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Even if they won’t admit it, most folks enjoy the journey of the mighty when they fall from high perches. Or stumble. The mighty law firm Milbank Tweed recently stumbled in a trademark case brought on its own behalf. First, ...

When Marian T. May attended a funeral at Highlands’ town cemetery, she went to say a final goodbye to her best friend. She was not prepared for what happened next. “I went to a funeral, and I ended up in ...

Minneapolis law firm dissolves, citing competition Rider Bennett, a 91-attorney Minneapolis law firm, is closing down after 47 years, citing “today’s increasingly challenging marketplace.” Rider Bennett wasn’t growing fast enough to compete as a regional firm in the city, managing ...

Lawyers can be the ultimate outsiders, maintaining an objective distance from deals and disputes, directing traffic from the sidewalk. In-house attorneys live in the middle of the intersection. Barry Shapiro, an attorney at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, remembers his ...

As general counsel for Lufthansa in North America, Arthur Molins had to help the airline quickly comply with new U.S. regulations on carrying on liquids. Photo by Bob Giglione Arthur Molins, Lufthansa’s general counsel for North America, got the news ...

The duties of Michael Ettinger, Henry Schein’s general counsel, include preparing the company’s board book for every meeting, helping new board members understand the company and serving as meeting secretary. Photo by Bob Giglione Who wrote the book on boards ...

William Wissemann, front, vice president and general counsel for the New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, works with Jim Fabian, partner at the Jericho law firm Nixon Peabody and the medical center’s outside counsel. Photo by Bob Giglione Jim ...

The Bush administration acknowledged that some lost White House e-mails might have dealt with the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, as a Senate panel stepped up demands for more information on the removal of the prosecutors. It “can’t be ruled ...

Part of the price of being a defense attorney is, right or wrong, you’ll often be perceived as the person trying to get the bad guy off the hook. The challenges of building a defense can be made that much ...

Lee’s Summit man wanted for kidnapping found in Honduras A Lee’s Summit man told his wife one morning he would stay home with their three children, so she could have a day to herself. She took him up on it. ...

Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee filed a lawsuit Thursday to access records she says the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority is illegally withholding. The petition filed in Cole County Circuit Court asks for the student loan agency to comply with ...