• Judges bid to speed up hacking case
    The High Court has expressed concern over how long it is taking the case of computer hacker Gary McKinnon to come back to court. Two judges attempted to speed matters up by listing it for a hearing ...
  • April 3 primary in Texas still possible
    SAN ANTONIO -; There's only one week left to salvage an April 3 primary in Texas. A San Antonio federal court on Friday ordered the state and minority groups to compromise on redrawn ...
  • Sacramento judge refuses to halt redevelopment agencies' demise
    A Sacramento judge today refused to grant a stay to stop the state from shuttering more than 400 local redevelopment agencies to stave off a financial crisis.Judge Lloyd G. Connelly ruled against ...
  • Lawyer asks judge to let Sandusky see his grandchildren
    The lawyer representing former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky asked a judge today to alter the conditions of his bail so that Mr. Sandusky may visit his grandchildren. Mr. ...
  • Billionaire's firm must pay attorney $16M
    NEW YORK -- The company through which billionaire Ronald Perelman accumulated much of his wealth must pay his former longtime friend and right-hand dealmaking executive $16 million, an acrimonious ...
  • Marine to Serve No Time Over Squad's Killing of Unarmed Iraqis
    Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, who led a squad that shot 24 unarmed Iraqis in 2005, has avoided prison time for the killings, instead winning leniency through a plea deal that carries no real punishment beyond a reduction in rank. It was a stunning outcome in a case once compared with the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
  • Former Fulbright Partner Pleads Guilty to False Accounting and Fraud Charges
    Former Fulbright & Jaworski partner Richard Simkin has pleaded guilty to charges of false accounting and fraud. Simkin, who resigned from the firm's London office in 2008, and his wife Zakia Sharif, who was dismissed as an office manager by the firm, have admitted to stealing as much as £100,000 from the firm in false expenses claims.
  • DLA Piper and Dechert End Bitter Partner Dispute
    DLA Piper and Dechert have quietly settled their fierce feud over the latter's 2011 hire of former DLA litigation co-head Neil Gerrard. A source close to the situation says both a U.K. arbitration and a U.S. litigation were settled in December, although it is unclear whether any money will change hands.
  • Hogan Looks to Bolster Clients' Ties to Israeli Businesses
    Hogan Lovells has launched an Israel Regional Practice Development Team to augment and coordinate the legal services it provides to companies that do business or are looking to do business in that country, which the firm views as a growth opportunity.