• June 20, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Harris Beach last week relocated its 36 attorneys and 38 support professionals from 805 Third Avenue to 100 Wall Street. The 46,000, 10-year lease secures for the Rochester-based law firm the

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  • August 9, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    It's 'Ally McBeal' Meets 'Cheers'

    It may be a misconception that big-firm attorneys spend much of their time in good restaurants, but for Victoria Watson it is literally true.An associate who practices commercial real

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  • December 22, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Subpar Representation Triggers Habeas

    A man who has spent 15 years in prison despite having a credible alibi for a Bronx murder will be set free unless the Bronx district attorney decides to retry him within 60 days. In what he

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  • November 7, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Do Lawyer-Moms Have It All?

    High on the polished walls of the Great Hall are 19 imposing oil portraits of distinguished men: the late Justice Thurgood Marshall, along with 18 former presidents of the Association of the B

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  • February 13, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Independent Trustee Sought by Parties in Enron Bankruptcy

    WHO SHOULD run the Enron Corp.?After weeks of eyebrow-raising reports of managerial sleight of hand at Enron, a group of shareholders and a group of energy companies are trying to wrest cont

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  • May 17, 2000 |

    Midlevels, Money, and Myths

    If you think New York is the place to pull down the biggest bucks as an associate, think again.Every year around this time, I read hundreds of responses to our annual midlevel survey and think

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  • November 30, 2009 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    PROMOTIONS OPPENHEIMER WOLFF & DONNELLY (Minneap­olis): Tom Letscher, a partner in the firm's policy committee, has been named chai

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  • June 14, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Federal Judge Rules Bloomberg Not Liable for Phony Press Release

    Financial news and information provider Bloomberg L.P. cannot be held liable for erroneously publishing a phony press release issued by a short seller who was trying to drive down the price of

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  • February 22, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Sarbanes-Oxley Audit May Not be as Bad as First Feared

    Maybe March 16 won't be such a nightmare after all. That's the date when the nation's biggest companies have to complete an audit of their internal controls -- yet another new chore courtesy o

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  • August 14, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Clarification

    An article Friday, "Ruling Is Good News for Mutual Fund Industry," omitted the names of some attorneys in a case involving Salomon Smith Barney. Representing plaintiffs were Christopher J. Kel

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