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Market Outlook for Law Firms: In 2008, “Flat Is the New Up”

Back in early March, we talked with some folks at Wachovia Wealth Managements legal specialty group about the state of the market for law firms. They were optimistic. But recently, we talked with them, and heard a different story. We have the ...

From JAMIE HELLER, Wall Street Journal,  3 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Kevin Conroy

The How, Why and What the Heck Behind Scruggs’s 14-Month Sentence

Here’s the scenario. You plead to a felony, but you’re young, you’ve got kids and another on the way. The max is three years, but the government is recommending probation. You head to court hoping for the best. Zach Scruggs and his wife, Amy, enter ...

From JAMIE HELLER, Wall Street Journal,  2 Jul 2008
Related Topics: John McCain

If a Scared Swiss Bank Account Client Calls, Click Here

More news on the unfolding Swiss bank account saga: A federal judge has authorized the IRS to request information from UBS about U.S. taxpayers who may have bank accounts there to evade federal income taxes. Not a shock, considering that the DOJ had ...

From JAMIE HELLER, Wall Street Journal,  1 Jul 2008

Subprime Legal: State Regulators Get the Party Started

Up until this week, and not counting the Bear Stearns hedge-fund indictments, we’ve had more talk than action from the AGs offices around the country on the credit crisis. Now, the lawsuits are starting to fly. Today, the Massachusetts Secretary of the ...

From JAMIE HELLER, Wall Street Journal,  26 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Bank of America,  Jerry Brown,  Richard Blumenthal

Bear: A Look at Who’s Repping Cioffi and Tannin

Federal agents exit 26 Federal Plaza with handcuffed former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Ralph Cioffi, Thursday, June 19, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano) With former Bear fund managers Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin arrested today on ...

From JAMIE HELLER, Wall Street Journal,  19 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Boston College,  Enron Corporation,  Central Intelligence Agency,  Scooter Libby,  Valerie Plame

A Law Blog Look at London’s Legal Market

It’s been a pretty shaky several months for U.S. law firms. But what about their U.K. sisters? We caught up with Chris Carroll, managing partner of Travers Smith, a 290-lawyer outfit that The Lawyer has described as a “silver circle” firm. Silver ...

From JAMIE HELLER, Wall Street Journal,  17 Jun 2008

Judge Rejects Lerach’s Request for Residential Alcoholism Program

Judge John Walter in L.A. has rejected a request by jailed plaintiffs’ lawyer William Lerach to be moved to a residential alcohol abuse treatment program for inmates, Reuters is reporting. Lerach, who is serving a two-year sentence in connection with ...

From JAMIE HELLER, Wall Street Journal,  13 Jun 2008
Related Topics: John Walter

R&B Singer R. Kelly Acquitted in Child Porn Trial

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. We haven’t followed this R. Kelly child porn trial closely. But for those of you who have, there was an acquittal this afternoon. Here’s the story from CBS2Chicago. From what little I know, it ...

From JAMIE HELLER, Wall Street Journal,  13 Jun 2008
Related Topics: R. Kelly,  Dow Jones,  Facebook Inc.

AP: Kozinski Declares Mistrial in L.A. Obscenity Case.

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. This just in: The AP is reporting that Judge Alex Kozinski, who’s come under scrutiny for sexual Web postings, has declared a mistrial in the L.A. obscenity case over which he was presiding ...

From JAMIE HELLER, Wall Street Journal,  13 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Alex Kozinski,  Dow Jones,  Facebook Inc.

Tim Russert, Newsman and Law-School Grad, Dies at 58

The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog focuses on law and business, and the business of law. Dan Slater is the lead writer. Dan joined The Wall Street Journal from The Deal magazine. Before becoming a journalist, Dan worked as a litigator at a New York law ...

From JAMIE HELLER, Wall Street Journal,  13 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Tim Russert,  Dow Jones,  Facebook Inc.

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