Wall Street
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Securities Law, Wall Street
Finance And Law: Activist Investing Creates New Challenges in Securities Law
In complex situations involving disclosure decisions and legal strategy as much as investment savvy, attorneys can play a key role. -
Career Alternatives, Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Wall Street
Finance And Law: Hedge-Fund Opportunities For Attorneys
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is the best friend of unemployed attorneys right now. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Money, Wall Street
Finance And Law: Risks And Financing Transactions
Lawyers can serve their clients better if they have a strong grasp on the financial side of commercial transactions.
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Books, Money, Wall Street
Empire Of The Fund: An Interview With William Birdthistle(Or: 4 Tips For Lawyers On Saving For Retirement)
An important new book addresses our nation's retirement income security crisis -- and contains investment advice too. -
Insider Trading, Wall Street, White-Collar Crime
If You Want Some Insider Intel From A Client, Get Him Liquored Up
Criminal charges for a former Biglaw partner and his investment adviser. -
Bad Ideas, In-House Counsel, Romance and Dating, Wall Street
New Rule: If You're A Lawyer For A Bank Selling Billions Of Mortgages To GSEs, Don't Sleep With The CEO Of Fannie Mae
The lawyer in question denies that there was ever any conflict of interest. -
Antonin Scalia, Insider Trading
What Happens If The Supreme Court Defines Insider Trading And Nino Scalia Isn’t There To Vote On It?
Where does the Notorious RBG stand on what constitutes a 'golf tip'? -
Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Sexual Harassment, Wall Street
Bridgewater Associates Denies Being 'A Cauldron Of Fear And Intimidation'
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio speaks out in defense of his hedge fund. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
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Politics
Someone Apparently Gave Bernie Sanders The Wrong Democratic Party Platform
We see what you did there, Bernie. -
Donald Trump, Politics, Wall Street
Because Wall Street Isn’t Donating, Trump Using Pence As A Koch Tease
Sometimes The Donald’s gotta do what The Donald’s gotta do. -
Bad Ideas
Four Seasons Restaurant Bathing Bro Beauties: Finance Or Law?
Are these your office mates at your hedge fund, I-Bank, or Biglaw firm? -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Securities Law
10 Things To Know About Securities Litigation And Enforcement
A good overview of what it's like to work as a lawyer in securities litigation and enforcement.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: A Harvard Law Fraudster's $3.2 Million Mansion
From a big house to the big house.... -
Crime, Hedge Funds / Private Equity, White-Collar Crime
Andrew W.W. Caspersen’s Lawyers Avoid Having To Represent Him In Court
A.W.W.C. has pleaded guilty. -
Politics, Wall Street
Hank Paulson Gives Hillary The Endorsement She Never Wanted
Time for Hill to whip out that stack of “Thanks But No Thanks” cards. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.21.16
* The details behind the Trump campaign’s non-disclosure agreements. [Associated Press]
* Make sure you are getting paid for the legal work you are doing. [Reboot Your Law Practice]
* A deep dive into the Supreme Court coalitions for dissents. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Your daily dose of lawyer jokes. [JSTOR]
* Podcast with author James B. Stewart, New York Times best-selling author of Den of Thieves, about Wall Street arbitrageur Ivan Boesky and junk-bond king Michael Milken. [Hsu Untied]
* Donald Trump has been hanging out with McCarthy-era lawyer Roy Cohn. What does that mean for the candidate? [Katz Justice]
* $180,000 goes a lot further outside of New York. [Law and More]
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Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Wall Street, White-Collar Crime
A Harvard Law Grad Loses More Than $100 Million; Will He Also Lose His Freedom?
His lawyer blames it all on "a pathological gambling addiction." -
Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Wall Street
Finance And Law: A Missed Opportunity in M&A Deals?
For attorneys who work on mergers and acquisitions, regression forecasting is a great tool to use. -
Jury Duty, Wall Street
Lawyer Asks Jurors Not To Lump Client Of 'Average Intelligence' In With Other Ex-Barclays Traders Accused Of Libor Manipulation
Jonathan Mathew is not having the greatest of days.