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A federal judge in Manhattan sounded so pleasantly optimistic when he approved a $54 million settlement in a sex discrimination class action against Morgan Stanley.

Affinity frauds are investment frauds that prey upon members of identifiable groups, such as religious or ethnic communities, the elderly, or professional groups. The perpetrator will often enlist respected members within the group to spread the word and lend credibility to the fraud. Those members become unwitting pawns in a fraud that exploits trust and friendship that exist in groups of people with something in common. Often the actual fraud is a Ponzi scheme.

With people like Newt Gingrich whipping the waters, a wave of American Islamophobia is raising the frightening prospect of Shariah law being imposed here.

It will be a long time before General Motors Co. can shake the stigma of being called Government Motors. Here’s another nickname for the bailed-out automaker: Goodwill Motors.

Last week was short, but it felt long.

Becoming a clerk on the U.S. Supreme Court seems to require two things: Come from a top-10 law school, and have the right (or left) ideology.

In most venues, the “f-word” is code for a word which typically provokes a range of human reaction. But in my family there are two kinds of f-words, and one of them — Frisbee — always gets the same response from the newest member of the household. And like the two pups who lived with us prior to his arrival, our now-two-year-old dog, Smokey, has taught me a valuable lesson about appellate advocacy.

I recently spoke with an executive whose company produces software to help lawyers record billable time. He discussed failure to record time as a “time leak,” because time is lost — and therefore not billed — when an attorney fails to make contemporaneous notations of work being done.

If Ronald Reagan were alive today, he would see the fruits of the legal revolution he ignited in last week’s stunning court-ordered halt of new embryonic stem cell research.

When famed Texas trial lawyer John O’Quinn skidded off a Houston parkway in a speeding SUV and slammed into a tree last October, he left behind a mixed legacy. He had won billions of dollars for clients but incurred rebukes ...

A well-thought-out event strategy is a key part of any firm’s marketing and business development planning. Events selected for sponsorship or planned by your firm should be aligned with its growth goals, industry and practice groups and market location for ...