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5 Aug 2007, 7:32 am
Questions likely to be bandied about, writes Law Blog colleague Nathan Koppel. [read post]
24 Jul 2007, 11:11 pm
The irony of Spitzer's plight has generated quite a few entertaining blog post titles around the blogosphere, the best of which are Ellen Podgor's (she of "Busted for Yoga" fame) "Spitzer Spitzered" and Nathan Koppel's "Spitzer Schadenfreude. [read post]
9 Jul 2007, 11:14 am
Nathan Koppel is reporting that David Bershad will plead guilty, which suggests that he will testify against unindicted coconspirators Mel Weiss and William Lerach. [read post]
5 Jul 2007, 10:17 am
” That’s the lead of Law Blog colleague Nathan Koppel’s story today on “de-equitization,” a buzzword sweeping Big Law Nation. [read post]
5 Jun 2007, 3:05 am
The longstanding criminal investigation and finally the indictment of the class action plaintiffs' firm Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman has been a common topic on this blog, so it has been with interest that I have been following the WSJ's Nathan Koppel, Peter Lattman and Ashby Jones' excellent coverage (see here and here) over the past week of the plea deal rumblings for the firm and at least one of the prominent attorneys ensnared in the prosecution. [read post]
1 Jun 2007, 4:28 am
Nathan Koppel reports today in the WSJ that Milberg Weiss partners "had a meeting at the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles to discuss terms of a possible deal" and that possible terms "included Milberg's paying a fine and agreeing to increased oversight of its business practices. [read post]
31 May 2007, 11:02 am
  The news follows a WSJ story, by Nathan Koppel and Laurie Cohen, that Milberg Weiss partner David Bershad has opened plea negotiations with prosecutors. [read post]
21 May 2007, 3:58 pm
Nathan Koppel in today's WSJ:Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Nicholas Stroumtsos Jr. concluded that the agreement was the result of collusion between Congoleum's former... [read post]
21 May 2007, 11:02 am
Article in the Wall Street Journal -- Insurers Win Asbestos Ruling, by Nathan Koppel. [read post]
19 May 2007, 11:04 pm
Nathan Koppel at WSJ Law Blog has a roundup. [read post]
18 May 2007, 3:10 am
The Wall Street Journal's Nathan Koppel has authored an excellent review (W$J article here) of the demise of Dallas-based Jenkens & Gilchrist (prior blog posts here), which shut down earlier this year after mass defections and an expensive settlement with the federal government. [read post]
17 May 2007, 9:30 pm
By NATHAN KOPPEL May 17, 2007 In 1998, Chicago tax lawyer Paul Daugerdas approached a Dallas law firm, Jenkens & Gilchrist, with a proposition. [read post]
17 May 2007, 12:49 pm
In today's Wall Street Journal, there's an interesting article, How a Bid to Boost Profits Led to a Law Firm's Demise by Nathan Koppel, about the events that lead to the demise of Dallas law firm Jenkens and Gilchrist, following... [read post]
14 May 2007, 9:47 am
Offering us additional insight into the law firm-associate relationship, Nathan Koppel posts about one firm’s decision to host etiquette events (focused on table manners) for its fleet of summer associates. [read post]
11 May 2007, 8:42 am
The Law Blog today has a post by Nathan Koppel on summer clerking and etiquette. [read post]
3 May 2007, 4:02 pm
Check out this article by Law Blog colleague Nathan Koppel.) [read post]
2 May 2007, 3:15 pm
"  In this post, Nathan Koppel refers to a study by Cumberland School of Law Professor William Ross. [read post]
1 May 2007, 10:09 pm
On two related questions, the numbers are actually getting worse, as Nathan Koppel notes at the WSJ Law Blog (May 1): "54.6% of the respondents (as compared with 40.3% in 1995) admitted that they had sometimes performed unnecessary tasks just to bump up their billable output", and "the percentage of attorneys who admitted that they had double billed rose from 23% in 1996 to 34.7% in 2007. [read post]
28 Apr 2007, 11:54 am
Indicted Milberg Weiss partner Steven Schulman has filed a motion to dismiss the criminal charges pending against him; Nathan Koppel and commenters discuss at the WSJ law blog.... [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 6:34 am
The most interesting comment from Milmoe — who Law Blog colleague Nathan Koppel profiled in ‘05 — came in response to a question about whether the current private-equity binge will lead to Chapter 11 filings: During the last cycle . . . a flippant kind of remark gained some currency: "If at least one of your companies doesn't go into bankruptcy, you're not trying hard enough. [read post]