Through the efforts of several Posse members, supplemented by the work of the staff at the Posse List, we have compiled sources and links to finding government jobs. The favorite method appears to be
Continue readingWe spoke to our Treasury contacts over the weekend. If you would like to know about all employment opportunities within TARP (attorneys, accountants, financial analysts, etc.) go to the TARP web page
Continue readingAs the media has reported, Clifford Chance has laid off 20 litigators in the mortgage-back securities practice (here) due to “sluggishness” and the fact that the expected uptick in litigation “has
Continue readingOur contacts at Treasury indicated that the “staff up” has been on hold, although the FDIC and OTS are still staffing up because of other related regulatory events. For those of you following
Continue readingThe bailout plan and contract attorney work … an update to our September 25th posting: Yesterday the administration announced that a former Goldman Sachs executive will be the interim head of its $700
Continue readingAs has been reported in all the legal media web sites, the tsunami of filed and pending financial meltdown/subprime-related securities cases is still on the rise. Nobody covers this better, by the way,
Continue readingFor those, like us, who remember/worked at the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) after it was established in 1989, the agency hired 450 attorneys in a matter of a few months. A GAO report found over
Continue readingQuite a number of Posse List members have asked us for a site that discusses the current financial crisis vis-a-vis the Wall Street law firms that many of us rely on for work. A very good site (continually
Continue readingWe have a large (and growing) number of law firms, accounting firms and corporations subscribed to The Posse List. As a result of increasing insolvency, financial fraud and other related litigation,
Continue readingAs stated by Mary Mack of Discovery Resources “The subprime crisis is really just beginning to take shape and is going to spawn a wave of litigation, much of which will turn on evidence uncovered during
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