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22 Dec 2008, 4:20 pm
By Andrew Longstreth from The Am Law Litigation Daily The ghost of Louis Zehil has come back to haunt McGuireWoods. [read post]
19 Dec 2008, 4:38 pm
By Andrew Longstreth in The Am Law Litigation Daily During closing arguments in the KPMG tax fraud trial, New York federal prosecutor John Hillebrecht made a stunning admission. [read post]
19 Dec 2008, 4:24 pm
Edited by Andrew Longstreth Edited by Andrew Longstreth LITIGATOR OF THE WEEK Richard Strassberg of Goodwin Procter During closing arguments in the KPMG tax fraud trial, New York federal prosecutor John Hillebrecht made a stunning admission. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
Edited by Andrew LongstrethEdited by Andrew Longstreth SECURITIES Potential Madoff Litigation Ropes in More Lawyers Inside The American Lawyer newsroom, there's a running bet about how many Am Law 200 firms will get a piece of the Bernie Madoff pie. [read post]
16 Dec 2008, 6:08 pm
We've also heard through our colleague Andrew Longstreth at The Am Law Litigation Daily that Boies, Schiller & Flexner's Stuart Singer was representing several clients with funds caught up in the Madoff meltdown. [read post]
16 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
Edited by Andrew LongstrethEdited by Andrew Longstreth FCPA Siemens Settles Record-Setting FCPA Case The German engineering company Siemens made history yesterday, when it agreed to pay fines totaling $1.34 billion to regulators across the world to settle a bribery probe. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 6:32 pm
The Am Law Litigation Daily's Andrew Longstreth has learned that Steptoe & Johnson litigation partner Michael Miller, a former prosecutor familiar with Ponzi-style schemes, is representing a New York-based investor group. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 2:45 pm
A settlement will end the fight between Huntsman and private equity firm Apollo Management over the failed $6.5 billion acquisition of Huntsman by Apollo's Hexion Specialty Chemicals.By Andrew Longstreth from The Am Law Litigation Daily After Vice Chancellor Stephen Lamb found that Hexion Specialty Chemicals had willfully breached its merger agreement with Huntsman in September, the company--and potentially its owners at Apollo--were facing the prospect of billions of… [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
Edited by Andrew LongstrethEdited by Andrew Longstreth CORPORATE / M&A Huntsman Terminates Merger Agreement, Settles with Apollo and Hexion for $425 Million After Vice Chancellor Stephen Lamb found that Hexion Specialty Chemicals had willfully breached its merger agreement with Huntsman in September, the company--and potentially its owners at Apollo--were facing the prospect of billions of dollars in damages. [read post]
12 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
Edited by Andrew LongstrethEdited by Andrew Longstreth LITIGATOR OF THE WEEK Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
Edited by Andrew LongstrethEdited by Andrew Longstreth LAW FIRMS / LEGAL MALPRACTICE Orrick Cleared in Malpractice Trial; Keker & Van Nest Leads Defense When a firm's professional reputation is at stake, going to trial is a nerve-racking proposition. [read post]
10 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
Edited by Andrew LongstrethEdited by Andrew Longstreth WHITE-COLLAR D&O Insurer Refuses to Pay Legal Fees for Former Biotech CEO--Before Criminal Trial We've written plenty about companies protesting the legal bills of former executives in trouble with the law. [read post]
9 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
Edited by Andrew LongstrethEdited by Andrew Longstreth CORRECTIONA previous version of the item below about the plastic coffee can dispute between Maxwell House and Folgers incorrectly implied that Quinn Emanuel Urquart Oliver & Hedges represented Maxwell House's parent, Kraft, in an unsuccessful Patent & Trademark Office challenge to Procter & Gamble's patent on a plastic coffee can for its Folgers brand. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
--Andrew Longstreth SECURITIES Plaintiffs Load the Bases with Key Decisions in Two Huge Subprime Cases Looks like Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is going to have to revise its report on early trends in subprime fraud litigation. [read post]
5 Dec 2008, 6:19 pm
When The American Lawyer's Andrew Longstreth visited the Gulf in 2006, towards the height of the boom, Linklaters's Ewan Cameron boldly told him: "If you can't make money in Dubai, you should give up. [read post]
5 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
Edited by Andrew LongstrethEdited by Andrew Longstreth LITIGATOR OF THE WEEK Robert Mittelstaedt of Jones Day In the pretrial phase of the landmark Alien Tort Claims Act case that Nigerian plaintiffs brought against Chevron, the oil company's lawyer, Jones Day partner Robert Mittelstaedt, was dealt a tough blow. [read post]
4 Dec 2008, 2:00 pm
Edited by Andrew LongstrethEdited by Andrew Longstreth SECURITIES Lamb Again? [read post]