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Firm Closing: Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, a New Jersey bankruptcy and eviction firm, will lay off almost 300 workers, ABA Journal and New Jersey Advance Media reports. The firm previously faced a class action suit for sending out misleading debt collection notices, Law 360 reported in late 2013.
Dewey Trial: “Don’t sit here and tell me today I’m the one who brought this firm down,” a witness testified he heard former Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman Steven Davis yell during a February 2012 meeting before the firm’s collapse. Sara Randazzo of the Wall Street Journal has full coverage of yesterday’s day in court.
Mass Murder Cases: The defense counsel for Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes will begin arguing its side of his case today, the Associated Press reports. And Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appeared in court Wednesday for his sentencing and apologized for the Boston Marathon bomb attacks he and his brother had committed. The Boston Globe has full coverage.
Pricey Pair: Sit easy, headhunters and lobby shop heads. Former Sens. Trent Lott and John Breaux have arranged to keep their lobbying practice at Squire Patton Boggs for another year. We have more details on their contract extension here.
Real Estate Expansion: Morris, Manning & Martin, a smaller player in the D.C. legal scene, has attracted a handful of notable real estate partners from firms like DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in the past two year, writes Law360.
