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  • August 2, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Lawyer Resolves Dispute in KPMG Case

    LOS ANGELES — A lawyer in Irvine, Calif., and his former firm have reached an agreement with federal agents who are seeking documents related to the criminal investigation of fraudulent t

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  • May 11, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    SEC Takes On Chinese Deloitte Unit over Audit Records

    After struggling for two years to get its hands on auditing documents for a Chinese company listed in the U.S., the Securities and Exchange Commission is ratcheting up the pressure on the Chi

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  • November 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Mr. Clean

    It was a festive day for Sven Erik Holmes. Family, friends, and colleagues surrounded him in the Tulsa federal courthouse last March as his official portrait was unveiled. It was the las

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  • April 1, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Promotion of Women Brings Sidley Honors

    When young female associates are asked about their chances of scoring big careers in law the likely response is, "Walk into any Manhattan firm and, sure, you see plenty of women. But how many

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  • April 27, 2009 | National Law Journal

    A 'partner' may not be a partner

    Whether partners or shareholders in professional firms are employees or employers for purposes of the anti-discrimination laws remains an open issue. During the present financial crisis,

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  • June 21, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Merger Consultants Find Business Is Booming

    THESE ARE lean times for mergers-and-acquisitions specialists. According to the most recent statistics from Thomson Financial, worldwide M & A activity has fallen to its lowest volume since 199

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  • October 10, 2006 | The Recorder

    In Brief

    HASTERT HIRES LAWYER FAMILIAR WITH SCANDALSWASHINGTON � As of late last week, a number of the congressmen and staffers set to be questioned by the House Ethics Committee or law

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  • May 10, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Going to Jail Lea W. Fastow, the wife of former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow, pleaded guilty on May 6 to one misdemeanor count of filing a false tax r

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  • March 29, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Partnership Law

    Whether a law firm should have a mandatory retirement provision in its partnership agreement is a difficult consideration which touches upon many aspects of law firm life. Individual partners

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  • October 27, 2003 | Legal Times

    Retrenching in the Capital

    When the D.C. office of Atlanta's Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy lost its entire 33-lawyer international trade group to Sidley Austin Brown & Wood last year, the firm saw its

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