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Paul Hastings deal lawyers join Jones Day with associates
Two mergers and acquisitions partners from Paul Hastings, H. Frank Layson III and Erik Belenky, have joined Jones Day, along with three associates.
SEC names new enforcement unit heads
WASHINGTON AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission named six people on Wednesday to lead new investigative units and unveiled a new policy for rewarding prompt cooperation by those with knowledge of misconduct as the agency reorganizes its enforcement efforts.The SEC was scorched by its failure to detect the stunning, long-running fraud by money manager Bernard Madoff despite numerous red flags and credible warnings.In-House Minefield: When Client Fraud is Uncovered
David Hechler [email protected] YORK-As a wave of financial scandals washes over corporate boardrooms, a growing number of in-house lawyers find themselves swept up in the surge. In the past two months, a lawyer's memo was the key evidence jurors pointed to in convicting Enron's auditing firm, Arthur Andersen, of obstruction of justice.'Perdue has the right,' Baker says
The governor wants to sue to stop federal health care reform. The attorney general won't represent him, but he won't stand in his way either.Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker said Thursday that Gov. Sonny Perdue has statutory legal authority to hire his own lawyer to sue the U.S. government, challenging the constitutionally of President Barack Obama's health care plan.Gwinnett's business court is booming
Slammed with a calendar filled with criminal and family law matters, Gwinnett County Superior Court judges knew that lawyers representing clients in commercial-litigation matters were getting frustrated.They made a suggestion to the judges of Gwinnett State Court to create a business court and shift some commercial-litigation matters over to the State Court.Penn State insurance dispute should be heard in Philadelphia, judge says
Following the university's appeal of his decision, a Philadelphia judge has issued an opinion outlining why a dispute between Penn State and its insurance company, stemming from the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal, should be litigated in Philadelphia.2008 may make you feel like the biggest loser
If you have a job, it probably feels shaky. If you have a 401k, you can't bear to open the statements. If you bought a house in the last five years, you feel like a sucker unless you were the winning bidder at a foreclosure auction.It's cold comfort to know that the financial crash upended everyone-callused Maine lobstermen, French-manicured San Diego real estate brokers, Rolex-wearing Greenwich hedge-fund managers.In The Trenches: Partner leaves Doffermyre Shields to go solo
Foy R. Devine, a partner at plaintiffs' boutique Doffermyre Shields Canfield Knowles Devine, will launch his own solo practice on July 1."It's an opportunity for me to get back to my roots in the things I enjoy doing the most," said Devine, who gave up a solo practice to become part of Doffermyre Shields Canfield Knowles Devine in 1996.Trending Stories
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