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Bershad, Schulman Take Leaves of Absence From Milberg Weiss
The two Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman partners at the center of a federal probe into whether class action plaintiffs represented by the firm received kickbacks based on legal fees have taken leaves of absence. The firm announced late Monday night the leaves taken by David Bershad and Steven Schulman, praising both for their firm contributions. It has been reported for months that Schulman and Bershad face imminent indictments in the six-year kickback probe by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.Church Group Suing Weil Gotshal Claims Firm Withheld E-Mails
The National Benevolent Association, a church group that sued Weil, Gotshal & Manges last fall for allegedly steering it into a "disastrous" bankruptcy, is accusing the firm of withholding from discovery e-mail correspondence of the partner who led the Chapter 11 filing. To support its contention, the nonprofit pointed to a variance from the number of pages of e-mails it had received from other individuals in the case -- a discrepancy the firm attributes to partners' document archiving and retention habits.Paul Hastings Opens Office in Chicago
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has opened a Chicago office with four attorneys, including two Jones Day lawyers, Steve Catlett and Rick Chesley, who join the firm as partners. The 1,100-attorney firm was attracted to the Windy City partly because it's home to so many Fortune 500 companies, said Chesley. Paul Hastings may be eyeing Germany for its next expansion.EEOC Moves to Compel Testimony on Changing Sidley Partners' Status
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which is suing Sidley Austin for age discrimination on behalf of 31 partners demoted or expelled in 1999, has moved to compel the firm to produce a deposition witness to testify about the firm's reasons for changing the partners' status. The information sought by the EEOC would be considered highly sensitive at any firm; several demoted partners last year asked the EEOC to drop them from the case if it meant risking public disclosure of their personnel records.Benelux Leader Loyens in Islamic Finance Push
Loyens & Loeff has launched an Islamic finance practice -- in a move thought to make it the first Benelux firm to target the sector with a dedicated team. The launch follows the hire of Islamic finance specialist Marjorie Sinke, who joined Loyens as of counsel in February to head up the new team. Sinke, based in Amsterdam, joins Loyens after running her own Islamic finance consultancy. She will lead a team of about a dozen lawyers across Loyens' network of offices, which includes an outpost in Dubai.View more book results for the query "*"
Bingham McCutchen Expanding Tokyo Office
Bingham McCutchen has expanded its antitrust practice by adding a leading Japanese lawyer to its Tokyo office. Hiroshi Iyori comes to Bingham from Asahi Law Offices. Bingham, which has nearly 1,000 attorneys in 13 offices, said it will continue expanding the Tokyo office and plans to have more than 50 Japanese lawyers there by the fall.Reed Smith Names Attorney to Director of Diversity Post
As Reed Smith's new director of diversity, Tyree Jones says his mission isn't just attracting smart, skilled attorneys who are ethnic minorities, gay or disabled. The bigger challenge is keeping that talent happy. Unlike other law firm diversity directors who are strictly administrators, Jones has insight into the attorney mind-set because he is one. He joined Reed Smith's San Francisco office in 2003 and, three years later, moved to Washington, D.C., where he's of counsel in the labor and employment group.Woody Allen Awarded $95,000 in Attorney Fees
Director Woody Allen has won a round in his seemingly unending legal tug-of-war with his former producer Jean Doumanian and her production company Magnolia Productions. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Bernard J. Fried has ordered Doumanian to pay Allen attorney fees and costs of more than $95,000. Doumanian made several objections to the motion for attorney fees, including that it was unreasonable for Loeb & Loeb to use two partners to prepare its motion to enforce the original settlement.Conflict Bars Lawyer's Move to Manatt
James Doroshow was about to start work as a partner at L.A.'s Manatt, Phelps & Phillips two weeks ago but a last-minute client conflict got in his way. Even though the intellectual property litigator had already moved boxes over from his former firm, Baker Hostetler, the client wouldn't waive the conflict.Trending Stories
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