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September 28, 2007 | Law.com

Last Man Standing: Case Against Tax Lawyer Who Worked for KPMG Proceeds

In July, when Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that prosecutors had bullied KPMG over legal fees, the government's case against the accounting firm imploded, but the case against tax lawyer Raymond "R.J." Ruble may just be heating up. Ruble, a former partner at Brown & Wood (now Sidley Austin), faces trial in October on 43 counts of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the IRS. He allegedly worked with KPMG to cook up and sell illegal tax shelters, and hid a portion of his earnings from his firm and the feds.
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October 06, 2008 | National Law Journal

Backdating cases trigger feud between law firms

Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins is attempting to derail settlement discussions in two cases involving allegations of stock-options backdating, charging that the defense attorneys clandestinely excluded the firm from agreements that would resolve its lawsuits. Attorneys for the defendants counter that Coughlin Stoia is pursuing such actions to obtain attorney fees, which would be nonexistent in the event of the settlements.
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February 17, 2004 | Law.com

Law Firm Sued by Action Star's Former Producer

The former producing partner of action movie star Steven Seagal has sued the law firm of Loeb & Loeb for $25 million, alleging malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty. Julius R. Nasso, who last fall pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court to trying to extort money from Seagal, is claiming Loeb & Loeb represented him and the actor both as partners in Seagal-Nasso Productions. The firm then allegedly violated its obligations to Nasso by taking Seagal's side in a subsequent dispute.
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February 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

Caring for the Little Ones

The story of one firm's search for a child care center in downtown Washington, and how they worked out a solution to make all the parents in the firm happy.
9 minute read
April 10, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

UMDNJ Federal Monitor Describes An Ingrained Culture of Patronage

Last Monday, Herbert Stern offered ample justification for the broad mandate U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie gave him to monitor the scandalized University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Stern gave a vivid account of how the school did business: patronage-based hiring, expense-account abuse and no-bid contracts to politically connected vendors
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September 21, 2012 | New York Law Journal

State Bar Honors Public Service

The New York State Bar Association's Committee on Attorneys in Public Service honored two New York City lawyers with 2012 Citations for Special Achievement in Public Service at a Sept. 19 reception.
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June 02, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Saul Ewing Takes Seven From Buchanan Ingersoll in Del.

Saul Ewing expanded the size of its 12-lawyer Wilmington, Del., office by more than 50 percent this week with the addition of seven attorneys, including three partners, from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's office there.
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November 10, 2003 | Law.com

Sharon Duggan (Plaintiffs)

Sharon Duggan has turned many heads over the past 25 years, taking on timber giants such as Pacific Lumber & Shipping Co. and Georgia-Pacific Corp., as well as state and federal forest services. "If you look at the case law on [California's] Forest Practices Act," says Iryna Kwasny of Oakland's Environmental Law Foundation, "Sharon is the attorney on almost every single one." Duggan's gone on to make a career of challenging lumber companies and government agencies that don't comply with forestry practices.
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November 03, 2008 | The Recorder

GC Quits Troubled Valley Tech Company

Valley tech company Cadence Design Systems has "revenue reporting problems," a class action, and now its GC resigns. Also Blogged: Who, besides Matt Larrabee, landed a job last week? We've got about a dozen attorneys finding homes at six firms. And: On Tuesday, the county board of supervisors will vote on whether to settle a $380,000 attorneys fees claim with the NRA and a host of other plaintiffs. Plus: Our Halloween jokes? Still funny! And our radio debut!
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December 11, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

TL Opinion

Some Texas firms, such as Locke Liddell & Sapp, work hard to bring a happy holiday season to low-income children. And the Texas Trial Lawyers Association could not have found a more deserving recipient of its inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award than Broadus A. Spivey, a past president of TTLA.
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