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  • Enron law firm seeks $700 million in fees

    Enron law firm seeks $700 million in fees

    Headline News 11/26/2007

    [##_1L|1080190606.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]A law firm is asking a federal judge to approve nearly $700 million in legal fees for its efforts to help Enron Corp. shareholders and investors recoup billions they lost after the once-mighty...

  • If you fail to pay, law firm will come calling

    If you fail to pay, law firm will come calling

    Headline News 11/26/2007

    If you refuse to pay your property taxes in Dallas County, chances are you're going to hear from a lawyer. And the chances are even greater that lawyer will be from Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson. Dallas County and most of its cities and other...

  • When joining a rival firm, watch out for legal traps

    When joining a rival firm, watch out for legal traps

    Headline News 11/13/2007

    Ready to join a rival, you urge several subordinates and clients to come along. You assume you're safe because you lack a noncompete agreement.Big mistake. Your poaching attempt may bring you big trouble. A growing number of companies sue job hoppers...

  • MSU hires general counsel from Strong Law Firm

    MSU hires general counsel from Strong Law Firm

    Headline News 11/13/2007

    Missouri State University has hired a former vice president of Strong Law Firm as its new general counsel. MSU’s Board of Governors executive committee today approved the hiring of Clifton “Clif” Smart, who begins Dec. 1. He will be paid $130,000 ann...

  • GPS a Court-Approved Tool for Investigations

    GPS a Court-Approved Tool for Investigations

    Headline News 11/06/2007

    Tuesday the Outagamie County district attorney plans to file charges against two men accused of a string of burglaries in the Fox Valley. Police say they caught Alec Dooley and Reice Magolski red-handed while tracking them with GPS technology. Today ...

  • Former Atlantic City Mayor Due in Court

    Former Atlantic City Mayor Due in Court

    Headline News 11/01/2007

    Three weeks after resigning amid a federal investigation, the former mayor of Atlantic City was due in court Thursday to enter an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office, his lawyer said.The lawyer, Ed Jacobs, refused to say if Robert Levy's agreem...

  • Hub law giant plans to join forces with London firm

    Hub law giant plans to join forces with London firm

    Headline News 10/31/2007

    Boston legal powerhouse Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge is expanding across the pond. Edwards Angell announced plans yesterday to acquire U.K. law firm Kendall Freeman, adding some 50 London lawyers to its current stable of 550 attorneys, about hal...

  • Police investigate youtube court footage

    Police investigate youtube court footage

    Headline News 10/31/2007

    Film footage apparently showing a man's teenage killers appearing in court has been posted on YouTube.Earlier this month, Glasgow's High Court heard that three of the youths had boasted about the killing of William Smith, 21, in a clip that was repor...

  • Sexual harassment lawsuit targets ex-Gov. DiFrancesco

    Sexual harassment lawsuit targets ex-Gov. DiFrancesco

    Headline News 10/25/2007

    [##_1L|1120028924.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]A lawyer fired from former New Jersey Gov. Donald DiFrancesco's firm alleged in a whistle-blower and sexual harassment complaint Wednesday that she was dismissed for filing an ethics grievance...

  • Law firm lands deal as stadium sponsor

    Law firm lands deal as stadium sponsor

    Headline News 10/24/2007

    Baker & Daniels on Tuesday joined a growing list of corporate sponsors of Lucas Oil Stadium, marking the venue's third such deal in the past month. The stadium's upper and lower east club levels will be named for the Indianapolis law firm, said T...

  • Class-action lawyers rack up rare victory on fees

    Class-action lawyers rack up rare victory on fees

    Headline News 10/24/2007

    In a decision closely watched by plaintiffs' lawyers, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the fees awarded to a class-action firm, but not because the payment was too high. The court, in an opinion earlier this month, raised the possib...

  • Panel: US Must Control Security Firms

    Panel: US Must Control Security Firms

    Headline News 10/23/2007

    A panel recommended to the State Department that the U.S. government impose unified control over private security guards working for the U.S. in Iraq, an idea already floated by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, The Associated Press has learned.The rev...

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