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November 22, 2009
$100M Suit: Ex-Firm Leader Peddled Fake Investments in Sex Case
A suit seeking some $100 million in damages alleges Scott Rothstein solicited investors for an alleged Ponzi scheme by piggybacking on actual lawsuits, including a tawdry case his firm was handling that involved a billionaire accused of sexual activities with underage girls.
Do Defendants Get Enough Warning About a Guilty Plea's Consequences?
Two very different cases, the Jose Padilla case and the "balloon boy" case, cast new light on a legal issue that has been simmering for years: when, whether and how defendants should be informed about the collateral consequences of pleading or being found guilty.
General Counsel Panelists Say They Like Firms That Take the Initiative
A panel of general counsel and senior in-house lawyers from the public, private and nonprofit sectors revealed at a conference last week that cost isn't always their top criteria when picking outside lawyers. They also want law firms to take the initiative in building a relationship.
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- Sutherland to Jettison Lockstep Associate Pay
- Ex-Pa. Judges in 'Kids for Cash' Scandal Win Partial Civil Immunity
- Class Action Target Sues Law Firm for Defamation
- Federal Judge Allows Class Action Over IRS Refund Notice to Proceed
- Insurer Must Defend 'Douche' Defamation Suit, Judge Says
- Seyfarth Latest to Cut First-Year Associate Pay
- Plaintiffs Lawyer in Philip Morris Suit Explains $300 Million Verdict
- Report Finds Prosecutor's Offer of Bar Tip in Exchange for Juror's Guilty Vote Was a Joke
- Air Marshal Claims Assault by Flight Attendant
- Gay Marriage Gets Boost From 9th Circuit
- Madoff Watch
- Crisis on Wall Street
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Hackers Stalking Law Firms, FBI Warns
The FBI is warning that hackers are stepping up attacks on law firms. The phishing e-mail appears, from its subject line and attachment name, to be from a trusted source, but if a recipient opens the attachment or clicks on the link, a self-executing file tries to download a malicious file that sends sensitive information to an external computer server.
Labor Department Targets Wage-and-Hour Violations
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced Thursday that the department has hired an additional 250 wage-and-hour investigators, boosting staffing by one-third.
McInerney Called 'Coup' for DOJ for Fraud Prosecution
Lanny Breuer has found his rock star to run the Justice Department's Fraud Section: a veteran white-collar criminal defense lawyer who is a former prosecution supervisor in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan.
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Madoff Watch
Bernard Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme has rocked the financial world, sparking a range of legal proceedings. Keep up with Law.com’s coverage and the latest filings in civil, criminal and bankruptcy actions in our special section.
Crisis on Wall Street
As Wall Street's woes continue, Law.com presents ongoing coverage of the financial meltdown from across the globe, with ALM updates on what it means for law firms and lawyers. See if your law firm is on The Layoff List.
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Is the End of the Tunnel Near for Law Firms?
According to a new managing partners survey, law firms across Pennsylvania conducted layoffs and instituted cost-cutting measures in the last year with greater frequency than ever before. But the overwhelming majority of respondents predict that will be the end of some of those trends.
EDD Tale: Caught in the Middle
When an e-discovery provider was assigned the job of looking for e-mail evidence in a recent business dispute, it seemed like just another job until the company found itself on the receiving end of a motion for contempt for reporting that 70,000 files had been deleted from a computer.
Externalize Document Storage in Microsoft SharePoint
A controversy has been brewing in law firms as more documents find their way into Microsoft SharePoint's SQL Server: Is SharePoint a viable replacement for a DMS? Mark Gerow, of Fenwick & West, discusses the case for moving documents out of SQL Server using an "External Blob Store."
Lowering the Raised Bar
Attorneys Joseph G. Falcone and Morghan Richardson of Chadbourne & Parke discuss pending federal legislation that seeks to undo the pleading standards of the U.S. Supreme Court's holdings in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal.
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