« September 20, 2007 | Main | September 22, 2007 »
September 21, 2007
"But it's still not okay in Toronto to ask your mom to haul your free weights from the basement up to your old room."
In Canada, too, "Employment Booming for Older Workers", particularly for women, Borden Ladner's Michael Fitzgibbon notes in his Thoughts from a Management Lawyer. Based on August figures in The Daily, a report of Statistics Canada, a Canadian national agency.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
High-end boutique gets big time limelight.
We think you will be hearing more stories like this one as clients, client reps and GCs continue to get savvier, smarter and more independent in choosing outside counsel. At Law.com's Legal Blog Watch, Robert Ambrogi reports that, at a recent London awards dinner, a Miami-based "Small Firm Wins Big Honor", and an international one at that. Just four lawyers, folks. Excerpt: "While Cantor & Webb may be a small firm, its clients represent big money. The firm focuses exclusively in representing high net worth private international clients in tax planning, estate planning and related matters."
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Rule 23 bummer No. 2: Melvyn Weiss
It's been a "say-it-ain't-so-Joe" week. First, securities class action king William Lerach pleads guilty to paying off a named plaintiff. Now his former partner Melvyn Weiss, according to the New York Times, has been charged personally by the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles with conspiracy, racketeering, obstruction of justice and lying to a grand jury in connection with the same pattern: undisclosed millions paid to named or lead plaintiffs in class action suits. See "Weiss Indicted In Class-Action Kickback Case"; also Overlawyered and links
there. 2008 issues? Weiss, like Lerach, has been a player in national Democratic politics and fundraising. 2008 U.S. presidential election fallout at some point? WAC? is not sure. We do see an over-caffeinated 2008 campaign worker or two going over FEC disclosure reports like they were looking for the good parts in Fanny Hill.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)