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December 08, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Living the Legal & Literary Life

The mutual fascination of authors with the law and lawyers with writing is at least 300 years old - British novelist Henry Fielding, born in 1707, was a lawyer - with a dramatic uptick in the number of lawyer/authors traceable to the Watergate scandal of 1972-73, in which high-powered attorneys in Washington, D.C., were carted off to prison. It was during that time of embarrassment to the bar, said Scott Turow, that "the public realized they'd better watch lawyers carefully."
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October 21, 1999 | Law.com

Racial Profiling Suit Against NYPD Survives

The Street Crimes Unit of the New York City Police Department must defend a challenge to its "stop-and-frisk" policy brought by black and Latino men following a decision yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin. The unit, already under scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Justice and the New York Attorney General for stop-and-frisks, was credited for a dropping crime rate. But critics allege the unit allows searches of black and Latino men without any reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing.
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March 07, 2006 | Law.com

Judge Blasts Lawyer for 'Intrusion' Into His Personal Life

A Connecticut developer who lost a lawsuit over the denial of his membership into an exclusive golf club, then hired a private investigator to probe possible connections between the judge's family and the defendants, has unsuccessfully moved for the judge to reopen the case and recuse himself. The investigator's report listed numerous specific details about the judge's family members. The judge berated the plaintiffs attorney for the "unwarranted intrusion" into his personal life.
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September 27, 1999 | Law.com

Covington Opens Up

Even at a time when law firm mergers are proliferating, this one took the D.C. legal world by surprise. The marriage of New York's Howard, Smith & Levin to D.C.'s Covington & Burling was made official Oct. 1. And Howard is wearing the pants. Handing over so much control to newcomers is a big step for the insular Covington, which has accepted only eight lateral partners in its 80-year history. But inside Covington's offices, partners had been hoping to hook up with a midsize New York firm for several years.
9 minute read
November 13, 2012 | Law.com

The Bankruptcy Files: I-Banks, Consulting Firms, Bowling, and Poultry

Federal business bankruptcy filings have fallen to their lowest levels since 2008, and one large debtor in Eastman Kodak and its lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell are poised to exit Chapter 11 proceedings. Several recent notable filings have nonetheless landed roles for such Am Law 100 firms as Kirkland & Ellis, McGuireWoods, Reed Smith, and Ropes & Gray, while other restructuring pros see the looming fiscal cliff as potentially generating an avalanche of new bankruptcy cases.
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May 11, 2004 | Law.com

Controversial Attorney Wins Transfer of Ethics Complaint

A combative attorney at war with the Roman Catholic diocese in Albany, N.Y., has won permission to shift most of the disciplinary actions against him to Manhattan. John A. Aretakis, who represents alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse, had claimed he could not get a fair hearing in the diocese's region. Aretakis has been accused by clergy or disciplinary officials of misdeeds ranging from revealing a confidential settlement to impugning the reputation of a nun.
7 minute read
January 24, 2005 | Law.com

In Google's Wake, SEC Loosens Quiet Period Restraints

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ended its investigation of Google's initial public offering without filing charges arising from an interview with Google's founders that appeared in Playboy magazine during the so-called pre-IPO "quiet period." Now, the commission plans to update its rules on the quiet period, loosening restrictions against pre-IPO communications while still outlawing statements that hype rather than inform. Navigating between the two remains a delicate art.
5 minute read
December 01, 2003 | Law.com

Who Counsels the Largest Private Companies

Orporate Counsel's sibling publication, The American Lawyer, recently looked at who counsels the businesses on Forbes's Largest Private Companies list. The American Lawyer asked those 257 companies to name their in-house and primary outside counsel in four areas: general corporate, IP, litigation, and labor and employment. The results appear on page 94.
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August 12, 2002 | National Law Journal

Judge Fight Within ABA

The controversey over the nomination and confirmation of federal judges surfaces in dueling resolutions proposed at the American Bar Association meeting.
5 minute read
May 31, 2007 | Law.com

King & Spalding Left Out of Longtime Client Coke's $4.1 Billion Deal

Industry observers have viewed Coca-Cola's purchase of Energy Brands and the Glaceau brand as Coke's embrace of the new world of vitamin-enhanced beverages. Coke may also be forging a new world among its transaction lawyers, as it tapped Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom instead of King & Spalding for the $4.1 billion cash deal. It's been called the biggest corporate acquisition in Coke's history, and the absence of King & Spalding is noticeable.
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