Sign in to follow
Search Results

0 results for 'KPMG'

You can use to get even better search results
August 26, 2013 |

The Recorder's Best 2013

Our readers have voted -- they have told us which legal services providers are the best, based on their own experiences.
10 minute read
L.A. Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Countrywide Subprime Class Action--Again
Publication Date: 2009-04-08
Practice Area:
Industry:
Court:
Judge:
Attorneys:
For plaintiff:
For defendant:
Case number:

Los Angeles federal judge Mariana Pfaelzer denied motions by Countrywide, its auditors, its underwriters, and its outside directors to dismiss an amended shareholder class action against them. The ruling comes less than four months after Judge Pfaelzer denied motions to dismiss the plaintiffs' first complaint. She has also refused to dismiss a shareholders derivative suit against several Countrywide directors and officers.

February 09, 2005 |

Banking

Clyde Mitchell, adjunct professor of banking law at Fordham Law School after more than 38 years at White & Case, writes that, simply put, Freddie and Fannie are in trouble and steps need to be taken to fix their accounting and management problems.
10 minute read
October 28, 2009 |

Recoveries of $1 Million and Above

2009 Almanac - Recoveries of $1 Million and Above
45 minute read
January 27, 2005 |

National Market Share, Inc. v. Sterling National Bank

Despite Bank's Breaches, Principal's Faithless Acts Were Intervening Cause of Firms' Demise
21 minute read
October 01, 2008 |

Cleared for Takeoff

Delta and Northwest's CEO-lawyers are smoothing the way for their merger.
10 minute read
January 05, 2009 |

Madoff mess also falls on feeder funds, auditors

When you invest in a fund of hedge funds, or a partnership that promises to find top managers for your money, you get an annual independent auditor's report. But what does that report actually show Not much, as investors in Ascot Partners, Gabriel Capital, Fairfield Sentry, Tremont Group Holdings and other Madoff feeder funds learned to their loss.
5 minute read
October 01, 2011 |

Briefings

Product Launches & Upgrades
3 minute read
July 27, 2010 |

Law vs. Equity: Second and Third Circuits Diverge on 'In Pari Delicto'

Robert A. Schwinger, a partner at Chadbourne & Parke, writes that increased numbers of bankruptcies and securities debacles in recent years, where the primary wrongdoers lack the resources to remedy all those who claimed to be injured, have led to increased efforts to hold more secondary parties - such as accountants, bankers and lawyers - responsible.
9 minute read
March 20, 2000 |

Cybersquatters Feel New Pain

Thanks to the federal anti-cybersquatting law passed last year, one of the questionable practices of the anything-goes era of the Internet appears to be ending. Cyberpirates are being persuaded or obliged to surrender domain names to trademark holders. And now that law firms have achieved success for their clients against the squatters, they've turned their attention to reclaiming their own domain names. One group, led by New York's Debevoise & Plimpton, even wrangled $25,000 out of a defendant.
3 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources

  • Good Legal Technology is Good Business: A Case for Bringing Employment Issues In-House

    Brought to you by LexisNexis®

    Download Now

  • Insights and Strategies for Effective Succession Planning in AM Law 100 Firms

    Brought to you by Gallagher

    Download Now

  • State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024

    Brought to you by LexisNexis®

    Download Now

  • 2024 ESI Risk Management & Litigation Readiness Report

    Brought to you by Pagefreezer

    Download Now

NEXT