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May 11, 2006 |

4th Circuit's Luttig Takes Off for Boeing GC Position

Judge J. Michael Luttig, a Supreme Court contender and longtime fixture of the conservative legal landscape, made a sudden announcement Wednesday that he was leaving the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals immediately for the job of senior vice president and general counsel of the Boeing Co. Luttig acknowledged that federal judges' low pay was a factor in his decision and added, somewhat tongue in cheek, that in his talks with Boeing "all I asked was that they match my current salary."
5 minute read
March 18, 2003 |

Cooley's Crossroads

Despite the dismal economy and decline in technology-related work, Cooley Godward has managed to increase its profitability, retain most of its partnership and avoid debt. At the same time, the firm is looking to the future and trying to answer a key question: Will it continue to go it alone as a solid regional player with a few outposts, or will it merge with another firm to create a national, or perhaps international, legal force?
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February 01, 2010 |

DLA Piper Leads on Sale of Legal Outsourcing Firm

The long-dormant buyout market might finally be emerging from its slumber as a trio of U.K. companies were scooped up by British private equity firms on Thursday. One of the sales involved CPA Global, a leading legal process outsourcing firm, to London-based mezzanine lender Intermediate Capital Group. ICG is paying $709 million to seal a management buyout of CPA, which is owned by 300 lawyers and patent officers.
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Jonathan Schiller of Boies, Schiller & Flexner
Publication Date: 2011-02-24
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It's almost impossible to exaggerate the obstacles Barclays' lawyers faced in the $13 billion Lehman 'windfall' litigation: claims by three different plaintiffs represented by three powerhouse firms; a judge openly skeptical of the bank's core argument; and a disjointed trial schedule that stretched over six months. Yet in the end the bank prevailed in upholding a deal that helped shape the unfolding of the great recession.

September 08, 2010 |

Malissia Clinton

The Obama administration wants a more efficient defense department? That's right up the alley of The Aerospace Corp. and GC Malissia Clinton.
5 minute read
September 30, 2011 |

Attorney pleads guilty to stealing client's funds

Jeffrey Abramowitz pleaded guilty to three of the counts in an 11-count indictment that accused him of embezzling more than $1 million from his own clients and his former law partner.
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June 14, 2012 |

Justices debate use of thermal imaging to find home pot farm

The state Supreme Court is considering whether Georgia law enforcement can use special heat-detecting equipment to ferret out in-home marijuana farms.
7 minute read
October 16, 2003 |

The Power of the Pardon

When President Clinton pardoned William Borders Jr., the lawyer thought his long path of rehabilitation had brought him to a place where he could resume his practice. A federal court disagreed, ruling that the pardon did not automatically entitle Borders to reinstatement. Now Borders is before the Supreme Court in a potential landmark case that asks the justices to interpret the scope of the pardon power, one of the most sweeping powers of the presidency.
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Jury Rejects California Commissioner's Claims Against François Pinault's Company
Publication Date: 2012-10-30
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Gibson Dunn helped client Artemis SA fend off $4.3 billion in claims brought by California's insurance commissioner. A holding company controlled by French businessman François Pinault, Artemis was the last defendant left in a case stemming from the 1991 insolvency of Executive Life Insurance Company. On Monday, a U.S. district court jury in Los Angeles returned a verdict of no damages against Artemis.

August 23, 2004 |

Bad News for Bad Lawyers

Getting bad lawyers out of the profession isn't cheap. Just ask State Bar of California officials who calculate that policing their own puts the agency in the hole to the tune of about $600,000 a year. But that situation might be changing soon as agency leaders push aggressive and controversial new measures that could force errant attorneys to pay a large chunk of the costs of their own prosecution in State Bar Court.
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