupt GWG Holdings Inc. in a scheme to “loot” the bond seller.
More A&O Shearman lawyers are headed to Latham & Watkins in London to rejoin a pair of structured finance partners who made the jump earlier this year.
Google for its antitrust case has hired Donald Verrilli, a former Obama solicitor general battling a Donald Trump law firm executive order in court.
Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.
Voting closes today in a contentious election for DC Bar president that features Brad Bondi, whose sister is running the Justice Department under President Donald Trump.
US district courts are rigidly enforcing a four-year statute of limitations in private antitrust cases, a cautionary tale for plaintiffs seeking to justify later lawsuits with exceptions to the rule.
Columnist David Lat says Big Law firms’ deals with the Trump administration have added another potential incentive for partners to found their own boutiques.
A cyber attack on law firm Stinson LLP resulted in information being stolen about an alleged sex abuse victim involved in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse bankruptcy.
Karl Racine and Jason Downs, both partners at the firm Hogan Lovells, spoke to Bloomberg Law reporter Roy Strom on the latest episode of our podcast, On The Merits, about a few of the enforcement areas they’ve seen state AGs prioritizing: crypto, the environment, consumer financial protection, and especially AI.
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Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf, the product of a merger between two storied New York law firms, filed for bankruptcy. For the first time, Dewey's former chair Steven Davis opens up about the years, months, and weeks leading to his firm's collapse, the decisions he made and, looking back, whether he would have done anything differently.
Voting closes today in a contentious election for DC Bar president that features Brad Bondi, whose sister is running the Justice Department under President Donald Trump.
Ripple Labs Inc. and the SEC have limited options to achieve a settlement in a Biden-era enforcement suit that’s in limbo after a recent court decision.
Columnist David Lat says Big Law firms’ deals with the Trump administration have added another potential incentive for partners to found their own boutiques.
A platform dedicated to highly speculative cryptoassets is planning to raise $1 billion by selling tokens, taking advantage of the current wave of positive sentiment buoying digital-asset markets.
An effort by retailers and their allies in the Senate to mandate competition to
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