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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

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  1. A Conversation with Elizabeth Wurtzel, Author and First-Year Lawyer

    A Conversation with Elizabeth Wurtzel, Author and First-Year Lawyer

    23 hours ago

    Readers know we’ve been following the Wachovia/Citi/Wells Fargo situation fairly closely. But yesterday, we learned a little something new about the lawyers on the case. While Boies, Schiller & Flexner’s David

    Tagged: lawyers and 038 law firms

  2. A ‘Sweeping’ Ruling in Connecticut: Sizing up Kerrigan v. Commissioner

    A ‘Sweeping’ Ruling in Connecticut: Sizing up Kerrigan v. Commissioner

    Oct 10, 2008

    Earlier today, the Connecticut Supreme Court, in a 4-3 opinion, overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. It makes Connecticut the third state — after Massachusetts and California — to legalize same-sex

    Tagged: civil rights, constitutional law

  3. Heller Ehrman Winding Things Down Quickly

    Heller Ehrman Winding Things Down Quickly

    Oct 10, 2008

    We suppose there’s no real way to sugarcoat this, but we found the first line of an email sent by Heller Ehrman and posted by the CalLaw blog to its employees downright chilling. It is with a great deal of regret that

    Tagged: lawyers and 038 law firms

  4. Iceland: Land of Bjork, Failing Banks and Distressed Lawyers

    Iceland: Land of Bjork, Failing Banks and Distressed Lawyers

    Oct 10, 2008

    Prior to this week, we knew precisely three things about Iceland: 1) that swan-dressing pop crooner? chanteuse? icon? Bjork hails from there; 2) so does the “post-rock” band Sigur Ros, who reportedly sing some of the

    Tagged: international, bankruptcy

  5. The Lehman Bankruptcy Fee Watch: Advisers to Get $906 Million?

    The Lehman Bankruptcy Fee Watch: Advisers to Get $906 Million?

    Oct 10, 2008

    Let’s keep ourselves busy with a pet project: Tracking the fees that Weil Gotshal receives from its work on the Lehman bankruptcy. AmLaw Daily reports that, according to court documents made public Wednesday, the firm

    Tagged: bankruptcy, lawyers and 038 law firms