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February 14, 2006 | Law.com

Judge Lectures Counsel on Request to Make Documents 'Disappear'

A federal judge has blasted two executives, who are also lawyers, for asking him to make allegations "disappear" after the settlement of a suit that accused them of "fundamentally dishonest behavior." American International Group had sued the executives, accusing them of stealing confidential information from AIG computers for use in launching a new fund. As part of the settlement, the executives' lawyer asked Judge Lewis Kaplan to vacate and seal a temporary restraining order issued against the defendants.
5 minute read
February 01, 2007 | Law.com

Sonsini Advised on Apple Options

When Apple tried to hammer out a new compensation agreement for iconic CEO Steve Jobs in 2001 -- an agreement now being probed by federal prosecutors -- the company called on Larry Sonsini, the lead partner at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati. People with knowledge of the federal probe say the Silicon Valley powerhouse was consulted on a 7.5 million-share grant to Steve Jobs that led to faked minutes of phantom meetings and an earnings restatement. Still unclear: What exactly did Sonsini know and advise?
7 minute read
June 07, 2007 | Law.com

Qualcomm Mess Engulfs Top IP Firm

A week after the public learned of Qualcomm's bombshell admission that it withheld potentially thousands of important documents in a high-stakes patent trial against Broadcom, many in the intellectual property community are still buzzing about the gaffe. The case is even more striking because the attorney who has publicly apologized for Qualcomm's error has a strong reputation in his field, as does his firm. Yet several attorneys say it's still too early to assign blame for the error.
4 minute read
January 12, 2007 | Law.com

For White & Case, Global Expansion Was the Easy Part

Boasting almost 40 offices worldwide, White & Case has a global network that many firms are trying to emulate through their own international expansion. But the 2,000-lawyer firm has found that expanding across the globe is the easy part. Now, it's wrestling with how to best integrate and utilize the vast network it has acquired over the past three decades. How the firm will be managed going forward will be a major topic this weekend as White & Case partners meet in Prague for their annual retreat.
11 minute read
June 05, 2006 | Law.com

Mintz Levin Opens New Office With 12 Attorneys From Fish & Richardson

In a continued push into the California market, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo has snagged its second big catch in two months and opened a new office in San Diego. The Boston-based firm acquired 12 attorneys from IP boutique Fish & Richardson, including its corporate and securities head and the managing partner of its San Diego office. The move comes on the heels of Mintz Levin's entry into Palo Alto, where it opened an office with lawyers from the Reed Intellectual Property Law Group.
4 minute read
MBIA Insurance Company v. Countrywide Home Loans, 602825/08
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
Practice Area: Business Law
Industry:
Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Before: Angela M. Mazzarelli,J.P., David B. Saxe, Dianne T. Renwick, Leland G. DeGrasse, Roslyn H. Richter, JJ.
Case number: 602825/08

Cite as: MBIA Insurance Company v. Countrywide Home Loans, 602825/08, NYLJ 1202499059313, at *1 (App. Div. 1st, Decided June 30, 2011)Before: Angela M. Mazzarel

February 06, 2006 | Law.com

Sullivan & Cromwell Boosts Associates' Pay

New York's Sullivan & Cromwell is increasing associate base salaries by $20,000 across the board, with first-years due to receive $145,000 a year before bonuses. The move tops a round of salary increases led by Los Angeles firms, where first-year base salaries have gone from $125,000 to $135,000. Now other large firms around the nation, most of which have targeted New York for expansion, must decide whether they can keep pace.
5 minute read
December 28, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Faked Documents May Be at Core Of Apple Computers Case

It must be some consolation for Apple Computer that the company's annual report is going to be published during the slowest news week of the year.
5 minute read
June 21, 2006 | Law.com

Hollywood Dispute Proves Not Everybody Loves Lawyers

Claims by a TV star best known for a role on the sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond" have put the spotlight on a familiar theme in Hollywood: legal conflicts of interest. The issue in the most recent case involves charges that a talent agent was in cahoots with a big-firm attorney, but the prevalence of conflicts for entertainment lawyers, agents and clients is part of the industry's background -- even a selling point, say some. Says one law firm partner, "Clients like conflicts. It means deals get done."
6 minute read
September 05, 2007 | Law.com

Iraq Contractors Tap Law Firms

The war in Iraq has an army of high-profile attorneys working to steer defense contractors through a minefield of lawsuits and federal investigations involving war profiteering and fraud. "The difficulty is that they're trying to get a job done in the middle of a war," says Vinson & Elkins partner Craig Margolis of defense contractors doing business in Iraq. Some lawyers feel those defense contractors are under attack. So the first step in surviving a government inquiry is to get the right lawyer.
9 minute read

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