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July 11, 2007 | National Law Journal

Former L.A. Doctor Pleads Guilty in Milberg Kickback Scheme

Former California physician Steven G. Cooperman pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge on Tuesday for his role in a lawsuit kickback scheme that prosecutors said netted more than $200 million for the Milberg Weiss law firm. Prosecutors claimed that the firm paid more than $11.3 million in attorney fee kickbacks between 1984 and 2005 to people who agreed to be plaintiffs in more than 150 lawsuits against companies such as PG&E, United Airlines and Sun Microsystems.
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March 10, 2008 | National Law Journal

How a Morrison & Foerster Attorney Became Partner by Age 31

It didn't take long for Mika Mayer, a partner in Morrison & Foerster's Silicon Valley office, to realize engineering wasn't for her. In fact, it doesn't take Mayer long to do much. As far as firm leaders can remember, Mayer clocked the quickest MoFo time from law school graduation to partnership and is only the second there to make partner at age 31. And in 2004, two years after joining MoFo, Mayer co-created the firm's venture intellectual property practice with her mentor, longtime partner Thomas Ciotti.
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December 07, 2007 | National Law Journal

Cuatrecasas Rejects Herbert Smith Alliance

Hopes that Cuatrecasas would join Herbert Smith's European alliance network appear dead in the water after it emerged that the Spanish independent has taken the issue off its partnership conference agenda. Cuatrecasas had initially scheduled a vote on whether partners wanted to join the alliance, which includes Germany's Gleiss Lutz and Netherlands firm Stibbe, for its partnership meeting on December 18, but the matter was already off the agenda by the end of November.
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January 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

Irell and Kirkland Hit $145K Mark

In late 2005 and early 2006, increases in associate salaries hit the nation by storm, starting in Los Angeles and quickly spreading. Recent raises have been more like a trickle. But now, word has leaked that Irell & Manella, the Los Angeles firm that started the first raises in 2005, has matched the New York scale of $145,000, at least for its first-year associates. And Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis confirms that it's upped its California offices to start at $145,000. When will other firms cave?
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April 18, 2007 | National Law Journal

Chadbourne & Parke Reopens Dubai Office

Chadbourne & Parke has reopened an office in Dubai after a 14-year absence. The office will be led by Jack Greenwald, a former Chadbourne partner who has been running a legal consultancy in Dubai. The firm said its reopening was in response to Dubai's growth as a regional financial center.
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January 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

Milberg Weiss Antitrust Team Joins Pomerantz Haudek

Milberg Weiss & Bershad has lost the two partners responsible for its antitrust practice. J. Douglas Richards and Michael M. Buchman have joined rival New York class action law firm Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross. The pair are veterans of major antitrust cases over prescription drugs, Microsoft software and auction house fees. They also participated in the massive case against Mastercard and Visa that produced the largest antitrust settlement in history.
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February 06, 2008 | National Law Journal

Former Kaye Scholer Partner Pleads Guilty to Failing to File NYC Income Taxes

A former Kaye Scholer partner has pleaded guilty to failing to file a New York City income tax return. John J.P. Howley agreed to pay the city nonresident income tax totalling $154,626 over five years, as well as a $10,000 criminal fine. As part of his plea to the misdemeanor charge, he filed delinquent city income tax returns for 1997 through 2006. At that time he was a Kaye Scholer litigation partner who worked on various high-profile cases, including a tax case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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October 09, 2007 | National Law Journal

Dallas Firm Cuts Billables for First-Years

Strasburger & Price is cutting billable requirements for first-year lawyers. At the same time, the 183-attorney firm will require incoming associates to shadow senior attorney mentors, participate in training sessions and work on pro bono projects. The adjustment is designed to enhance on-the-job training while relieving clients from some of the burden of paying for it. The law firm decided to make the change based on "ongoing dialogue" its leaders have with associates, says managing partner Dan Butcher.
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October 01, 2007 | National Law Journal

Morgan Lewis' Business/Finance Head Joins Orrick

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is set to announce today that it has recruited to its New York office the head of the business and finance practice at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Howard L. Shecter will join Orrick's mergers and acquisitions group and is expected to take a lead role in expanding the practice in New York. A veteran deal lawyer, Shecter had been one of the most senior partners at Philadelphia-based Morgan Lewis.
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December 21, 2006 | National Law Journal

Dewey Ballantine Sees More Departures Ahead of Merger

Washington, D.C.'s Covington & Burling has recruited three New York partners from Dewey Ballantine. Benjamin Hoch and Dianne Coffino are joining Covington's bankruptcy practice while Jack S. Bodner is joining the mergers and acquisitions group. They are the latest partners to leave New York's Dewey ahead of an anticipated merger with San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
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