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Petters Receiver Sues Ex-Dreier, Epstein Becker Partner Over Ponzi Fees
The receiver overseeing the wind-down of convicted Ponzi schemer Tom Petters' various business interests has filed a clawback suit against former Dreier LLP and Epstein Becker & Green partner Paul Traub over nearly $804,000 in fees the prominent New York bankruptcy lawyer received for providing legal counsel to Petters between 2005 and 2008.Departure of London Tax Group Doesn't Faze Dorsey's Leadership
With new managing partner Ken Cutler preparing to jet to London as part of a firmwide confidence-building tour, Dorsey & Whitney—whose gross revenue dropped for the fifth straight year in 2012—lost its tax practice Monday in the U.K. capital to local commercial litigation boutique Hage Aaronson. Nonetheless, Cutler insists the Minneapolis-based Am Law 100 firm is poised for a comeback.ABA's John Stout Looks at the Future of Corporate Governance
John Stout, chair of the American Bar Association's corporate governance committee, thinks both parties in Washington D.C. can learn a thing or two from corporate America.First Trafficking Suits Filed as Part of Huge Pro Bono Effort
Sutherland Asbill and Kilpatrick Townsend have filed human trafficking suits in Texas federal court for 50 Indian guest workers whom they allege were treated like modern-day slaves by marine fabricator Signal International. The suits are the first to be filed in a massive pro bono effort spearheaded by the Southern Poverty Law Center and joined by several law firms last year.Sutherland and Kilpatrick Join Trafficking Case
Two Atlanta law firms, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, have filed human trafficking suits in federal court in Texas for 50 Indian guest workers whom they allege were treated like modern-day slaves by Signal International LLC, a marine fabricator based in Mobile, Ala. Daniel Werner (above) of the Southern Poverty Law Center started the human trafficking litigation against Signal International five years ago.Holiday Weekend Deal Roundup, AmLaw Style
To prep you for your Thanksgiving gorge, we're serving up a heaping portion of deals, along with the Am Law partners who brought them to the table. The Am Law Daily and the Litigation Daily will resume daily publishing on Monday, November 30. Happy Thanksgiving.After Class Cert Denied, Guest Workers Get Pro Bono Help
Daniella Landers, a partner in Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in Houston, is working pro bono with a group of guest workers from India who filed a civil rights lawsuit on May 21 against their former employer and others over working conditions at a plant in Orange and how they were recruited.COPY: Firm-by-Firm Survey Responses
From Allen & Overy to Winston & Strawn, the Summer Associates Survey was summers' chance to dish on their firms. And dish they did. Get the skinny on everything from quality of work assigned to approachability of associates and partners to the relative fun of karaoke nights vs. fishing, wine tasting outings, baseball games ... . (You didn't think it was all business, did you?)Trending Stories
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