• April 30, 2004 | Legal Times

    After Wilmer-Hale Merger, Who's Next?

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering's merger with Boston's Hale and Dorr has lawyers buzzing about the possibility of a string of similar unions involving D.C. firms.Law firm managers and consulta

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  • August 23, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Lawyers Learn From HomeBanc's Demise

    Even though a bankruptcy judge in Delaware this week saved them from financial ruin, real estate closing attorneys said they learned a powerful lesson from the collapse of HomeBanc Corp. -- never a

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  • October 18, 2004 | Daily Report Online

    The Battle to End Free Music

    There's a Jefferson Starship song from 1970 where Paul Kantner imparts his vision of a space colony Utopia. "Free music, the day is on its way," he intones on a Jerry Garcia-meets-Robert Hein

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  • January 13, 2003 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    OCEAN-GOING ATTORNEY CAN'T KEEP CASE AFLOATAfter joining the Marin Yacht Club in San Rafael in 1981, now-retired lawyer John Ford registered several complaints over the years.

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  • October 11, 2004 | The Recorder

    Time to Cram?

    In its recent decision in Till v. SCS Credit Corp., 124 S. Ct. 1951 (2004), the U.S. Supreme Court has waded into murky waters over the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code's "cram-down" prov

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  • January 31, 2001 | Daily Report Online

    Former U.S. Attorney Thompson Reported Choice as Ashcroft's Deputy AG

    Former U.S. Attorney Larry D. Thompson of Atlanta reportedly has been selected by U.S. Attorney General-nominee John Ashcroft to be his second-in-command.Citing an unnamed source close

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  • January 11, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    City Audit of DA's Office Reveals 'Questionable' Payment An audit of the Staten Island District Attorney's Office released Friday labeled "questionable" a $20,000 payment

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  • June 15, 2001 | Daily Report Online

    Slander Suit Could Draw NBA Star Davis Into Gold Club Trial

    Former federal prosecutors say pro basketball star Antonio Davis' attempt to clear his name may have the unintended effect of drawing him deeper into the Gold Club trial.Davis "will ha

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  • July 25, 2006 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    ETHICS GROUP SEEKS TOBACCO CASE ANSWERS WASHINGTON � A Washington nonprofit got the man it wanted last week in its ongoing fight with the Justice Department over tobacco litigat

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  • February 7, 2005 | Daily Report Online

    Readers: Show What the Victim Saw in Malpractice

    The other side: Brain-damaged child I have been practicing law for almost 30 years with 25 as a medical-malpractice lawyer 18 for the defense and seven for the plaintiff. I am

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