Treasury Department Picks Two Law Firms to Handle $700 Billion Bailout
From: National Law Journal, November 6, 2008 The U.S. Treasury Department has tapped Hughes Hubbard & Reed and Squire Sanders & Dempsey to help execute the $700 billion bailout package that Congress
Continue readingLowenstein Sandler Forms New Group to Focus on Pro Bono Work
We are going to add a section/link to the blog to cover pro bono work/not-for-profit/alternative legal services. We’ll have a special drop-down menu to promote such work across the country with
Continue readingVoter Groups Unleashing Lawyer Army
There are scores of Posse List members across the country who have joined the pro bono effort for voter protection and we salute you. The following is from today’s Legal Times: From: Legal Times,
Continue readingLucrative Bankruptcy-Trustee Group Switches from McElroy to McCarter
From: law.com, November 3, 2008 With boom times up ahead for bankruptcy lawyers, Charles Stanziale Jr. led a five-lawyer defection to McCarter & English last week. The move gives Stanziale a larger
Continue readingTop Milbank Bankruptcy Partner Leaves for Paul Hastings
From: law.com, October 28, 2008 A top bankruptcy partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy is leaving that firm to join Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Luc A. Despins, well-known in the profession
Continue readingAre the Subprime Securities Lawsuits Faring Poorly?
From: D & O Diary, October 30, 2008 At what point can we declare that the subprime securities lawsuits are not doing particularly well in the courts? It may not yet be time, but there unquestionably
Continue readingA Primer on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
For an excellent primer on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act from the Pennsylvania Litigation Blog click here.
Continue readingWill Year-Old, Midsize Merger Help in Tough Times?
From: National Law Journal, November 3, 2008 It’s been a year since Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae joined forces to become Dewey & LeBoeuf, now one of the largest players
Continue readingThe Credit Crisis and Law School Loans: Take One
From: The Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2008 On Monday, in a move that left colleges scrambling, Wachovia said it was limiting the access of nearly 1,000 colleges to $9.3 billion the bank has held for
Continue readingOil in the Blood
From: The American Lawyer, October 1, 2008 In previous careers, Vinson & Elkins lawyers were roustabouts and roughnecks – petroleum engineers, land men, and oil tanker dispatchers. They anchored
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