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The private equity industry enjoys a charmed life, with a business model that involves minimal risk and huge payoffs. But is it possible that PE firms—which have thwarted efforts to rein in their special privileges—might not always get their way?
Cite as: Eric Reisner v. Litman & Litman, P.C., 18527/07, NYLJ 1202473385518, at *1 (Sup NA, Decided September 14, 2010).Acting Justice Daniel Palmieri
Government lawyers sought Tuesday to put hundreds—if not thousands—of civil cases on hold, while regulatory agencies went dark and more than 1,000 Department of Justice lawyers across the country stayed home without pay.
Was Judge Jed Rakoff right to rule on a crucial bankruptcy law provision in Irving Picard's clawback case against the owners of the New York Mets? Or was the Manhattan federal district court judge just unable to resist sinking his teeth into a juicy case?
A dozen Am Law firms failed to convince a federal judge in San Francisco to throw out claims that many of the world's leading consumer electronics companies conspired to fix prices for CD, DVD and Blu Ray recordable and rewritable drives.
For close to two years, counsel for Bank of America at Cleary Gottlieb and Wachtell Lipton have been struggling--and largely failing--to tame consolidated securities, ERISA, and derivative litigation over BofA's 2008 merger with Merrill Lynch. Will Brad Karp, Ted Wells, and their partners at Paul Weiss fare any better?
Andersen`s Lawyer Paints Duncan as Pressured to Plead
Defense attorney Russell Rusty Hardin Jr. is doing his best to portray former Arthur Andersen auditor David Duncan, the government`s key witness in Andersen`s obstruction of justice trial, as an innocent family man who was pressured to plead guilty to a crime and testify for the government.No. 1 Task for Shearman Leader: Keeping the Firm in the Top Tier
With its illustrious history and posh name, Shearman & Sterling strikes many as the epitome of the patrician, white-shoe New York law firm. But the past few years have seen the 1,013-lawyer firm's image tarnished by associate layoffs, partner departures and signs of internal dissent, all capped by a profitability gap between Shearman and its erstwhile peers. Now the firm may be enjoying a fresh start, due partly to firm leader Rohan Weerasinghe and a 22 percent jump in profits per partner.Trending Stories
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