Lawyers in BP Spill Claims Probe Retain Defense Counsel

Headlines • Lawyers in BP Spill Claims Probe Retain Defense Counsel • ABA Task Force Delivers Draft Reforms for Legal Education • Program Connects Diverse Attorneys With Legal Bigwigs • JPMorgan Fined $920M in Carefully Crafted London Whale Deal • Ninth Circuit Revives Lawsuit Over Rights to Marley Songs • Bankruptcy Court Can't Weigh Lawyer's Risk in Awarding Fee • L.A. Law • Shareholders in This, That and the Other Court • My Asian Eyes • Patton Boggs Hires Former FEC Chairman Donald McGahn Lawyers in BP Spill Claims Probe Retain Defense Counsel Lawyers targeted in a special report over suspected money laundering and other crimes linked to the $9.6 billion Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement with BP PLC have retained white-collar criminal attorneys as they prepare to object to the findings. Read More » ABA Task Force Delivers Draft Reforms for Legal Education Law schools in the United States are too homogenous and need greater leeway to experiment with their programs. That's one key finding from a draft report issued Friday by the American Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education. Read More » Program Connects Diverse Attorneys With Legal Bigwigs The Leadership Council for Legal Diversity is an initiative spearheaded by law firm managing partners and general counsel to give women, minority attorneys and law students opportunities to network with industry decision-makers and develop leadership skills. Read More » JPMorgan Fined $920M in Carefully Crafted London Whale Deal The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators have wrested a $920 million fine and an admission of wrongdoing from JPMorgan Chase & Co. over last year's "London Whale" trading debacle, which cost the bank more than $6 billion in losses. Read More » Ninth Circuit Revives Lawsuit Over Rights to Marley Songs A record producing company can pursue its lawsuit against Universal Music Group Inc. over licensing rights to several early recordings by reggae legends Bob Marley and the Wailers, a federal appeals court has ruled. Read More » Bankruptcy Court Can't Weigh Lawyer's Risk in Awarding Fee A federal appellate court on Thursday overturned a bankruptcy judge's $350,000 fee award to an attorney and ruled that case law and the bankruptcy code didn't allow the judge to weigh the lawyer's risks in taking the case. Read More » L.A. Law In this report, The National Law Journal recognizes top legal departments and their general counsel at companies in the Southern California region. Read More » Shareholders in This, That and the Other Court Recent decisions are putting the brakes on repetitive litigation stemming from corporate mergers. Read More » My Asian Eyes TV anchorperson Julie Chen had cosmetic surgery to make herself more appealing (less Asian) to viewers. Would you go that far for your career? Read More » Patton Boggs Hires Former FEC Chairman Donald McGahn Patton Boggs has added former chairman of the Federal Election Commission Donald McGahn as a partner, the firm said today. A prominent Republican, McGahn spent five years at the FEC, serving as chairman in during the 2008 election cycle and... Read More »

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