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January 12, 2010 |

Ex-Associate's Suit Proceeds Against Labaton Over Origination Fees

A former Labaton Sucharow associate can pursue nearly $12 million in legal fees he claims his ex-employer owes him for his role in bringing in New Mexico's pension funds as clients, a New York state judge has ruled. Although the judge dismissed a series of claims brought by Jon Adams against Labaton, she left in place Adams' claim that the firm breached an agreement by not giving him a share of multimillion-dollar fee awards stemming from securities settlements with HealthSouth Corp., St. Paul Travelers and other cases.
6 minute read
October 07, 2009 |

Star Turn for Some Hollywood Newcomers

When Summit Entertainment needed an attorney to help promote its new vampire movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," general counsel David Friedman turned to an old colleague from his former Paramount Pictures job. That lawyer, Nancy Derwin-Weiss, had moved to Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon and helped it break through the barriers that have frustrated more than one East Coast firm's ambition to go Hollywood. And at least three other firms from outside California are using similar tactics to get into entertainment law.
9 minute read
July 26, 2006 |

Catch an Employee in a Lie to Reduce Wrongful Termination Damages

When an employee sues your company for wrongful termination, how does it help to learn that the employee has lied in the past? Well, it may help limit the damages that the employee can receive. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that post-litigation discovery of information concerning a former employee's on-the-job misconduct may be used to prevent the employee's reinstatement and to cap the time period used to calculate back pay damages. And co-workers' opinions may even be relevant.
7 minute read
Mark Mendelsohn of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Publication Date: 2010-04-15
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At the Justice Department, Mendelsohn pushed to make Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases a priority. In so doing, he generating a boom in demand for FCPA defense lawyers. Now he--and his new firm--are poised to benefit from his entry into the market he created.

May 29, 2012 |

Finding Counsel for Noncitizens

Judge Robert A. Katzmann, on the occasion of being honored with the Federal Bar Council's Learned Hand Award, told his audience: "This evening I speak to you about what we, together, bench and bar, can do to help meet an urgent, pressing need - the need for adequate representation for a vulnerable population of human beings - immigrants. Immigrants often come to this country in fear, fleeing from persecution, escaping from poverty, not knowing the language, not knowing to whom to turn for competent legal advice, all the while working to make a better life."
11 minute read
December 17, 2007 |

On the Move

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
4 minute read
May 16, 2006 |

Can the 'Jewish Law Firm' Success Story Be Duplicated?

Before the 1980s, there were white-shoe firms and there were Jewish firms, and the former worked to keep it that way. Nowadays, with Sullivan & Cromwell tapping an ordained rabbi as its next chairman and Weil Gotshal operating offices from Brussels to Singapore, the once-stark differences between the firms have nearly faded. University of Denver law professor Eli Wald says a profession that still struggles with the promotion of women and minorities should look again at the experience of Jewish lawyers.
9 minute read
September 10, 2002 |

Paralegals Are Team Members

At some point during the first few months at your firm, a senior attorney will tell you to "ask the legal assistant." Legal assistants, or paralegals, are trained professionals who do work of a legal nature under attorney supervision -- and who, at this point, may know more about your job than you do. It's to your advantage to see them as valued team members: know who they are, what they do, and how you can work together.
7 minute read
October 01, 2009 |

National Rankings: Season of Uncertainty

23 minute read
May 16, 2002 |

Bar Drafts Loan Forgiveness Propsal

BY THE end of the month, members of the New York State Bar Association Executive Committee will have in their hands a draft proposal that would offer law school debt relief to young attorneys in return for devoting at least part of their careers to government or public interest law.
7 minute read

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