August 2006

  • Non-Sequiturs

    Non-Sequiturs: 8.22.06

    * The Crackberry class action: it’s only a matter of time. [DealBreaker] * Interested in Manatt, Phelps & Phillips because of its sexy entertainment practice? Watch out — you might get stuck doing health care law. [National Law Journal] * A restaurant coalition has filed a lawsuit arguing that the Chicago City Council’s ban on […]
  • Musical Chairs

    Musical Chairs: 8.22.06

    Lateral moves: * Corporate lawyer T. Robert Zochowski Jr., to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, from Shearman & Sterling (where he had headed the structured finance group). * Jonathan Marshall, to Fish & Richardson (as senior counsel), from Weil Gotshal & Manges. * Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez, to Weil, Gotshal & Manges (litigation/regulatory department), from SAI […]
  • Kronish Lieb, Law Firm Mergers, Weddings

    And What About Mr. Lieb?

    Merger mania continues inside the world of Biglaw. Here’s the latest pair of firms to tie the knot: Cooley Godward LLP, a 445-lawyer law firm known for its representation of West Coast technology companies, plans to merge with Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP, a 110-lawyer New York firm specializing in commercial litigation, bankruptcy and […]

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  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 8.17.06

    * They’ve arrested someone in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case — seriously. And no, it’s not the parents. [New York Times; Washington Post] * The Third Circuit has ruled that Delaware can’t discriminate between its own citizens and citizens of other states in granting access to its government documents. Wilmington file clerks, warm up your […]

  • Weddings

    Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: August 13, 2006

    This week’s installment of Legal Eagle Wedding Watch is a little late. But we have an excuse: the New York Times wedding announcements went on forever this week! And so many of the couples getting hitched involved lawyers. Picking our contenders took us more time than usual. It was tough, but we managed to narrow […]
  • Musical Chairs

    Musical Chairs: 8.15.06

    Here’s the latest news about moves within the legal profession. Before we proceed to the usual law firm announcements, here’s an ATL exclusive: a notable government-to-private-sector move that ATL just learned about: Grant Dixton, to Boeing, from the White House Counsel’s office. Dixton, you may recall, is the White House lawyer who went after The […]
  • Morning Docket

    Morning Docket: 8.15.06

    * Ah, the Brits. We don’t want to emulate them on, say, the culinary front — bangers and mash, anyone? But we may be able to learn a thing or two from their counterterrorism laws. The Justice Department is comparing U.S. and British counterterrorism laws to see if any changes should be made in American […]

  • Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Perverts, Pornography, Sexual Harassment, Too Clever By Half

    What's a Little Kiddie Porn Between Friends?

    We’ve already named William DiSalvatore our Lawyer of the Day, so that award is off the table. But if DiSalvatore hadn’t already grabbed the laurels, Kweku Hanson, of Hartford, Connecticut, would have been a deserving winner. Here’s why: Sexual assault and child pornography charges pending against Hartford attorney Kweku J. Hanson aren’t enough to warrant […]