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Coudert Collapse Highlights Clawback Risks of Lateral Hiring
A number of Pennsylvania's largest law firms are caught up in a dispute in the Second Circuit over whether "unfinished business" of a disbanding firm from which they've hired attorneys is property of that defunct firm and needs to be returned.INADMISSIBLE: Familiar Faces at Jackson Sentencing
As former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. prepared to receive his sentence last week, he had a familiar face at his side. Steptoe & Johnson litigation partner Reid Weingarten represented Jackson when he was a witness in the 2011 retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Plus more in this week's column.Dissident shareholders up demands
WHEN A New Jersey-based company called Arbinet-thexchange Inc. faced an investor's bid to replace two board members last year, one thing was guaranteed: plenty of work for lawyers. Attorney Joe Johnson, chairman of Boston-based Goodwin Procter's mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance practices, advised the company on the mechanics of the so-called proxy fight, including U.Former lawmakers starting as Hill lobbyists
Federal law mandates that ex-representatives complete a one-year "cooling-off" period before they traverse the Hill as lobbyists. Former senators must wait two years.The Unfinished Business Doctrine: Law Firm Dissolutions Bring Risks
Based on the efforts of a highly paid legal industry consultant, your firm has been in confidential negotiations with a practice group looking to leave a prominent, nationally known law firm.BigLaw Defense Team Faces Daunting Task in Defending Ex-Billionaire
The main event in a widely publicized government attack on insider trading is set to begin this morning with the selection of a jury in the trial of Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam.Who Would Have Thought? Removal of Non-Diverse State Law Claims
In their Southern District Civil Practice Roundup, Edward M. Spiro and Judith L. Mogul, principals of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that state-court defendants often scour state-law claims for a federal question supporting removal, aided to a limited extent by a 2005 Supreme Court decision.Trending Stories
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