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2008 Year in Review, Dreier, Layoffs, Pregnancy / Paternity, Shinyung Oh, White-Collar Crime
Top Biglaw Stories of 2008: #2 and #1 (Gossip)
Finally, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: time to announce Above the Law’s top two stories for 2008, on the gossip front. We’ve also been recapping the top stories on the business side of the fence, but stories about the business of law are available from many other outlets. Juicy law firm gossip is […] -
Barack Obama, Dreier, Eliot Spitzer, Elizabeth Halverson, Reader Polls, Rod Blagojevich
Associate Life Survey: Lawyer of the Year
In Monday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we asked you to cast your vote for the 2008 ATL Lawyer of the Year. More than three thousand ballots were cast, but there can be only one Lawyer of the Year. Starting at the bottom, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich may not have hit the very lowest point […] - Sponsored
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Dreier LLP, RIP
This should not come as a great surprise, but let’s go ahead and close the loop. From the WSJ Law Blog: Nearly two weeks ago, mere hours after Marc Dreier was arrested up in Canada for allegedly impersonating an in-house lawyer at a pension fund, lawyers at the eponymous law firm were heralding its doom. […]
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Bail, Dreier, Gerald Shargel, White-Collar Crime
Court to Marc Dreier: No Bail for You
More bad news for Marc Dreier, the formerly high-flying, Maxim model-dating litigator. From Bloomberg News: Marc Dreier, the jailed New York law firm founder, must remain in prison while he fights charges that he swindled hedge funds, a federal judge ruled after a prosecutor accused the lawyer of stealing $380 million. “The evidence does appear […] -
Crime, Dreier, Hotties, White-Collar Crime
L'Affaire Dreier: A linkwrap, and a tidbit
Apologies, readers. Although we broke the story of high-profile lawyer Marc Dreier’s arrest in Canada, we’ve fallen behind in covering the latest developments in the Dreier saga (of which there have been many). Fortunately, our friends over at Am Law Daily and the WSJ Law Blog have been following the story quite closely. We’ve collected […] -
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Breaking: Marc Dreier Indicted in S.D.N.Y.
We’ll have a more detailed Marc Dreier post up later; there have been a number of developments since our last report. In the meantime, check out this post by Zach Lowe, about the breaking news that Marc Dreier has been indicted in federal court. Breaking: Dreier Indicted in Federal Court [Am Law Daily] -
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Hung Out to Dreier: An Interview with a Dreier Lawyer
There are more updates to the saga of Marc Dreier and Dreier LLP over at Am Law Daily. They report that Wilson Sonsini has been retained, by a “substantial group of partners and associates” at Dreier, “to examine the operations and finances of the Dreier firm, including escrow accounts.” The Am Law post also has […] -
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Dreier Update: On Bail, Real Estate, and a Canceled Summer Program
We bring you assorted addenda to our earlier coverage of Marc Dreier — founder and managing partner of Dreier LLP, as well as the firm’s sole equity partner — who was arrested on Tuesday night in Toronto. First, Dreier is now free on bail. From the Toronto Star (which a tipster tells us is our […] - Sponsored
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Going Through the Dreier: An Update
More details have emerged in the story we broke last night, concerning the arrest of high-flying New York litigator Marc Dreier, founder and managing partner of Dreier LLP. In the comments to our post, some of you wondered about the lack of MSM coverage. The story has now been picked up by the New York […] -
Canada, Dreier, White-Collar Crime
Founding Partner, Left Higher and Dreier? Blame Canada
Prominent New York litigator Marc Dreier — founder and managing partner of Dreier LLP, former head of litigation for Fulbright & Jaworski (NY), and former litigation partner at Rosenman & Colin — was arrested in Toronto on Tuesday. The arrest was carried out by Canadian law enforcement. The alleged offense appears to be financial in […] -
Dreier, Milberg Weiss, Musical Chairs
Milberg Weiss Death Watch: Finally Flatlining?
It’s been a few weeks since our last report on the much-maligned Milberg Weiss. So here’s the latest news about the plaintiff’s class-action firm that everyone loves to hate: The bleeding continues at Milberg Weiss Bershad & Shulman. [Last] week, four partners — Bruce Bernstein, Brian Kerr, Dan Scotti and Lee Weiss — announced they […]
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