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July 16, 2013 |

Eight Legacy Fulbright Partners Defect for Baker Botts

Baker Botts has bolstered its Middle East practice by hiring eight legacy Fulbright & Jaworski partners from Norton Rose Fulbright in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Riyadh—the latest in a series of merger-related defections from the London-based global legal giant.
8 minute read
August 13, 1999 |

Pay-to-Play Contribution Ban Remains in ABA Limbo

On Tuesday, the American Bar Association's policy-making body, the House of Delegates, narrowly defeated a proposed rule aimed at curbing "pay-to-play" -- the practice of lawyers making political contributions to get government work. The fate of any specific prohibitions on this loaded brand of political gift-giving rests once again in the hands of individual lawyers and bar groups. However, even if the rule passed, it would have required adoption in some form by individual states to be enforceable.
4 minute read
May 01, 2007 |

Big Tobacco Companies Battle over Altria-Backed Bill to Impose FDA Regulation

Altria, which owns tobacco giant Philip Morris International, is one of the perhaps surprising backers of a bill that would give the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco. Critics say Philip Morris' motive may be less than altruistic, and that their real goal is to squeeze out competitors. The issue has created a fissure between Philip Morris and the rest of Big Tobacco -- the industry's lobbyists, sans Philip Morris, are pushing to block the measure through the time-honed tactics of doubt and delay.
7 minute read
June 16, 2006 |

Catching a Corporate Rat

Corporate espionage isn't a new problem, but the digitized workplace has made it a whole lot easier for insiders to steal from their employers. Any employees with Internet access can copy and upload data without ever leaving their desks. How can companies catch these corporate rats?
10 minute read
November 05, 2009 |

Dennis Herrera: The People's (Only) Choice

The San Francisco city attorney cruises into a third term, sans fanfare. Also Blogged: A Los Angeles banker held a woman captive as a housekeeper, and O'Melveny's pro bono work got her a $768K judgment.
1 minute read
October 03, 2002 |

Georgia GCs Are in the Money

The Fulton County Daily Report examined the pay of 33 GCs at public companies based in Georgia and found Coca-Cola's GC Deval L. Patrick topped the list at $10.35 million. Others didn't fare too badly -- with a median total compensation of $433,411 -- and there's no sign of thinning wallets. Some analysts predict new corporate governance rules will actually push pay even higher.
14 minute read
Judge Sweet Allows BNP and Deutsche Bank to Explore 'Nooks and Crannies' of Multi-Billion Dollar Case Against BofA
Publication Date: 2012-06-06
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The stakes just got higher for Bank of America, which is fighting a multi-billion dollar case stemming from mortgage fraud at Taylor, Bean & Wittaker. Manhattan U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet has allowed plaintiffs BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank, which bought a total of $1.68 billion in notes issued by a TBW affiliate, to add additional claims.

November 01, 2007 |

What's Behind the Drop in Corporate Fraud Indictments?

The Justice Department's Corporate Fraud Task Force record is a long litany of achievements punctuated by disappointment and controversy. From case records and statistics, as well as interviews with prosecutors, task force members and defense lawyers, The American Lawyer derived a detailed portrait of corporate fraud prosecutions over the last five years. Perhaps the most curious of the findings is the precipitous decline in major corporate fraud indictments since the re-election of President Bush.
20 minute read

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