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New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is readying a possible bankruptcy-protection filing for sometime in the next several weeks, said people familiar with the matter, a move that would initiate official liquidation of the beleaguered institution.
The feds are burned out with a medical marijuana grower that it suspects isn’t quite taking its bankruptcy case seriously.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today upheld the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act -- the one that requires states deemed to have historically suppressed minority votes to get approval from the Justice Department or a three-judge panel before changing voting procedures.
The company filed for an IPO with the SEC last week that could raise as much as $120 million.
Authorities in Florida have released hundred of pages of evidence, audio recordings and photos in connection with the prosecution of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin
What happens when a federal appeals court, reviewing a case en banc, votes 5-5? It takes a majority to reverse a lower court's ruling, so the win goes to the appellee. It's a rare thing, the en banc tie, and it's even rarer that judges issue opinions in a deadlock, but that's what happened today in the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
The upcoming insider-trading trial of Rajat Gupta, a former director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co., could be quite the affair. Several corporate titans are among the potential witnesses.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan threw out copyright infringement claims brought by lawyers who say LexisNexis and Westlaw are stealing the works of lawyers.
Rajat Gupta's lawyers want to show at his insider-trading trial next week that the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director is motivated by things other than money and introduce evidence of his charitable giving.
In the years since the 2008 financial downturn forced law firms to trim lawyers and discount services, one question has loomed large: will the changes be permanent?
Unfortunately, yes, according to a new poll of law firm leaders out Wednesday from the consulting firm Altman Weil Inc.
Jarretta Hamilton began teaching at Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Fla., in 2008, got pregnant with her then-fiance, got married, was fired and filed a discrimination lawsuit.
The trial of former ex-ace Roger Clemens on charges he lied about steroid use is in its fifth week, and already two jurors have been booted for sleeping on the job.
Christopher J. Clark, the head of Dewey's white-collar defense practice, will join Latham & Watkins LLP as a partner. Unlike many other partners who've jumped off the Dewey ship, Mr. Clark is moving to Latham solo.
The U.S. is delaying the transfer of convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout to a high-security prison in Colorado, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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