Rumors that many Wolf Block attorneys may have carved out a deal to join Cozen O’Connor before the firm’s dissolution vote have caused ire among some Wolf Block attorneys and caused many in the community to describe the deal as the merger the two firms couldn’t get done in previous attempts. Leadership at both firms [...]
The vote to dissolve by Wolf Block’s partnership on Monday was bittersweet for one former firm associate. Nancy O’Mara Ezold was told 20 years ago that she would not make partner at the firm. Ezold filed the first gender bias suit that went to trial against a law firm for denial of partnership. She ultimately [...]
Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank called Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia a “homophobe” in a recent interview with a gay news Web site. The Democratic lawmaker, who is gay, discussed his expectation that the high court would some day be called upon to address the gay marriage issue. “I wouldn’t want it to go to the [...]
Wolf Block’s partners voted on Monday to dissolve the law firm. There is no indication the firm is in dire financial straits, though it was said to be seeking extensions of its line of credit and had been looking for a merger partner for more than two years. A statement issued by the firm cited [...]
Clifford Chance partners have given the go-ahead to plans to reduce the size and shape of the Magic Circle firm’s partnership. A partnership vote closed on Monday, with the firm achieving the majority required to allow management to restructure the partnership. Although the firm has not released any numbers on the cuts, it is believed [...]
Denouncing a “squandering of the people’s money,” lawmakers voted Thursday to impose a 90 percent tax on millions of dollars in employee bonuses paid by troubled insurance giant AIG and other bailed-out companies. In some cases the bonuses might be taxed 100 percent, leaving recipients with nothing. It was only this past weekend that the [...]
Senate Fight Likely as Nominee for Office of Legal Counsel Moves Forward
20 Mar
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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday to endorse Dawn Johnsen to lead the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, sending her nomination to the full Senate for what is expected to be a contentious debate. The 11-7 vote reflects sharp division over Johnsen’s writings on abortion and national security. She is the [...]
Political scientist Helen Knowles thinks Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has gotten a bad rap as a “flip-flopper” and somewhat unpredictable swing vote. “He is much more consistent than people give him credit for,” she says. Knowles turned that thought into a new book, “The Tie Goes to Freedom: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on Liberty,” [...]
The Senate voted 65-28 Thursday to confirm David Ogden as deputy attorney general, pushing aside criticism of his clients in private practice. A partner at WilmerHale since 2001, Ogden will be the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, responsible for the DOJ’s day-to-day operations. Criticism of Ogden has focused on his early work at [...]
Changing his vote during jury duty so he could get back to his busy law practice has come at a high price for San Francisco solo Francis Fahy. A California State Bar Court review panel upheld disbarment for Fahy after finding he violated his oath as a juror and then compounded the problem by lying [...]
Three of President Barack Obama’s nominees for the Justice Department — Elena Kagan, nominee for solicitor general; David Kris, nominee for assistant AG in charge of the National Security Division; and Thomas Perrelli, nominee for associate AG — won the Senate Judiciary Committee’s endorsement on lopsided votes Thursday. Sen. Arlen Specter, the committee’s ranking Republican, [...]
Now that you have had several weeks to reflect on the past year, it is time to select the Big Law Word of the Year for 2008. The Snark likes the idea of capturing a year’s worth of events and emotions in a single word, and so he’s asking for e-mail votes. To get things [...]
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