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Litigation Boutique Pays Salary-Equaling Bonuses
Gibbs & Bruns, a 34-lawyer litigation boutique in Houston, recently set a high bar for associate bonuses by paying bonuses to its 10 associates that are at least as large as their yearly base salary. The firm paid the bonuses to associates during the past year, but a big chunk of money went out in mid-April, in the wake of two large, recently finalized litigation settlements. The firm has had a good run of settlements during the past 12 months, with settlements exceeding $500 million.Ruling Buttresses Case of Insurer Suing for Repurchase of Securities
Southern District Judge Jed Rakoff has become the latest judge to deliver a ruling favorable to bond insurers on a crucial issue in a crush of mortgage repurchase suits against banks that issued toxic mortgage-backed securities.Firm sues Dodgers owner and former client McCourt
After crying foul over Bank of America's settlement with state AG's earlier this year, co-lead class counsel from Susman Godfrey; Boies, Schiller & Flexner; and Hausfeld now say they've been sidelined by UBS's $160 million bid-rigging settlement with 25 states last week.
Announcement of New Dean Cheers UT Law Faculty
University of Texas School of Law faculty members welcomed the announcement by William Powers Jr., president of The University of Texas at Austin, on May 9 that he had appointed Ward Farnsworth, associate dean for academic affairs at Boston University School of Law, as the permanent replacement for former School of Law Dean Lawrence Sager.Attorneys Defend Fee Motion in Egg Price-Fixing Case
Class action plaintiffs lawyers know that most judges won't simply rubber-stamp a request for attorney fees in the wake of a big settlement, which is why fee motions always recite a familiar litany: The litigation was hard fought; the settlement was a great result for the class; the requested fees are in line with awards in similar cases; etc.Banks' Claims Against Oppenheimer Are Dismissed
OppenheimerFunds Inc. has beaten back a $767 million fraud and breach of contract case over an arbitrage system it oversaw for big banks.Trending Stories
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