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Goldman Sachs Backs Off Blogger
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2009/07/16 11:17
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In an article for a href=http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202432304181amp;Goldman_Sachs_Backs_Down_in_Legal_Battle_With_BloggerThe American Lawyer/a, Brian Baxter reports that investment bank firm Goldman Sachs has cooled off on legal battles with Florida-based blogger Mike Morgan. The company quietly agreed to stipulations with Morgan last month.
Morgan agreed to a disclaimer on his page denying any affiliation with Goldman. In return, they will not interfere with his use of the name on the site.
A recent Rolling Stone a href=http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/06/goldman-sachs-engineering-every-major.htmlarticle/a by Matt Taibbi has brought more attention to the controversial issues Morgan discusses on the website. In the article Taibbi calls the firm a vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity.
Goldman Sachs has responded by saying the article is full of conspiracy theories and, We reject the assertion that we are inflators of bubbles and profiteers in busts, and we are painfully conscious of the importance of being a force of good.
The firm recently reported $3.4 billion in second quarter profits, exceeding all expectations. |
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Sotomayor nominated to high court
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2009/05/26 09:23
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President Barack Obama chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, praising her as an inspiring woman with both the intellect and compassion to interpret the Constitution wisely.
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Obama said Sotomayor has more experience as a judge than any current member of the high court had when nominated, adding she has earned the respect of colleagues on the bench, the admiration of many lawyers who argue cases in her court and the adoration of her clerks, who look to her as a mentor./ppStanding next to Obama at the White House, Sotomayor recalled a childhood spent in a housing project in the Bronx as well as her upper-echelon legal career: I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government./ppBarring the unexpected, Senate confirmation seems likely, given the large Democratic majority. If approved, she would join Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the second woman on the current court, the third in history. She would succeed retiring Justice David Souter./ppSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., issued a statement saying he looked forward to working with both Democrats and Republicans on the Judiciary Committee to confirm Judge Sotomayor as the first Hispanic and the third woman to sit on the court./p |
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Recession cuts law firm growth
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2009/05/26 04:23
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| pThe growth in Israeli law firms' activity came to a halt in 2008, due to the recession and reduction in companies' business, which reduced demand for legal services, reports BDICoface in the BDICode 2009. /ppBDI says that the number of attorneys employed in Israel's 20 largest law firms was unchanged in 2008, compared with 2007, at 1,203. The number of law firms employing more than 100 attorneys was also unchanged, at five. /ppHowever, the number of partners at law firms rose by 8% in 2008, which BDI attributes to the firms' wish to keep employees by promoting them. /ppBDI says that 3,167 new attorneys entered the profession in 2008, 14% more than in 2007. BDI points to the steady growth in recent years in law graduates from colleges compared with universities: in 2008, 72% of all law graduates came from colleges. On the other hand, 95% of university law school graduates passed the bar, compared with 85% of college university graduates. /ppIn the 2008 BDI rankings, Herzog Fox amp; Neeman Law Office kept its first place ranking, and Goldfarb, Levy, Eran, Meiri amp; Co. kept its second place ranking. Meitar Liquornik Geva amp; Leshem Brandwein rose to third place from fifth place in 2007, and Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Nalevy, Greenberg amp; Co. fell to fifth place from third in 2007. Yigal Arnon amp; Co. stayed in fourth place. /p |
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Students who paid to attend inauguration sue
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2009/05/14 10:04
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A lawsuit was filed in federal court Wednesday on behalf of more than 15,000 students who paid thousands to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration but reportedly were left out in the cold.
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The lawsuit filed in Washington says Vienna, Va.-based Envision EMI promised middle, high school and college students across the country special access to the inauguration, parade and a black tie inaugural ball on Jan. 20./ppBut the lawsuit, filed by attorneys of two students, says once the students got to Washington, they had no tickets for the inauguration or parade. And the balls they attended were not official events connected to the inauguration./ppEnvision, a for-profit company that reportedly brought in $40 million from the inaugural sales, has said it would refund students $1 million. But the lawsuit says that would only reimburse each attendee about $65. The students were charged $2,380 to $2,620 and also had to pay for travel to Washington, formal wear for the ball and in some cases extra meals not included in the base cost./ppThese kids took odd jobs and raised funds from family, friends and strangers in order to participate in the defendants' inaugural youth conference to eyewitness a truly historical event, said Bernard DiMuro of DiMuroGinsberg PC, which filed the lawsuit jointly with another law firm, Hausfeld LLP. Instead all they saw was the inside of a bus or were dropped off near the Washington Monument to fend for themselves./p |
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