|
Featured Legal News (Jan. 16 - Jan. 18, ‘06)
Stimson Sorry for Dissing Firms
Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2007
Proving he really did stick his foot in his mouth, Charles "Cully" Stimson, the assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, apologized for his criticism of law firms doing pro bono work for suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Stimson made the remarks on air Thursday on the Federal News Radio, when he said that American businesses should think twice about hiring firms that are doing that type of pro bono work.
The Pentagon already had distanced itself from Stimson's comments, and many other political and legal figures had expressed their anger about them. Stimson wrote a letter to the editor in yesterday's Washington Post, explaining himself. "Regrettably, my comments left the impression that I question the integrity of those engaged in the zealous defense of detainees in Guantanamo," Stimson wrote. "I do not."
Tell us what you think by visiting our comments page.
Send any news items to news@lawdragon.com.
'Dueling Egos' Lead to Big Split
Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Law firm splits are a dime a dozen, but the Recorder legal paper takes an interesting look at the breakup of Santa Monica, Calif.-based Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan. The firm was born with the 1999 marriage of prominent litigator Marshall Grossman and equally prominent talent-side entertainment lawyer Stanton "Larry" Stein, both of whom led their own boutiques before the union. Apparently, the merger never quite worked, with the Grossman and Stein camps remaining largely separate from one another. Grossman eventually wanted to merge with a big firm while Stein wanted no part of that culture.
Grossman's 40-lawyer crew, now called Alschuler Grossman, is still looking for a national firm to join, while Stein and longtime partner Bob Kahan have become a Los Angeles affiliate of New York’s Dreier. The story is a somewhat cautionary tale about the joining of partners who have big egos and control a disproportionate share of a firm's business. Both Grossman and Stein made our Fall guide to the nation's 500 leading lawyers.
Tell us what you think by visiting our comments page.
Send any news items to news@lawdragon.com.
Page 1 of 1 pages for this article
RELATED ARTICLES
• Demystifying the Islamic Banking Boom
• Featured Legal News (Jan. 9 - Jan. 10, ‘07)
• Featured Legal News (Jan. 4, ‘07)
• Featured Legal News (Dec. 21, ‘06)
• Featured Legal News (Dec. 14, ‘06)
|
|
Managing Partner of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy Elected Vice Chair of Mackrell International
Posted 05/19/07
Managing Partner of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy Elected Vice Chair of Mackrell International
Posted 05/19/07
Fulbright & Jaworski Releases 2007 Trends in Energy Litigation Report
Posted 05/19/07
Former Assistant United States Attorney Richard E. Rosberger Returns To Milbank
Posted 05/19/07
Tyco International Agrees to Settlement Valued at $3 Billion
Posted 05/19/07
Jenner & Block Land, Air and Water News: New Homeland Security Regulations
Posted 05/19/07
Mark Geraghty and Mimi Lee Join McKenna Long & Aldridge
Posted 05/11/07
Milbank Closes Financing for Toll Road in Peru
Posted 05/11/07
Health Care Partner Kenneth Yood Joins Fulbright’s Los Angeles Office
Posted 05/11/07
Morrison & Foerster Wins Rare "Walk-Away" in Options Backdating Case
Posted 05/11/07
ACTL Opposes Proposed Limitations on Counsel’s Ability to Represent Detainees Effectively
Posted 05/11/07
Structured Products Magazine Again Names Morrison & Foerster Law Firm of the Year For its Leading Role in the Market
Posted 05/04/07
Jenner & Block Government Contracts Update: The ITT Settlement
Posted 05/03/07
Gauthier Family Donates Wing to Loyola College of Law
Posted 05/03/07
Pooley & Oliver Joining Morrison & Foerster
Posted 05/03/07
Jenner & Block Land, Air and Water News: Supreme Court to hear CERCLA Section 107 PRP Cost Recovery Case
Posted 04/27/07
Jenner & Block Climate Change Update: “Cool Globes†Initiative Will Address Global Warming Solutions
Posted 04/27/07
Encore Sponsors Legal Transformation Study
Posted 04/24/07
DWT Patent Advisory Bulletin: Patent Reform Nearing Reality in 2007
Posted 04/24/07
Latham Counsels Merrill Lynch as Advisor to AstraZeneca in Acquisition of MedImmune
Posted 04/24/07
American Inns of Court Elects John W. Robinson IV as Trustee of 11th Circuit
Posted 04/24/07
Viacom’s MTV Networks Names New Co-General Counsel
Posted 04/24/07
Stephen Susman Once Again Named Commercial Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Posted 04/24/07
Lawyers Club of San Diego Celebrates 35th Anniversary with Annual Dinner
Posted 04/24/07
Don Templin of Haynes and Boone, LLP, Named to American College of Trial Lawyers
Posted 04/24/07
Loeb & Loeb Continues to Bolster Intellectual Property Practice
Posted 04/24/07
American Constitution Society Announces 2007 National Convention
Posted 04/24/07
Southwestern Law School Announces 2007 Excellence in Teaching Awards
Posted 04/24/07
Marc S. Raspanti to Speak at the Health Care Compliance Association’s 11th Annual Compliance Institute
Posted 04/24/07
Maria L.H. Lewis to Speak at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s 13th Annual Employment Law Institute
Posted 04/24/07
Former Utah Superfund Site to Get Five-Star Makeover; Luxury Resort/Spa Planned for Ex-Silver Mine in Park City
Posted 04/24/07
JAMS Mediator Hon. Daniel Weinstein Donates $1 Million to the JAMS Foundation
Posted 04/24/07
Consumer Attorneys of California Hire Director of Communications
Posted 04/24/07
Talking Points in Light of the Supreme Court’s Decision in Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.
Posted 04/24/07
Derick Berlage Brings Experience in Public-Private Partnerships to Venable's Rockville Office
Posted 04/24/07
Reed Smith Announces First Lateral Group Since Opening Doors in Chicago
Posted 04/24/07
Intellectual Property Law, Music and Technology Symposium
Posted 04/24/07
Fowler White Boggs Banker Relocates Its Fort Myers Office
Posted 04/24/07
Christensen, Glaser, Fink, Jacobs, Weil & Shapiro, LLP Achieves Recertification by Meritas
Posted 04/24/07
Michael Downer, Hon. David Wesley, Professor Karen Smith to be honored at Southwestern Awards Event
Posted 04/24/07
Liberty Mutual Counsel Joins Fowler White Boggs Banker
Posted 04/24/07
The Anti-Defamation League Honors Susman Godfrey’s Managing Partner H. Lee Godfrey
Posted 04/24/07
John Yoo to Speak about Media Coverage of “The War on Terror†at New York Law School, April 20
Posted 04/24/07
Latham Counsels Jefferies Broadview as Financial Advisor to Mobius Management in its Sale to Allen Systems Group
Posted 04/24/07
DWT Advisory Bulletin: Enforcement of Transfer Pricing Rules in China Increasing
Posted 04/24/07
Richard Morgan, Founding Dean of the William S. Boyd School of Law, to Join Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Posted 04/24/07
Reminder: Campaign Finance & The Supreme Court
Posted 04/24/07
Streaming Video: Death Penalty in Texas Panel Discussion
Posted 04/24/07
European Investor Group and Royal Dutch Shell Agree to $450 Million Settlement over Shell’s Misstatements of Proven Oil & Gas Reserves
Posted 04/24/07
Beach Boys Lose $60 Million Intellectual Property Lawsuit Against Music Memorabilia Collector and Former Rocker Roy Sciacca
Posted 04/24/07
Miller Canfield Opens Office in Cambridge, Mass.; Expands Biotechnology, IP and Life Sciences Practice
Posted 04/23/07
Littler Mendelson Welcomes Jorge Lopez to Immigration Practice
Posted 04/23/07
Senior Real Estate Finance and Development Attorney Ralph Miles Joins Venable to Head New York Real Estate Group
Posted 04/23/07
Milbank Represents Merrill Lynch in Controladora Comercial Mexicana Offering
Posted 04/23/07
Vera M. Elson to Lead Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Group at McDermott Will & Emery
Posted 04/13/07
European Investor Group and Royal Dutch Shell Agree to $450 Million Settlement
Posted 04/13/07
Milbank Represents Owner of Private Equity Firm in Proposed Cross-Border Tender Offer
Posted 04/13/07
Fowler White Boggs Banker Shareholder Selected as Leader in Intellectual Property Litigation
Posted 04/10/07
Loeb & Loeb Enhances Intellectual Property Practice With Addition of Patent Litigator Laura Wytsma
Posted 04/10/07
Loeb & Loeb Adds Two Attorneys in Los Angeles
Posted 04/10/07
Malpractice Study: Juries Sympathize More With Doctors
Posted 04/10/07
Campaign Finance & the Supreme Court Panel Discussion
Posted 04/10/07
Winston & Strawn Partner Johnsen Elected Chairman of NASDAQ Committee
Posted 04/10/07
DWT Media Advisory Bulletin: California’s Constitutional Right to Privacy is Limited by Statutory Litigation Privilege
Posted 04/10/07
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Expands Internal Investigations Practice
Posted 04/10/07
Streaming Video: "Rubber Stamp" Discrimination & the Supreme Court
Posted 04/10/07
Reed Smith Adds Corporate Trio in Southern California
Posted 04/10/07
Latham Advises Odyssey in Acquisition of Tank Rental Division of NES Rentals Holdings, Inc.
Posted 04/10/07
Death Penalty in Texas Panel Discussion
Posted 04/10/07
Sonnenschein Opens Dallas Office to be Led by U.S. Attorney Matthew Orwig
Posted 04/10/07
Sheppard Mullin Nabs New York Fashion Law Duo
Posted 04/10/07
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law Hosts 25th Anniversary Dinner
Posted 04/10/07
DWT Privacy and Security Advisory: FCC Toughens Telephone Privacy Requirements
Posted 04/10/07
Bass, Berry & Sims Commits to SoBro as its New Home in 2010
Posted 04/10/07
Legal Marketing Association’s 2007 Annual Conference Breaks Attendance Records
Posted 04/10/07
International Finance Lawyer Gregory Harrington Joins Arnold & Porter
Posted 04/10/07
DWT Privacy and Security Advisory: Utah Child Protection Registry Act Challenge Denied by U.S. District Court
Posted 04/10/07
DWT Energy Advisory Bulletin: Supreme Court Supports EPA Clean Air Act Interpretation Against Duke Energy
Posted 04/10/07
Latham Counsels Bear Stearns as Financial Advisor in webMethods, Inc. Acquisition by Software AG
Posted 04/10/07
American Bar Association Hosts First National Marketing Conference
Posted 04/10/07
Latham Provides Counsel in the Acquisition of Hargray Communications by Quadrangle Group
Posted 04/10/07
Largest AntiCounterfeiting Group Convenes in Chicago
Posted 04/10/07
Former U.S. Attorney Michael Battle Joins Fulbright’s Litigation Practice
Posted 04/10/07
MORE RELEASES ...
Send any press releases to news@lawdragon.com.
|
|
|
