Ashley Post

October 03, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Women of influence discuss how they've mentored and advanced women lawyers.

By Danielle Feinstein, Melissa Maleske, Ashley Post, Mary Swanton, Alex Vorro

125 minute read

October 03, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Last week wireless carrier AT&T Inc. asked a federal judge to dismiss Sprint Nextel Corp.s and Cellular South Inc.s lawsuits alleging its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. would be anti-competitive.

By Ashley Post

2 minute read

September 30, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Following weeks of bad press involving a National Labor Relations Board case that alleges Boeing Co. illegally retaliated against its union members, the aircraft manufacturer has made headlines again. Yesterday, the FBI arrested 37 people during a drug bust at a Pennsylvania Boeing plant.

By Ashley Post

2 minute read

September 29, 2011 | Inside Counsel

With the majority of recent law school graduates facing dim job prospects and historically low entry-level salaries, its no wonder that many would-be law students are thinking twice about committing to the time and money required to obtain a law degree.

By Ashley Post

2 minute read

September 28, 2011 | Inside Counsel

On Monday, news broke that accounting and consulting firm Deloitte was named in two lawsuits alleging it failed to detect fraud during a nine-year span of audits of the now-collapsed Florida mortgage company Taylor Bean & Whitaker.

By Ashley Post

4 minute read

September 27, 2011 | Inside Counsel

As the Securities and Exchange Committee (SEC) continues its lengthy, convoluted investigation into the causes of the messy financial crisis, it is turning its attention to credit-rating firms, against which it may soon bring civil fraud charges.

By Ashley Post

1 minute read

September 26, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Union says subpoenaed documents prove company illegally transferred work

By Ashley Post

2 minute read

September 23, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Earlier this week the Justice Department (DOJ) sued the owners of the online poker website Full Tilt Poker for allegedly defrauding its thousands of online poker players out of more than $440 million. But the card sharks arent going down without a fight.

By Ashley Post

3 minute read

September 22, 2011 | Inside Counsel

Yesterday wireless carrier AT&T declined settlement talks with the Justice Department (DOJ) and told a district judge it wants to proceed to trial for the agencys antitrust lawsuit challenging the companys proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile.

By Ashley Post

1 minute read

September 21, 2011 | Inside Counsel

The Department of Justice (DOJ) could soon bring criminal charges against Rajat Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs executive who allegedly was involved in an insider-trading scheme with Galleon Group co-founder Raj Rajaratnam.

By Ashley Post

1 minute read