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Bankrupts Benefit from Housing Boom
A Boston federal court upheld a bankruptcy decision that prevents a Massachusetts state agency from claiming more money from a couple's bankruptcy plan because their home's value soared in a lucrative housing market. The decision establishes that, although a bankruptcy plan may be modified to increase or reduce the amount of payments, it cannot be changed to increase the total amount of a creditor's secured claim.Circuit: Picard Lacks Standing to Sue Banks for Aiding Fraud
The panel held that the claims of Irving Picard were barred by the doctrine of in pari delicto (in equal fault) and that Picard, as the trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, lacked standing to pursue aiding and abetting claims on behalf of customers because he was "standing in the shoes" of Madoff's securities firm.Should We Ask If a Supreme Court Nominee Is Gay? Should They Answer?
Judges Uphold A.G.'s Authority to Monitor Co-op Privatization
The Court of Appeals also decided yesterday that an insurance broker may be sued by a client for negligence and breach of contract for his failure to include in a policy the coverage the client requested.The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200
Andrews Kurth heads to London; Bingham McCutchen grabs seven lawyers in Tokyo; and a Munger, Tolles & Olson partner plans a move to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].Law firm mergers slowed in 2007
Merger and lateral activity among law firms slowed slightly in 2007, but despite the darkening financial horizon, many in the industry expect the attorney shuffle to retain energy in 2008. Last year's grandest mergers created bicoastal giants and national firms grown from regional roots. Plenty of lateral moves among big-name attorneys defecting from their firms for better deals elsewhere also grabbed the spotlight.Deal Watch: Nelson Mullins manages sale for GranQuartz
Private equity deals in the middle market keep churning, quietly making profits for investors who are oblivious to the looming economic recession.Offering evidence of this dynamic, Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough partner Rhys T. Wilson last month closed a deal in which his client, GranQuartz Holdings LLC of DeKalb County, was bought by St.For Verner Liipfert, Next Shake-Up May Be Merger
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, one of Washington, D.C.'s most storied lobby firms, is at a crossroads. The firm has shed all its satellite offices. Disaffected talent has left in droves. And the widely touted strategy of luring famous political names into its lobby ranks has netted mixed results. Yet the firm is clearly of interest to others, talking with at least two firms about a potential merger.NYCLA Sounds Alarm on Dire State of U.S. Judiciary Budget
With crucial funding decisions nearing in Congress as the end of the fiscal year approaches, the New York County Lawyers' Association has released a report saying that reductions in funding for the Southern and Eastern districts are now really hitting home, threatening to imperil the functioning of the judiciary and public safety.Trending Stories
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