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GCs Protest Prosecutor Tactics
After years of caving in to pressure by federal prosecutors to hand over privileged material, corporate attorneys are protesting to Deputy U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The American Corporate Counsel Association criticized guidelines enunciated in an internal memo that ACCA says encourages prosecutors to force corporate suspects to waive attorney-client privilege to cooperate with the government and to avoid prosecution.Michael Hausfeld hasn't wasted any time responding to a juicy wrongful termination suit filed last week by one of his former law partners, Jon King, who says he was canned after speaking out about a raft of alleged ethics violations at Hausfeld's eponymous antitrust class action firm, Hausfeld LLP.
Will More Firms Re-Defer Their Incoming First-Years?
After Nixon Peabody announced on Tuesday that it would re-defer two-thirds of its deferred first-year associates until January 2010, The Am Law Daily decided to check in with 42 other firms slated to start new lawyers soon to see if they'd made any last-minute scheduling changes. Roughly half of the firms responded, and the good news is that most of them say they're still on track to open their doors to first-year classes next month. In fact, some associates have already been asked to start ahead of schedule.Which Administration Lawyers Are on Firms' Wish Lists?
With a second Bush administration on its way, the tally of available attorneys on law firms' wish lists is smaller than it might have been if John Kerry had won the election. But the revolving door between the government and private practice will keep turning regardless. With that in mind, Legal Times asked recruiters and lawyers whom they consider to be the hottest hires and the biggest "gets" among attorneys who may be leaving the administration. Who's the most talked about of the group?Latest TARP Report Claims Simpson Overbilled Program
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has billed the federal government for nearly $100,000 in excess fees for work connected to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, according to a special inspector general's quarterly report. The report also details the TARP-related fees paid to 12 other AmLaw 200 firms.Trending Stories
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