Recent Updates
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ABA TO HOST CYBER SECURITY DISCUSSION
Legal Business 08/03/2010Computers and networks have brought an entire world into our homes and law offices. As it turns out, the world is full of thieves, spies and hostile armies. What are the risks of cyber “insecurity,” and what can we do about them? &n...
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Immigration to rich countries fell during crisis
Political and Legal 07/12/2010Immigration to rich countries dropped during the global economic crisis, reversing five years of annual increases as the demand for labor fell, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday. A report showed that 4.4 million pe...
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American Bar Association Finds Kagan “Well-Qualified”
Elite Lawyers 06/28/2010The American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary has rated U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Elena Kagan as “well-qualified,” the highest mark the committee offers. Since 1953, the ABA has had a role in ...
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Gibson’s Lawyer Slams Grigorieva’s Claims
Court Watch 06/28/2010Mel Gibson’s lawyer slammed Oksana Grigorieva’s claims that she had been treated cruelly by Mel and that he hadn’t been paying child support. His lawyer actually termed her claims as “sensational allegations” becau...
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JON ATZEN JOINS SHEPPARD MULLIN LOS ANGELES
Law Firm News 06/10/2010Jon Atzen has joined the Los Angeles/Downtown office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm's Corporate practice group and member of the Emerging Companies practice. Atzen most recently was a partner at DLA Pipe...
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CA court rejects Jackson doctor child support deal
Family Law 05/09/2010Michael Jackson's former doctor lost a bid in a California court to resolve a child support issue that threatens his Nevada medical license. A Santa Clara County Superior Court commissioner rejected a bid Thursday by attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray t...
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Six companies recall blinds, shades after deaths
Consumer Rights 03/23/2010Six companies are recalling millions of window blinds and shades, following the deaths of three children who got caught in cords that help the coverings move up and down. The recalls, announced Wednesday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, inv...
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Curtis law firm moves D.C. office
Legal Business 03/01/2010The D.C. office of law firm Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP has relocated its headquarters to larger space downtown. The firm said that its new location, on the top floor of 1717 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, more than doubles the size of its of...
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Jeffersonville law firm grows with new partner, more space
Law Firm News 02/16/2010Applegate & Fifer, a business and real estate law firm based in Jeffersonville, was renamed Applegate Fifer Pulliam LLC last month. The name change was prompted by the addition of a third partner, Keith Pulliam, who joined real estate attorney Al...
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Wolf Haldenstein Files Class Action Suit
Class Action 02/03/2009Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, against defendants Beacon Associates Management Corp. ("Beacon Associates"), Joel Danziger, Esq. ("Danziger...
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Supreme Court brings gavel down on O'Connor workout class
U.S. Supreme Court 12/31/1969Years after she left the Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor remained enthusiastic about the early morning exercise class she started at the highest court in the land — the basketball court that sits one floor above the courtroom where s...