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  • November 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Legal Blotter: Am Law 200 Lawyers on the Defensive

    In recent weeks, we've come across Am Law 200 lawyers in trouble for allegedly scamming private schools, helping run Ponzi schemes, taking vacations with client funds, and all manner of other

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  • May 4, 2000 | Daily Report Online

    In-House Counsel: The Myths, Money and 9-to-5 It Aint

    Some days when work is done, attorney Susan G. James walks to another part of her office complex and plays the Yamaha grand piano in her company's recording studio. Her day might have invo

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  • April 7, 2003 |

    Enron Probe Examines Firms' Roles

    Accounting for Lawyers Enron Probe Examines Firms' Roles By Otis Bilodeau The Enron examiner is back. And a few law firms can't be too happy about it. R. Neal

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  • July 31, 2006 | The Associated Press

    Former Qwest CFO Spared Prison Time

    After issuing a tearful apology for an "error in judgment," former Qwest finance chief Robin Szeliga was sentenced Friday to two years' probation, six months of home detention and a $250,000 fine f

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  • October 30, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Patent Rights in Service Industries

    Many whose comfortable status quo has been disrupted by the advance of business method patents say patents should be limited to industrial and high-tech innovations. For generations, typical commer

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  • Estate of Carl Levine, 4620/04

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
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    Date Filed: 2009-10-19
    Court: Surrogate's Court, New York County
    Judge: Troy Webber
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    Case Number: 4620/04

    Surrogate Troy K. Webber NEW YORK COUNTY Surrogate's Court Surrogate Webber

  • In Re: Dreier LLP, Debtor, 08-15051 (SMB)

    Publication Date: 2011-05-23
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: Judge Stuart M. Bernstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: ALSTON & BIRD LLP; Attorneys for Plaintiffs, New York, NY: Craig Carpenito, Esq., Alexander S. Lorenzo, Esq. Of Counsel; John E. Stephenson, Jr., Esq. Of Counsel, Atlanta, GA
    for defendant: SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL LLP: Attorneys for Defendant JANA Partners LLC, New York, NY; Michael E. Swartz, Esq., Nicole Z. Davidson, Esq. Of Counsel DIAMOND MCCARTHY LLP: Attorneys for Defendant Sheila M. Gowan, Chapter 11 Trustee of the Estate New York, NY; Howard D. Ressler, Esq., Stephen T. Loden, Esq., Amos Elberg, Esq., Of Counsel.
    Case Number: 08-15051 (SMB)

    Cite as: In Re Dreier LLP, 08-15051, NYLJ [web_id_#], at *1 (SDNY, Decided May 23, 2011)Judge Stuart M. BernsteinDecided: May 23, 2011/p

  • August 16, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Closing Attorneys See Red Over HomeBanc Mortgage's Bad Checks

    John K. Haley, a real estate closing attorney in Buford, Ga., left work July 31 thinking the HomeBanc mortgages he'd closed earlier that day had cleared.That turned out not to be true. Haley

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  • In re Farr

    Publication Date: 2009-06-12
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-08
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Federman, Bankruptcy Judge
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    Case Number: 09-6010

    Submitted: May 13, 2009Before SCHERMER, FEDERMAN, and SALADINO, Bankruptcy Judges.Plaintiff Michael S. Dietz, the Chapter 7 Trustee in Debtor Rodney N. Farr's bankruptcy case, appeals from the B

  • First State Bank of Monticello v. Ohio Casualty Insurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-05
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Sykes, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: Nos. 06-3685 & 06-3794

    ARGUED JANUARY 9, 2008Before WOOD, SYKES, and TINDER,Circuit Judges.This insurance-coverage dispute arises from a fraudulent scheme perpetrated against First State Bank of Monticello causing a $