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National Law Journal

Eric Holder: No Apologies for Return to Big Law

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said Friday "I am not ashamed" to have returned to private practice after resigning last year, asserting he will continue to advance the justice reform issues he espoused in office as a private attorney. "You can be a public interest lawyer wherever you are," Holder told students at Georgetown University Law Center at a public discussion with National Public Radio's Michel Martin. "I hope you will be a public interest lawyer wherever you are."
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Change is Gonna Come? TD Bank's Coin-Counting Machines in Crosshairs

TD Bank has been hit with a class suit on behalf of customers who were shortchanged by its Penny Arcade coin-counting machines.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Lawyers for Beirut Bombing Victims Finally Close In on Recovery

Many of the original plaintiffs didn't live to see their attorneys prevail at the U.S. Supreme Court, but hundreds of terror victims and their family members are finally close to collecting from Iran.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

GOP Battles Bailout Perception on Puerto Rico

Suspicions that House Republicans leaders are pushing through a bailout bill for Puerto Rico is hindering efforts to stave off a weekend bond default.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

Consent Decree Ends for Doral-based US Century Bank

The 18-branch bank announces regulators have lifted the consent order imposed five years ago over its capitalization and compliance.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cleary Takes Lead on Argentina's $16.5B Market Re-Entry

Cravath may have stepped in to help Argentina end its legal battle with bondholders, but the country turned to its longtime counsel at Cleary Gottlieb to guide its re-entry into global capital markets.
19 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices to Take Up 'Criminal Intent' Challenge to Bank-Fraud Statute

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide just what level of intent—or mens rea—is required to convict someone on federal bank-fraud charges.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Suits

MetLife v. Financial Stability Oversight Council; Sanofi SA Securities Class Action; Suture Express v. Cardinal Health; In re DePuy Orthopaedics Hip Implant Product Liability Litigation
45 minute read

Daily Business Review

Renowned Cuban Pro-Reform Economist Fired as Chill Sets In

One of Cuba's most renowned advocates of economic reform has been fired from his University of Havana think tank for sharing information with Americans without authorization, among other alleged violations.
8 minute read

Law.com

Justices Rule $2B in Iranian Assets Can Go to Terror Victims

The U.S. Supreme Court, affirming a ruling by the Second Circuit, said Congress did not violate the separation-of-powers doctrine when it passed legislation to enable enforcement of a $1.75 billion judgment against assets held by Bank Markazi, the Central Bank of Iran.
11 minute read

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