Another Countrywide suit (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)
(Bloomberg) -- Countrywide Financial Corp., the home lender acquired by Bank of America Corp., was sued by Greenwich Financial Services Fund over claims an agreement to reduce payments on mortgages by $8.4 billion would hurt investors.
Seyfarth Shaw Adds Team of 14 Business Services Attorneys to NYC Office (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full-service law firms, today announced that the firm’s New York office has significantly deepened its Business Services Department bench with the addition of a team consisting of nine corporate and finance attorneys, four trusts and estates lawyers and one real estate attorney.
Arrests target home-equity identity theft ring (Los Angeles Times)
Authorities say the group tricked banks and credit unions into wiring $2.5 million from home-equity lines to accounts outside the U.S. Federal authorities this week announced a series of arrests and convictions in connection with a global identity theft ring that stole millions of dollars by hijacking home-equity lines of credit issued to thousands of consumers.
Bryant: Historic takeoff, swift fall (Courier-Post)
After his conviction last week on federal corruption charges and the scathing criticism that followed it, former state Sen. Wayne Bryant did what he has always done.
UBS Clients Seek to Settle With IRS for Taxes on Swiss Accounts (Bloomberg)
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Wealthy UBS AG clients in the U.S., fearing the Swiss bank’s possible disclosure of their names to government authorities, are trying to settle their tax liabilities with the Internal Revenue Service, lawyers said.
UBS Clients Go to IRS to Settle Swiss Account Taxes (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Wealthy U.S. clients of UBS AG are offering to settle their tax liabilities with the Internal Revenue Service before the Swiss bank’s possible disclosure of their names to government authorities, lawyers said.
Morrison Cohen LLP Announces the Addition of Four New Partners to the Firm, Michael R. Dal Lago, David S. Goldstein, ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Morrison Cohen LLP announced today the addition of four new partners to the firm, Michael R. Dal Lago, David S. Goldstein, Paul L. Porretta and Steven N. Rockoff, effective January 1, 2009.
55 Day Pitney Lawyers Selected as 2008 New England Super Lawyers(R) or Rising Stars (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Day Pitney LLP, a leading full-service law firm with offices in Boston, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, DC, announced today that Law & Politics has named 55 Day Pitney lawyers as Super Lawyers® or Rising Stars.
Robinson & Cole Nabs N.Y. and Conn. Attorneys From Thelen (Law.com)
Robinson & Cole has agreed to absorb more than 30 Thelen lawyers from New York and Connecticut offices, adding heft to the firm's construction, real estate, employment and finance practice groups, among others. The addition is in line with "many of our key objectives," which include strengthening the firm's New York office and adding to the firm's intellectual property and technology law ...