Florida Defense Lawyer Wins Appeal Undoing Extortion Conviction
A Florida defense lawyer found guilty of extorting $60,000 from a client whom he was representing in a criminal matter won an Eleventh Circuit ruling Friday overturning his conviction.
More than 500 law firms signed onto an amicus brief backing Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against President Donald Trump.
Partners at Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin have approved a plan to merge the two law firms in the latest industry tie-up.
A coalition of Republican-led states asked 20 law firms Thursday to send them documentation of their diversity, equity, and inclusion practices to ensure their compliance with anti-discrimination laws.
Paul Atkins, who spent years advising Wall Street and Silicon Valley giants targeted by US securities regulators, will be surrounded by potential conflicts arising from his consulting work and board positions once he takes charge as President Donald Trump’s SEC chairman.
Davidson Kempner Capital Management was identified as the funder behind patent cases against Amazon’s Audible Inc. last month, the first time the $35 billion hedge fund was publicly outed as a player in litigation finance.
A Florida defense lawyer found guilty of extorting $60,000 from a client whom he was representing in a criminal matter won an Eleventh Circuit ruling Friday overturning his conviction.
More than 500 law firms signed onto an amicus brief backing Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against President Donald Trump.
PAUL ATKINS, who is a Senate confirmation away from becoming the Trump administration’s top Wall Street regulator, will be surrounded by potential conflicts arising from his years spent advising the same companies the US Securities and Exchange Commission regulates, Ben Miller reports.
GOP political consultancy Axiom Strategies cut 10% of its employees Friday across business units, said founder Jeff Roe, a Republican who has been publicly targeted for opposition by the Trump team.
A GOP challenger to a sitting North Carolina justice won a state appeals court ruling Friday that tosses or requires the “curing” of more than 60,000 votes.
The adult children of a deceased attorney found liable for misappropriating client funds sued the federal government to recover $2.1 million from their father’s levied retirement account.
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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.
More than 500 law firms signed onto an amicus brief backing Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against President Donald Trump.
FTX Trading Ltd. expunged close to 400,000 creditor claims of customers who failed to timely commence the process to verify their identities.
Norway is moving to implement new tax reporting rules for digital platforms and actors in the crypto space, under a proposal approved Friday by the government.
Crypto exchange OKX was fined by Maltese authorities for breaching the island nation’s anti-money laundering rules, the latest in a string of regulatory setbacks for the platform.
Paul Atkins, who spent years advising Wall Street and Silicon Valley giants targeted by US securities regulators, will be surrounded by potential conflicts arising from his consulting work and board positions once he takes charge as President Donald Trump’s SEC chairman.
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