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No Bailout for Marc Dreier, Argue Feds

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. Federal prosecutors today pushed back at Marc Dreiers request, filed last week, to be free on bail. In a letter brief filed with New York magistrate Douglas Eaton (link not available), prosecutors ...

From NATHAN KOPPEL, Wall Street Journal,  21 Jan 2009
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A Look at Marc Dreier’s Worldly Possessions

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. Former lawyers at Dreier LLP and other interested observers have speculated that the alleged fraud by Marc Dreier (see here and here) was motivated in part by his healthy spending habits. This Jan. ...

From NATHAN KOPPEL, Wall Street Journal,  15 Jan 2009
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Pay-to-Play Reform: A Threat to Free Speech?

Its a busy time for political scandals. Ted Stevens, Rod Blagojevich, Bill Richardson are just some of the public figures connected to allegations of cronyism. An emerging groundswell of support for campaign finance reform has set the stage for a ...

From NATHAN KOPPEL, Wall Street Journal,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Rod R. Blagojevich,  Ted Stevens,  Bill Richardson

Thacher Proffitt to Terminate in 2009

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. When measured by law firm implosions, 2008 has to rank as one of the worst years ever for corporate law firms. First Heller, then Thelen, and now Thacher Proffitt. Following the news yesterday ...

From NATHAN KOPPEL, Wall Street Journal,  23 Dec 2008
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‘He Would Eat One on a Stick, With its Heart Still Beating’

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. Marc Dreier at a February farewell party for a colleague in New York. The allegations that have surfaced about Marc Dreier ─ impersonating businessmen, commandeering conference rooms without ...

From NATHAN KOPPEL, Wall Street Journal,  19 Dec 2008
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Details Emerge in Marc Dreier Saga, But Much Remains Unclear

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From NATHAN KOPPEL, Wall Street Journal,  5 Dec 2008
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The Return of Tower Snow Jr.

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. Tower Snow Jr., one of the more exciting, polarizing and controversial figures in the legal business over the past decade is back in the news. Remember Snow? In the late 1990s and early part of ...

From NATHAN KOPPEL, Wall Street Journal,  4 Dec 2008
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Class Action Fraud Alive and Well, Philly Prosecutors Say

WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law. Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia recently unsealed an interesting indictment alleging an elaborate ruse to claim a share of settlements in some major class actions. Heres the indictment ...

From NATHAN KOPPEL, Wall Street Journal,  3 Dec 2008
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In the End, Bankruptcy Star Sprayregen Choses Law over Banking

The debate is over: the practice of law beats investment banking. How else to explain James Sprayregen. The Kirkland partner, easily among the dozen most prominent bankruptcy lawyers in the country, left two years ago for Goldman Sachs. Well, the ...

From NATHAN KOPPEL, Wall Street Journal,  1 Dec 2008
Related Topics: United Airlines,  Lehman Brothers,  Lazard LTD.

Reed Smith Partner Recounts a Frantic Search for Family in Mumbai

Weve all been riveted and horrified by whats going on India, but the terrorist attacks hit particularly close to home for Reed Smith partner Bradley Schmarak. On Wednesday afternoon, he learned that his aunt and uncle, Joe and Marilyn Ernsteen, were ...

From NATHAN KOPPEL, Wall Street Journal,  28 Nov 2008

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