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August 14, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Bug May Have Erased Text in E-mails Produced for Enron Suits

The company handling electronic document production in the Enron civil suits says a software bug may have erased text in e-mails produced for discovery in the case over an 18-month span.
5 minute read
September 13, 2010 | Law.com

Chief Rainmaker Holds Power Close as He Grows Kasowitz Benson Despite Tough Economy

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman has been able to grow aggressively in large part thanks to Marc Kasowitz, whose control over the law firm carrying his name draws few comparisons -- almost all governance has been vested in him as the firm's chief rainmaker. Kasowitz believes that remaining a practicing lawyer in a litigation shop "helps me run the firm better." No longer the litigation boutique it started as years ago, he has increasingly brought in others to help manage its expanding operations.
15 minute read
May 03, 1999 | Law.com

New Bankruptcy Shield Oked

SGL Carbon Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of a German company, does not face bankruptcy-causing mass tort claims as Johns-Manville or Owens-Corning did. But the maker of graphite electrodes still hopes to use the Bankruptcy Code the way those companies did to shield it from financially debilitating litigation-in this case, to cope with an antitrust lawsuit.
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November 13, 2004 | National Law Journal

The NLJ 250: Call it growth — barely

The NLJ's 27th annual survey of the nation's 250 largest law firms reveals that the number of attorneys grew by a mere 1.5% over the past year after a 1.6% rate the year before. Even more telling, the number of associates dipped by 3.5%. It was only they third time in the history of the survey that associate staffing dropped in consecutive years. View with free registration.
11 minute read
September 08, 2005 | Law.com

Stakes High as Attorneys Gear Up for Next Vioxx Trial

When jury selection for the next Vioxx trial begins Monday, each side will face formidable opposition. The outcome of the trial will likely shape future bargaining and strategies for both sides. Here's a look at the attorneys who will be involved in the first New Jersey trial on the Merck pain reliever.
7 minute read
February 22, 2006 | Law.com

Bar Exam Program Faces Funding Crisis

Free supplemental preparation for the New York state bar examination could soon become a thing of the past for minority candidates who have depended on a special program offered through a small nonprofit agency since 1991. Amanda Samuel, chairwoman of Practicing Attorneys for Law Students, said her organization's special tutorial budget could disappear in three years unless $100,000 from new law firm donors can be raised to sustain it. The program helps about 120 students per year.
5 minute read
October 13, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Calling Defendant By Nickname 'Murder' Wins Him New Trial

Prosecutors' repeated "gratuitous" references, "with a lot of arch emphasis and many facetious asides" to the nickname of a defendant - "Murder" - entitled the defendant to a new trial for attempted murder, a federal appeals court has ruled. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit concluded that Laval "Murder" Farmer had been denied due process because the prosecutors "invited prejudice by repeatedly emphasizing Farmer's nickname in a manner designed to suggest that he was known by his associates as a murderer and that he acted in accordance with that propensity in carrying out the acts charged in the indictment."
5 minute read
July 19, 2005 | Law.com

Merrill Prevails in Suit Over Sale of Energy Trading Unit

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. will be paid more than $115 million after winning a breach of contract action against an energy company that refused to pay the full purchase price for a Merrill Lynch unit because of alleged misrepresentations by the financial giant. Southern District of New York Judge Harold Baer Jr. on Monday ordered Allegheny Energy Inc. to pay that amount plus interest after rejecting Allegheny's claims that it was wrongly lured into the purchase.
5 minute read
January 03, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

Most Major New York Firms Pay Bonuses

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October 03, 2001 | Law.com

Losing the Race

The story of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton's lauded, yet ultimately unsuccessful attempt at promoting and retaining racial diversity may be used as a prism for viewing modern race relations in American law firms. Because the firm clearly did some things right, then stumbled along the way, understanding what happened at New York-based Cleary may shed light on the dearth of African-American partners at firms across the country.
27 minute read

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