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Combined with a previously reported $90 million deal with Lehman directors and officers, a proposed settlement disclosed Friday with a slew of underwriters would bring the plaintiffs' combined recoveries in the case to $507 million. Next up for co-counsel at Bernstein Litowitz and Kessler Topaz? Claims against underwriter UBS and Lehman auditor Ernst & Young.
Next Term: Guns, Abortion and Sex Offenders
U.S. Supreme Court Year in Review.Is the Honeymoon Over for the Roberts Court?
A Supreme Court term that began with hopes for a new era of consensus dissolved in its final weeks into a blizzard of quarrelsome writing that clarified little and robbed some decisions of their precedential force. The messy finale may be explained in part by the increased importance of Justice Anthony Kennedy as the Court's swing vote. And some say the disarray may just be a preview of next term, when the Court will face even thornier cases on race-conscious public school policies and abortion.Reading the report of Lehman examiner Anton Valukas is an exercise in frustration: Despite his careful chronicling of the inept corporate management that pushed Lehman into bankruptcy, Valukas concludes that most lousy Lehman executive decisions fall under the protection of Delaware's vaunted business judgment rule.
Conservatives Fear 4th Circuit Slipping Away
Conservatives worry that the White House is blowing a chance to retain control over one of the nation's most influential courts.The Power of Veteran Advocates
A Georgetown law professor's research suggests that having high-priced advocates � like Latham's Maureen Mahoney � helps your case at the Supreme Court.Stakes Are High for State's Judicial Election Process
Oral argument will be held tomorrow at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case that has had New York's political and legal establishments on tenterhooks for nearly two years. Handling the lion's share of the argument for the defenders of the status quo will be Theodore B. Olson, while arguing for the system's challengers will be Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr.Trending Stories
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