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March 11, 2010 |

Lawyers Look for Motive in KB Home Case

Prosecutors are employing a new strategy in the stock option backdating case against the former CEO of KB Home, who is being represented by John Keker.
8 minute read
February 01, 2010 |

Estate lawyers hustle over nothing

For those who specialize in trusts and estates law, the year has started with a rush. Lawyers across the country are scrambling to field calls from clients worried about how the one-year lapse in the estate tax affects their legal documents.
6 minute read
March 18, 2003 |

Strength in Numbers

Preston DuFauchard Jr. controls Bank of America Corp.'s West Coast litigation budget. Just like other in-house lawyers, he says he looks for smarts, talent and experience. But he's not another white guy hiring another white guy. DuFauchard is African-American and very conscious about giving minority attorneys a shot. Race has long been a touchy subject for law firms -- particularly so in the diversity-conscious San Francisco Bay Area.
7 minute read
June 30, 2010 |

Skilling v. United States

18 U.S.C. § 1346, which proscribes fraudulent deprivations of "the intangible right of honest services," is properly confined to cover only bribery and kickback schemes.
17 minute read
February 22, 2006 |

Lerach, Weiss May Not Face Indictments

After more than five years trying to build a case against the country's top class action plaintiffs lawyers, the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. seems to be backing off William Lerach and Melvyn Weiss. Prosecutors have told lawyers for the former star partners at Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach that they wouldn't be indicted anytime soon, according to people familiar with the case. But prosecutors appear to still be investigating other former Milberg Weiss lawyers.
3 minute read
July 25, 2007 |

Anger at AG Helps Stall State Budget

Fuming over Attorney General Jerry Brown�s stance on greenhouse gas emissions, Senate Republicans have found a new way to let off steam.
4 minute read
February 03, 2003 |

Civil Litigation Plus Criminal Investigation Equals Danger

There is no more dangerous time for a corporation than when it faces civil litigation and, at the same time, a criminal investigation of the same subject matter. Inevitably, when criminal problems surface, there will be finger-pointing within the company. GCs need to urge decision-makers not to turn their backs on the individuals under investigation. Instead, circle the wagons.
5 minute read
November 28, 2011 |

Dealers see Fed buying $545 billion mortgage bonds in QE3

The biggest bond dealers in the U.S. say the Federal Reserve is poised to start a new round of stimulus, injecting more money into the economy by purchasing mortgage securities instead of Treasuries.
7 minute read

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