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Antitrust Suit Plaguing Big Private Equity, Lining BigLaw Pockets
The WSJ's Peter Lattman on Tuesday chronicles the case filed two years ago against 11 of the world's largest private equity shops, alleging that the group colluded in a "collaborative, collectivist scheme" to carve up the market for huge acquisitions.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:44 GMT

When Lawyers Get in Hot Water, Should They Be Washed Away?
A Chicago law firm, Greenberg Traurig, fired a partner who has been accused of stealing money from a client.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:53:59 GMT

To What Degree Does the Constitution Protect Hurtful Speech?
Already, it's a contender as one of the more interesting cases of the Supreme Court's 2010-11 term: whether funeral protesters can be forced to pay damages for infliction of emotional distress stemming from hurtful and obnoxious speech hurled toward the grieving.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:58:27 GMT

So Have Deferred Associates Been Happy With Their Time Away?
According to an article in the New York Law Journal, it sounds like many of the deferred associates are having decent experiences at public-interest outfits. At the same time, some seemed to notice a divide between the full-time staff attorneys and those only slated to be there for a year or so.
Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:41:21 GMT

Chapter II of the Liu Nomination: The Backlash to the Backlash
A backlash to the initial backlash over the nomination of Goodwin Liu to the Ninth Circuit has cranked up, it seems.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:49:47 GMT
 
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