August 2017
- Encryption and illicit/illegal Wall Street emails:[TOP TEN]“Insider trading schemes using encrypted apps alarm FBI” (FT, 8/20/17)
- Female Trial Lawyers:“A judge wants a bigger role for female lawyers. So he made a rule” (NYT, 8/23/17)
July 2017
- Banker Found Shot Dead:“Ex-chairman of Spanish bank is found dead of a gunshot wound” (NYT, 7/19/17)
- Lawyers and Drug Abuse:[TOP TEN]“The lawyer, the addict” (NYT, 7/15/17)
- Quants: “Billionaire quants intensify their ‘smart factor’ smackdown” (FT, 7/19/17)
- Women in Law: “‘A bleak picture’ for women trying to rise at law firms” (NYT, 7/24/17)
June 2017
- Quants: “Citigroup adds quant trader Thomas Chippas to boost equities business” (WSJ, 6/2/17)
- Ron Fienberg:[TOP TEN]“From 9/11 to Orlando, Ken Feinberg’s alter ego in compensating victims” (NYT, 6/23/17)
May 2017
- Female Law Partner Compensation:“Lawsuit presses the issue of lower pay for female law partners” (NYT, 5/7/17)
- Harvard Law School New Approach:[TOP TEN]“Harvard Law expands deferral program, pushing students to gain work experience” (NYT, 5/3/17)
- Law Firm Psychologists:“Law firms finally say it’s OK to see a therapist” (WSJ, 5/24/17)
- NY US Attorney’s Office:“Who bugged the office of New York’s top prosecutor? Actual bugs” (WSJ, 5/23/17)
- Quants: “An algorithm, an ETF and an academic study walk into a bar” (WSJ, 5/11/17)
- Yale Financial Crisis Model:[TOP TEN]“Yale to build tool offering real-time lessons on financial crises” (WSJ, 5/9/17)
April 2017
- Corporate America Greed Culture:[TOP TEN]“Book pins corporate greed on a lust bred at Harvard” (NYT, 4/10/17)
- Earnings Calls and Investor Relations Officers:[TOP TEN]“Hollow theatre of the earnings call exposed by its directors” (FT, 4/6/17)
- Goldman Sachs:[TOP TEN]“How Goldman Sachs made more than $1 billion with your credit score” (WSJ, 4/9/17)
- Goldman Sachs Culture:
- “Goldman goes beyond annual review with real-time employee feedback” (WSJ, 4/21/17)
- “Millennial employees confound big banks” (WSJ, 4/8/16)
- Law Firm Diversity:[TOP TEN]“Facebook pushes outside law firms to become more diverse” (NYT, 4/2/17)
- Quants: [TOP TEN]“With 125 PhD.s in 15 countries, a quant ‘alpha factory’ hunts for investing edge” (WSJ, 4/6/17)
- Wall Street Pressure:[TOP TEN]“Wall Street made Charles Murphy successful and rich, but happiness eluded him” (WSJ, 4/9/17)
- Women and Wall Street:“‘Hand to hand combat’ and other wisdom from Wall Street’s top women” (WSJ, 4/19/17)
March 2017
- Banking Ethics and Morality:[TOP TEN]“The banker-turned-seminarian trying to save Citigroup’s soul” (WSJ, 3/17/17)
- My Cousin Vinnie & Trial Advocacy:[TOP TEN]“Atticus Finch, Perry Mason and Michael Clayton have nothing on the legal profession’s favorite attorney: Vinny” (WSJ, 3/13/17)
February 2017
- Lawyer Misconduct:[TOP TEN]“Wearing wig, lawyer tried to sell confidential document, U.S. charges” (NYT, 2/8/17)
January 2017
- Algorithms and Automated Collusion:“Policing the digital cartels” (FT, 1/8/17)
- “Elite Law Firms”: “With competition fierce, even elite law firms resort to the unusual” (NYT, 1/9/17)
- Whistleblowers: “JPMorgan ordered to pay damages for firing whistle-blower” (NYT, 1/11/17)
December 2016
- “Crowdsourcing” Lawyer Selection: “When finding the right lawyer seems daunting, crowdsource one” (NYT, 12/28/16)
- Large Litigation Financing:[TOP TEN]“Burned Carlyle investor backs suit against private-equity firm” (WSJ, 12/6/16)
- Work Pressure and Suicide:“Chief of Dentsu, Japanese ad agency, to resign over employee’s suicide” (NYT, 12/28/16)
November 2016
- Large Law Firms:“Law firms Arnold & Porter, Kaye Scholer set to combine” (WSJ, 11/10/16)
- Law Firm Partners:[TOP TEN]“Law firms, struggling financially, cull partner ranks” (NYT, 11/21/16)
- Whistleblowers:
- “‘My soul feels taller’: a whistle-blower’s $20 million vindication” (NYT, 11/25/16)
- [TOP TEN]“Theranos whistleblower shook the company—and his family” (WSJ, 11/16/16)
October 2016
- CEO’s “Political Prisoner” defense:“Convicted ex-Massey CEO calls self ‘political prisoner’ in booklet” (WSJ, 10/5/16)
- Law Firm Partners:“Law firms demote partners as pressure mounts over profits” (WSJ, 10/10/16)
September 2016
- Courtroom Opportunities for Young Lawyers:“More junior lawyers would please courts” (WSJ, 9/25/16)
- Quants: “Quants do the math on a new target: insurance” (WSJ, 9/27/16)
August 2016
- Confidential Settlements:[TOP TEN]“Secrecy of settlements at Fox News hid bad behavior” (NYT, 8/18/16)
- Greed and Investing:“Is greed good? No, it’s seriously bad for your wealth” (FT, 8/19/16)
- Quants: “Investors switch from humans to algorithms” (FT, 8/3/16)
July 2016
- Forecast/Prediction Inaccuracy:“In uncertain times, CEOs lose faith in forecasts” (WSJ, 7/12/16)
- Prosecutorial Misconduct: “Reining in prosecutorial misconduct” (WSJ, 7/4/16)
- Women in Law:
- “Faiza Saeed to become first woman to lead Cravath, Swaine & Moore” (NYT, 7/13/16)
- “Cravath, Swaine & Moore names Faiza Saeed as presiding partner” (WSJ, 7/13/16)
June 2016
- Bankers and Risk-Taking:[TOP TEN]“Personalities key in shaping banks’ risk taking, study says” (FT, 6/19/16)
- Law School as an Investment:“Law school a solid investment, despite pay discrepancies” (NYT, 6/21/16)
- Legal Fees: “Corporate clients push back after law firms hike starting salaries” (WSJ, 6/15/16)
- Loss of CEO Job and Suicide:[TOP TEN]“The lessons from the suicides at Zurich Insurance” (FT, 6/1/16)
- McKinsey Conflicts of Interest:
- [TOP TEN]“McKinsey’s secret $5bn fund in spotlight” (FT, 6/5/16)
- [TOP TEN]“Inside McKinsey’s private hedge fund” (FT, 6/5/16)
May 2016
- Litigation Financing:
- “Revenge and the future of media finances” (NYT, 5/26/16)
- “Peter Thiel, Gawker, and the risks of making the courthouse a private sandbox for the wealthy” (LAT, 5/25/16)
- Loss of CEO Job and Suicide:“Ex-Zurich chief’s suicide highlights executive stress” (FT, 5/31/16)
- Luck, Talent, Hard Work and Success:[TOP TEN]“Are you successful? If so, you’ve already won the lottery” (NYT, 5/20/16)
April 2016
- “Disgraced Trader”: [TOP TEN]“A disgraced trader’s struggle for redemption” (WSJ, 4/29/16)
- India Tycoon:“Vijay Mallya, Indian ‘King of Good Times,’ dethroned by debt” (NYT, 4/28/16)
- Legal Fees: “Technology: breaking the law” (FT, 4/11/16)
March 2016
- Conflicts of Interest: “When an analyst has a stake in the stock he picks” (NYT, 3/18/16)
- High Speed Trading:“US exchanges: the ‘speed bump’ battle” (FT, 3/7/16)
- “Stock Fraud” Techniques: “Faking it for fun and profit” (FT, 3/17/16)
February 2016
- ETFs, Risk, and Physics Ph.D.s:
- [TOP TEN]“A new breed of trader on Wall Street: coders with a Ph.D.” (NYT, 2/22/16)
- “Explaining E.T.F.s and how they gained their allure” (NYT, 2/22/16)
- Legal Fees: [TOP TEN]“Legal fees cross new mark: $1,500 an hour” (WSJ, 2/9/16)
January 2016
- Banks and Political Attacks:“Harsh political season for bankers” (WSJ, 1/14/16)
- High Frequency Trading Volatility:Equities policy needs surgery, not band-aids” (WSJ, 1/15/16)
December 2015
- Online Financial Services: “The former big beasts of Wall Street who are shaking up banking with fintech investments” (FT, 12/15/15)
- Whistleblowing and Its Impact: “Bank wrote grievances after firing a broker” (NYT, 12/4/15)
November 2015
- Arbitration and Resolving Disputes:
- “In arbitration, a ‘privatization of the justice system” (NYT, 11/2/15)
- “Arbitration everywhere, stacking deck of justice” (NYT, 11/1/15)
- Global Economy: “The terrible, wonderful, inscrutable economy” (NYT, 11/1/15)
October 2015
- Litigation Finance: “Should you be allowed to invest in a lawsuit” (NYT, 10/22/15)
- Wall Street Culture:
- “In defense of demonized Wall Street” (WSJ, 10/23/15)
- [TOP TEN]“A grueling pace and a tragic end” (NYT, 10/4/15)
September 2015
- Diversity and Silicon Valley: “Silicon Valley, seeking diversity, focuses on blacks” (NYT, 9/4/15)
- Large Law Firms: “Law firms pile on posh amenities to build up business” (WSJ, 9/4/15)
August 2015
- Allegations of Attorney Misbehavior: “A Bentley, secret emails and a credit-card antitrust case. The strange life of lawyer Keila Ravelo” (WSJ, 8/31/15)
- Automated Trading and Market Volatility: [TOP TEN]“Welcome to a wild world of robot investing” (FT, 8/28/15)
July 2015
- Bank Culture: “Elevator to the bottom” (WSJ, 7/21/15)
- Contract Lawyer Fees:
- “Wage lawsuit against Skadden Arps can proceed, appeals court says” (WSJ, 7/24/15)
- “Skadden law firm may be required to pay overtime for contract lawyers” (NYT, 7/24/15)
June 2015
- Cyber Hacks: “U.S. unsure what hackers got” (6/6/15)
- Wall Street Work Culture: “Reflections on stress and hours on Wall St.” (NYT, 6/2/15)
May 2015
- Finance: “Why finance is too much of a good thing” (FT, 5/27/15)
April 2015
- Bloomberg Data Crash and Market Turmoil?:
- “Bloomberg terminal outage roils trading” (WSJ, 4/18/15)
- “Bloomberg data crash puts market in turmoil” (NYT, 4/18/15)
- Civil RICO and Chevron/Donziger Appeal:
- “Ecuadoreans’ Chevron suit may require a US retrial” (WSJ, 4/21/15)
- [TOP TEN]“Chevron, Donziger to face off over $9.5 billion judgment” (WSJ, 4/20/15)
- Future of Law Schools: “Despite forecasts of doom, signs of life in the legal industry” (NYT, 4/1/15)
- Large Law Firms:
- “Law firm Dentons extends reach with yet another merger” (WSJ, 4/9/15)
- “Gap between law firms grows” (WSJ, 4/6/15)
- Law Schools’ Lost Generation: “Burdened with debt, law school graduates struggle in job market” (NYT, 4/27/15)
- Wall Street Traders and Altruism: “The trader who donates half his pay” (NYT, 4/5/15)
March 2015
- Buffett on Wall Street Banks: “A warning from Buffett about banks” (NYT, 3/3/15)
- Human Rights Lawyers on Corporate Defendants: “Companies turn tables on human rights lawyers” (NYT, 3/6/15)
- Silicon Valley Sex Bias Trial: “Venture capitalist testifies in Silicon Valley sex bias suit” (LAT, 3/4/15)
February 2015
- Creative Languaging: “How loopholes turned Dish Network into a ‘very small businss’” (NYT, 2/25/15)
- Lawsuits and the Internet: “Lawsuit’s lurid details draw an online crowd” (NYT, 2/23/15)
- Wall Street Culture: [TOP TEN]“As regulators focus on culture, Wall Street struggles to define it” (WSJ, 2/2/15)
January 2015
- Detroit Bankruptcy Legal Fees: “Record fees in Detroit bankruptcy” (WSJ, 1/4/15)
- High Frequency Trading: “Casualties mount in speed-trading arms race” (FT, 1/23/15)
- Investment Speculators: “Still want to trade currencies” (WSJ, 1/17/15)
- Largest Law Firm: “Denton’s deal to create largest law firm” (FT, 1/23/15)
- Scalia and Sarcasm Index: “Scalia lands top at sarcasm index of justices. Shocking.” (NYT, 1/20/15)
December 2014
- Bank Monitoring and Rogue Traders: “Banks tap into big data to trap wily tradersup staff monitoring” (FT, 12/1/14)
- Big Law Firm Bonuses: “Big law firms bringing back hefty bonuses for associates” (NYT, 12/3/14)
- Dewey Criminal Case and D&O Insurance Carrier: “Devil’s in the details for firms’ directors and officers insurance” (LA Daily Journal, 12/5/14)
- Dutch Banks’ Ethics Oath: “With ethics oath, Dutch banks seek redemption” (NYT, 12/15/14)
- Rainmaking Partners and Law Firm Destabilization:“The rise and fall of a rainmaker” (NYT, 12/13/14)
- US Supreme Court Attorneys: “The best lawyers money can buy” (NYT, 12/26/14)
November 2014
- Banking Culture: “Banking makes you less honest, research finds” (FT, 11/20/14)
- Big Law Firm Mergers: “Bingham joins with Morgan Lewis” (WSJ, 11/17/14)
- Women on Boards: “Female CEOs make room for female directors” (WSJ, 11/11/14)
October 2014
- International Arbitrations: “Toxic talks” (FT, 10/7/14)
- Nobel Prize in Economics and Bank Regulation:
- “A Nobel award for work of true economic value” (FT, 10/15/14)
- “Economics Nobel for work on regulating business” (NYT, 10/14/14)
- Law Firm Finances: “Law firm Bingham weighs options” (FT, 10/23/14)
- Quants and the Museum of Math: “In theory, the chaos ball is greater than the sum of its parts” (WSJ, 10/20/14)
- Rainmaking Partners and Law Firm Destabilization:“Open season on rainmakers” (WSJ, 10/20/14)
- Risk Takers: “So you think you’re a risk-taker?” (WSJ, 10/24/14)
- Trading Algorithms and Investment Banking: “Automated algorithms offer greater choice, but risks remain” (FT, 10/5/14)
- Women in Major Firms: “More women lead law firms” (WSJ, 10/5/14)
September 2014
- Dark Pools: “Firm to start a dark pool for bonds” (WSJ, 9/4/14)
- Global Arbitrations:“Cities compete to be the arena for global legal disputes” (NYT, 9/12/14)
- In-House Legal Work: “Companies curb use of outside law firms” (WSJ, 9/15/14)
- Preparations for Prison: “How to ease yourself into the prison experience” (FT, 9/19/14)
August 2014
- Attorney-Client Privilege and Company Lawyers’ Investigation of Wrongdoing: “Keeping the company’s lawyers silent can shelter wrongdoing” (NYT, 8/27/14)
- Best Business Books: “Absorbing events past in summer’s reading list” (NYT, 8/26/14)
- Big Data Scientist and High Tech Companies: “Tech firms; most wanted: Big Data Scientist” (WSJ, 8/10/14)
- FINRA Arbitrations: ” What the arbitration panel didn’t want to hear “(NYT, 8/31/14)
- Lawyer Breach of Fiduciary Duty Case: “Prince of Torts May be on Hook” (WSJ, 8/11/14)
- Shakespeare and Lawyers: “To kill or not to kill all the lawyers? That is the question” (WSJ, 8/18/14)
- Wall Street “Work-Life-Pay” Balance: “Wall Street bankers reflect on work-life-pay balance” (FT, 8/12/14)
July 2014
- Bank Culture: “BofA lifts junior staff numbers in wake of summer intern’s death” (FT, 7/16/14)
- Creativity: “The creative climate” (NYT, 7/8/14)
- Elite Law Firms: “Elite law firms reign as mega-deals blossom” (WSJ, 7/14/14)
- The Information of Failure: “Failure is fine if the truth is not sweetened” (FT, 7/15/14)
- Law Firm Bankruptcies:
- “Court says Howrey estate claims should be tossed” (LA Daily Journal, 7/30/14)
- “Defunct law firms lose on unfinished business” (WSJ, 7/7/14)
- “Court rules for partners who take cases to new firms” (LA Daily Journal, 7/2/14)
- Repeat Victims and Fraudsters: “Most victims are once bitten, twice shy except when it comes to fraud” (NYT, 7/24/14)
- Serial Whistleblowers: [TOP TEN]“Are serial whistleblowers useful tipsters or only in it for the money?” (WSJ, 7/24/14)
- Short Selling’Vigilante’:
- “The magic runs out for a Spanish charmer” (WSJ, 7/9/14)
- “Short seller Gotham unmasks Gowex, but stays in shadows” (WSJ, 7/9/14)
- “Shorting vigilante pulls no punches” (FT, 7/8/14)
- “Spain scrambles to limit Gowex jitters” (FT, 7/8/14)
- “Gowex declares bankruptcy and admits accounts were falsified” (FT, 7/7/14)
June 2014
- Bad Emails: “Allergan’s bitter pill for Morgan Stanley” (WSJ, 6/17/14)
- Bank Risk Officers Rise in Power: [TOP TEN] “At bruised banks, naysayers rise” (WSJ, 6/26/14)
- Delaware Approach to Corporate Legal Bills: “Fight over corporate legal bills on hold“ (WSJ, 6/23/14)
- Entrepreneurship and Happiness: “Happiness is to follow your own way in life” (FT, 6/25/14)
- Law Firm Jobs: “Law firms hire anew” (WSJ, 6/23/14)
- Law Firm Bankruptcies:[TOP TEN] “Ruling challenges claims by defunct law firms” (WSJ, 6/12/14)
- Public Apologies: “I’m sorry you were offended“ (WSJ, 6/17/14)
- Risk Taking: [TOP TEN]“The biology of risk” (NYT, 6/8/14)
May 2014
- Bankers “Mindfulness” and Stress Relief: “‘Mindfulness’ gives stressed-out bankers something to think about” (FT, 5/5/14)
- Chevron $9.5 billion Ecuardor settlement and allegation of plaintiffs’ fraud:
- “Law firm to settle case with Chevron” (FT, 5/8/14)
- “Patton Boggs agrees to pay Chevron $15 million” (NYT, 5/8/14)
- “Patton Boggs settles dispute with Chevron over pollution case” (NYT, 5/8/14)
- Economic Analysis and Flawed Data:
- “Flawed data on rich weaken Piketty’s main argument” (FT, 5/24/14)
- “Star economist Piketty did his sums wrong in bestseller that tapped inequality” (FT, 5/25/14)
- Howrey Bankruptcy: “Howrey estate could reap $5M in new clawbacks” (LA Daily Journal, 5/7/14)
- Indiscrete Instant Messages: “Warning shot as Deutsche Bank runs out of patience with traders ‘vulgarity’” (FT, 5/19/14)
- Judicial Ethics: “Judge who praised lawyer leaves post” (WSJ, 5/24/14)
- Law Firm Mergers:
- “Patton Bogg’s risky course” (WSJ, 5/27/14)
- “Powerful law firms will join forces” (NYT, 5/24/14)
- “Merger is last stop for Patton Boggs” (WSJ, 5/24/14)
- “Patton-Squire deal hits speed bump” (WSJ, 5/23/14)
- “Law firms to poll Partners on merger” (WSJ, 5/19/14)
- New California Civility Oath: “A higher bar for state’s lawyers” (LAT, 5/3/14)
- “Shocking” Legal Fees: “Judge calls legal costs ‘shocking’ in Nortel case” (WSJ, 5/9/14)
- Teaching Economics Post–2008 Financial Crisis: “Change of course” (FT, FT, 5/19/14)
- Women, Billing Rates and Rain Making: “Women partners still lag behind men in billing rates, management roles” (WSJ, 5/5/14)
April 2014
- Art and Wall Street’s Criminals: [TOP TEN] “Capturing on canvas the downfall of Wall Streets criminals” (NYT, 4/15/14)
- Bank Corporate Cultures and Work Hours: “Banks ease for junior staff, but workload stays same” (NYT, 4/10/14)
- “Big Data”:
- “Big data: love it or face ‘permanent pink slip’” (WSJ, 4/9/14)
- “Eight (no, nine!) problems with big data” (NYT, 4/7/14)
- Charles Keating and the Lincoln Savings and Loan Case: “Zealot who saw virtue in a thrift and left savers with zero” (FT, 4/5/14)
- Cybercrimes: “FBI informant is tied to cyber attacks abroad” (NYT, 4/24/14)
- Criminal Non-Prosecution and Deferred-Prosecution Agreements with Banks: [TOP TEN]“Your homework assignment: sue the federal government” (NYT, 4/9/14)
- Dark Pools: “Goldman Sachs weighs shutting its dark pool” (WSJ, 4/9/14)
- Jim Brosnahan’s Pro Bono Defense of Jackson: “Consultant in Yee scandal lands a top-notch defense lawyer” (LA Daily Journal, 4/3/14)
- “Kiosks” and Solo Investment Bankers (Taubman): “Goldman, Citi, UBS…and a guy in an office” (NYT, 4/19/14)
- Law Firm Mergers:“A tough case for law-firm mergers” (WSJ, 4/14/14)
- Law Firm Incomes: “Large law firms made modest gains last year” (WSJ, 4/29/14)
- Major Law Firm Closures:
- [TOP TEN] “Bankruptcy specialist folds” (WSJ, 4/26/14)
- “Noted bankruptcy will shutter” (LA Daily Journal, 4/17/14)
- Notorious Embezzler of the 1930s (Richard Whitney): “Blue blood, red ink” (WSJ, 4/26/14)
- “Pseudo Mathematics and Financial Charlatanism”: “When use of pseudo-maths adds up to fraud” (FT, 4/17/14)
- Wall Street Culture and Ethics: “The cubs of Wall Street” (NYT, 4/13/14)
- Zurich CFO suicide and work pressures:
- “Widow confronts Swiss insurer over death” (WSJ, 4/3/14)
- “Wife rebukes Zurich over investigation into suicide” (FT, 4/3/14)
March 2014
- Bank Global Compliance Head moves to Law Firm: “D Bank compliance head leaves” (FT, 3/7/14)
- Big Law Firm Profits:
- “Partner departures at Patton Boggs raise issues about merger talks” (WSJ, 3/31/14)
- “Lobbying firm Patton Boggs fights for itself” (WSJ, 3/10/14)
- “Patton Boggs hires advisers to aid in financial overhaul” (WSJ, 3/4/14)
- Chevron $19 Billion Verdict and Plaintiff Fraud Allegations:
- “Ruling in Chevron;s Ecuador case inspires a RICO refresher” (Daily Journal, 3/31/14)
- [TOP TEN] “Chevron to pursue claims against Patton Boggs in Ecuador case” (WSJ, 4/1/14)
- [TOP TEN] “Chevron seeks fees in racketeering trial” (WSJ, 3/20/14)
- [TOP TEN] “How business can fight fraudulent lawsuits” (WSJ, 3/7/14)
- [TOP TEN]“Judge rips lawyer, boosting Chevron” (WSJ, 3/5/14)
- [TOP TEN]“Big victory for Chevron over claims in Ecuador” (NYT, 3/5/14)
- Goldman Sachs Conflict of Interest Allegations: “Questions over GOldman deal as investors sit in the dark” (NYT, 3/20/14)
- Goldman’s Culture:
- “Parodist of Goldman finds a new publisher” (NYT, 3/20/14)
- “Book deal falls apart for parodist of Goldman” (NYT, 3/7/14)
- Goldman’s Image: “Goldman discovers that money can buy respect” (FT, 3/7/14)
- Suicide of Deutsche Bank Executive: [TOP TEN]“Executive who committed suicide anxious amid Deutsche Bank probes” (WSJ, 3/26/14)
- Women and Law Firm Leadership: “Law firms try female leadership” (FT, 3/11/14)
February 2014
- Academia and the Real World: “Smart minds, slim impact” (NYT, 2/15/14)
- “Age of Apologies”: “Too many sorry excuses for apology” (NYT, 2/4/14)
- Big Data, Quants, and Automated Trading:
- “High-speed stock traders turn to laser beams” (WSJ, 2/12/14)
- “Big data lets us see a little further into the unknown” (FT, 2/12/14)
- Big Law Firm Profits:
- “Patton Boggs in early merger talks with Squire Sanders” (NYT, 2/28/14)
- [TOP TEN] “Law firms: the great divide” (WSJ, 2/26/14)
- “Patton Boggs in merger talks” (WSJ, 2/27/14)
- Goldman and Anonymous Twitter Account: “‘Goldman’ tattletale exposed (He was never in the elevator)” (NYT, 2/25/14)
- Make-up of Federal Bench: “The Homogeneous Federal bench” (NYT, 2/7/14)
- Phoning from Prison: “Phoning from prison, from prices through the roof” (NYT, 2/2/14)
- Stress Hormone and Financial Crisis: “Scientists link stress hormone to financial crisis” (FT, 2/20/14)
January 2014
- Bank Performance 2013: “For banks, hard work starts now” (WSJ, 1/7/14)
- Big Law Firm Partner Bankruptcy: [TOP TEN]“A lawyer and partner, and also bankrupt” (NYT, 1/25/14)
- Business School and Risk Assessment: “Two paths to risk reduction in curriculum” (FT, 1/2/14)
- CEO Beauty Premium: “Never mind the resume. How hot is the CEO?” (NYT, 1/7/14)
- Emotion and Decision Making: “Emotions at work in finance” (FT, 1/16/14)
- Ethics and Bankers: [TOP TEN]“In life and business, learning to be ethical” (NYT, 1/12/14)
- Ex-Prisoner Helping Prisoners: “A shot at banking behind bars” (WSJ, 1/31/14)
- Financial Forecasting: “Great minds failed profits” (WSJ, 1/4/14)
- Jury Nullification: “Another path to ‘not guilty‘” (WSJ, 1/23/14)
- Wall Street Culture and Ethics:
- “Deutsche and Citi join banks’ moves to ease long-hours culture for interns” (FT, 1/25/14)
- “Goldman to muzzle some chat services” (WSJ, 1/24/14)
- “A tell-all born from Goldman gossip” (NYT, 1/23/14)
- “Heard the Goldman gossip? Tweeting banker has book deal” (FT, 1/23/14)
- “The Wolf of Wall Street– my role in his redemption” (FT, 1/22/14)
- “Bankers and lawyers are on an unhealthy treadmill” (FT, 1/16/14)
- “Banks reassess intern conditions” (WSJ, 1/13/14)
- “Wall St. shock: take a day off, even a Sunday” (NYT, 1/12/14)
- “In scandal’s wake, McKinsey seeks culture shift” (NYT, 1/12/14)
- “US wants ‘wolf’ to pay up” (WSJ, 1/12/14)
- “How ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ really did it” (WSJ, 1/4/14)
December 2013
- Associate Year-End Bonuses:
- “Boies Schiller again pays Associates generous bonuses” (NYT, 12/12/13)
- “For Lawyers at Cravath, this year’s bonuses flat with 2012” (WSJ, 12/3/13)
- BP Claims of Plaintiff Attorney Fraud: “BP accuses Texas lawyer of ‘brazen fraud’ in workers’ claims over Gulf oil spill” (NYT, 12/18/13)
- Ethics and Bankers: “Bankers grapple with questions of ethics” (FT, 12/9/13)
- Hostile Takeovers: “The bad old days of M&A’s” (WSJ, 12/13/13)
- Law Libraries: “Law libraries on way out, professor predicts” (WSJ, 12/30/13)
- Law School Enrollment: “US Law school enrollments fall” (WSJ, 12/18/13)
- Legal Gadfly:
- “Score one for thorn in government’s side behind NSA ruling” (NYT, 12/18/13)
- “Legal gadfly scores his biggest success” (WSJ, 12/18/13)
- Monitoring of Rogue Traders: “Banks scan trader talk for trouble” (WSJ, 12/6/13)
- Offshore Asset Protection: “Paradise of untouchable assets” (NYT, 12/15/13)
- Outspoken Judges: “Jurist Prudence? Candid judges speak out” (WSJ, 12/31/13)
- Wall Street Culture and Ethics: “Untangling ‘Wolf’ scandal” (WSJ, 12/26/13)
November 2013
- Alternative New Lawyer Jobs: “New paths sought for young lawyers” (WSJ, 11/14/13)
- Business Ethics: “Being ethical in business is not as simple as ‘doing the right thing‘” (FT, 11/6/13)
- Chat Rooms and Libor Manipulation: [TOP TEN] “Scandals spur bank ban on chat rooms” (FT, 11/22/13)
- Chevron $19 billion Ecuador Environmental Trial (Donzinger):
- “Lawyer defended in Chevron case” (WSJ, 11/27/13)
- “Chevron assails lawyer who led multibillion-dollar suit against it” (NYT, 11/20/13)
- “Attorney takes stand in Chevron case” (WSJ, 11/19/13)
- “Lawyer concedes mistakes in Chevron case” (NYT, 11/14/13)
- Judicial Revolving Door: “Top Delaware Judge to join law firm” (WSJ, 11/27/13)
- Large Law Firm Mergers:“Client conflicts undermine planned merger of 2 law firms” (NYT, 11/26/13)
- Role of Engineering Risk Analysis in Avoiding Financial Crisis: “The need for an analytical approach to life” (FT, 11/4/13)
- Stanford v. Oregon: “The odd economics of Stanford football” (WSJ, 11/7/13)
October 2013
- Barclays Executive Stress Leave:
- “Barclays’ compliance chief to take leave of absence” (NYT, 10/16/13)
- “Barclays’ Hector Sants takes leave of absence for stress” (WSJ, 10/16/13)
- Chevron $19 billion Ecuador Environmental Trial (Donzinger):
- “Judge hears arguments in Chevron’s case against Ecuadorian judgement” (NYT, 10/16/13)
- “Chevron on the attack: The $19 billion trial of the year starts today” (Bloomberg Businessweek, 10/16/13)
- “Chevron lawyer takes stand i trial over Ecuador verdict” (Bloomberg, 10/16/13)
- “Chevron, Donzinger trade blows as $19B RICO trial begins” (Law360, 10/16/13)
- “The Chevron shakedown exposed” (WSJ, 10/15/13)
- “Lawyer who beat Chevron now defending himself” (WSJ, 10/14/13)
- “Judge, not jury, to hear environmental case” (WSJ, 10/8/13)
- Ethics and Bankers:[TOP TEN]“Bankers back in the classroom” (FT, 10/17/13)
- Goldman Culture:
- “Goldman Sachs eases work conditions of junior investment bankers” (FT, 10/30/13)
- “A kinder, gentler Goldman?” (WSJ, 10/29/13)
- Goldman’s Blankfein’s Reputation: “A moot effort to burnish the reputation of Goldman Sachs” (NYT, 10/24/13)
- Goldman’s “Rapper”: “Goldman Sachs’ secret rapper” (FT, 10/25/13)
- Large Law Firm Mergers: “More law firms look into mergers” (WSJ, 10/28/13)
- Law Firm Billing: “Smaller firms grab big slice of corporate legal work” (WSJ, 10/22/13)
- Private Investigators and Major Investigations: “The truth can be adjusted” (WSJ, 10/17/123)
- Securitizations Forum: “US securitization conferences go head to head in Las Vegas” (FT, 10/21/13)
- Trial of Ecuador Chevron Case against Donziger: “Chevron bids to skip Jury in Ecuador suit” (WSJ, 10/1/13)
September 2013
- Business Consulting (McKinsey): “A high-cost consultant is like an expensive date” (FT, 9/26/13)
- Management Consulting (McKinsey): “In a new book, McKinsey & Co. isn’t all roses” (NYT, 9/3/13)
- McKinsey & Co. and Consulting:
- “Managing McKinsey through scandal” (WSJ, 9/10/13)
- “Tall, and no argyle socks: Some McKinseyite basics” (WSJ, 9/10/13)
- Sandler O’Neill: “On Wall St., a throwback marches on” (NYT. 9/15/13)
- Tax Evasion (Adobe): “Adobe gets creative with Ireland’s tax rules” (FT, 9/13/13)
- Top Women in Banking: “Top women in banking” (NYT, 9/19/13)
- Wall Street Recruiting: “Wall Street is losing the best and brightest” (WSJ, 9/30/13)
- Women and Business School: “A new case study at Harvard Business: gender equality” (NYT, 9/8/13)
- Workaholic Harmful or Not?: “Workaholics on the wagon” (FT, 9/24/13)
August 2013
- Decline in Law School Enrollment: “Faced with job complaints, Loyola law school accepting fewer students” (LAT, 8/20/13)
- Goldman Conflicts of Interest: “Goldman’s arrangement muddles the planned IPO of FireEye” (WSJ, 8/24/13)
- Howrey Bankruptcy: “Trustee strikes key deals in winding down Howrey” (WSJ, 8/19/13)
- Intern’s Death and Investment Banking Hours: “Intern’s death scrutinized” (WSJ, 8/24/13)
- Image of Banks: “Banks have worst industry image” (LAT, 8/29/13)
- Judge Irving (USC Guest Lecturer) Role in San Diego Mayor Filner Mediation:
- “Four who rescued San Diego: Goldsmith, Irving, Gloria, Faulconer” (UT San Diego, 8/25/13)
- “‘Velvet gavel’ struck Filner deal” (UT San Diego, 8/23/13)
- “Filner mediator called ‘incredibly savvy” (UT San Diego, 8/20/13)
- Law Firm Cutbacks: “Reality catches up with storied DC law firm” (WSJ, 8/9/13)
- Law School Faculty Cuts:“Law-school professors discover their jobs less secure” (WSJ,. 8/12/13)
- Law School – 2 years vs. 3years?:
- “Legal education on trial: is the third year necessary?” (WSJ, 8/26/13)
- “Obama says law school should be 2 not 3, years” (NYT, 8/24/13)
- Major Law Firm Departures: “Big name is leaving Boies’s firm after a year” (NYT, 8/23/13)
- Merrill Lynch $160 million Settlement of Racial bias case: “Merril Lynch in big payout for bias case” (NYT, 8/28/13)
- Noncompete Lawsuits: “Litigation over noncompete clauses is rising” (WSJ, 8/16/13)
- Spreadsheet Shenanigans: “Spreadsheets: broken link” (FT, 8/31/13)
- Whistleblowers:
- “The whistleblower debate” (WSJ, 8/12/13)
- “A fugitive with a cause” (NYT, 8/9/13)
- “The whistle-blower’s quandary” (NYT, 8/4/13)
July 2013
- Bank Databases and Low-Income Americans: “Over a million are denied bank accounts for past errors” (NYT, 7/31/13)
- Civility and Litigation: “New judge first in district to bring civility rules to litigation” (LA Daily Journal, 7/22/13)
- Financial Crisis and Law Firm Revenue: “Top law firms boosted by fees from investigations” (FT, 7/10/13)
- Law School Faculty Cuts:“Amid falling enrollment, law schools are cutting faculty” (WSJ, 7/16/13)
- Plaintiffs’ Tort Litigation: “Lawyers’ business model” (NYT, 7/30/13)
- Power: “The path to power and how to use it” (FT, 7/16/13)
- Wall Street Culture and Ethics: [TOP TEN]“On Wall St., a culture of greed won’t let go” (NYT, 7/16/13)
- Wall Street Profitability:
- “Wall Street returns to era of big profits” (FT, 7/20/13)
- “Wall Street wrestles with a problem of too much profit” (FT, 7/16/13)
June 2013
- Chevron Lawsuit: “Judge lifts Chevron asset freeze” (FT, 6/6/13)
- Cost of Bankruptcy Examples: “Do examiners help or hinder?” (WSJ, 6/10/13)
- Ethics and Business Schools: “A business school tackles ethics” (FT, 6/17/13)
- Global Law Firms: “Norton Rose Fulbright begins as global law firm” (WSJ, 6/3/13)
- Headhunter for the Rich: “Headhunter for the rich turns on them” (NYT, 6/18/13)
- Heller Ehrman Bankruptcy: “SF judge to make key rulings in Heller bankruptcy dispute” (LA Daily Journal, 6/6/13)
- Howry Bankruptcy: “Howrey estate settles claims for small amounts” (LA Daily Journal, 6/17/13)
- Law Firm Billing Rates: “Law firms regain some pricing power” (WSJ, 6/22/13)
- Lawyer’s False Expense Claims: “Lawyer accused of faking his expenses over 6 years” (NYT, 6/27/13)
- Lewis Ranieri and Mortgage Bonds: “Mortgage-bond pioneer falters in return” (WSJ, 6/28/13)
- Litigation as a Business Strategy: “Chipping away at success” (WSJ, 6/5/13)
- Marc Rich and the Clinton Pardon:
- “Trader pardoned on Clinton’s final day” (LAT, 6/27/13)
- “Colorful trader became a target for US” (FT, 6/27/13)
- US Supreme Court Arguments and Moot Courts: “A test track for turning up Supreme Court arguments” (NYT, 6/24/13)
- Whistle-blowers:“Protection for defense whistle-blowers” (LA Daily Journal, 6/21/13)
- Weil, Gotshal Mass Layoffs:
- “Law firms: the new normal” (FT, 6/29/13)
- “Mass layoffs at a top-flight law firm” (NYT, 6/25/13)
- “Law-firm slowdown fuels cuts at Weil Gotshal” (WSJ, 6/25/13)
May 2013
- CEO Burnout: “When the CEO Burns Out” (WSJ, 5/8/13)
- Computer v.s. Human Review of Documents: “Software: The attorney who is always on the job” (WSJ, 5/6/13)
- Data Scientists (“Data Rats”): “The new number crunchers” (FT, 5/31/13)
- Financing Plaintiffs’ Lawsuits: “Litigation finance firm BlackRobe shuts down” (WSJ, 5/15/13)
- Goldman Sachs Hiring: “Goldman attracts 17,000 intern applications” (FT, 5/31/13)
- Modeling and Credit Rating Agencies: “‘Eureka’ moment beckons for critics of rating agencies” (FT, 5/23/13)
- Nonlawyers in Law School: “More often, nonlawyers try taste of law school” (WSJ, 5/20/13)
- Partisan Politics and Open Federal Judgeships: “Open Judgeships Show D.C. Dysfunction” (WSJ, 5/14/13)
- Prominent Mediators (Feinberg): “In Boston as before, one man decides charity after tragedy” (NYT, 5/15/13)
- Urban Dictionary and Judging: “For the word on the street, courts call up an online witness” (NYT, 5/21/13)
- Whistleblowers: “Silencing the whistle-blower” (NYT, 5/28/13)
April 2013
- $1150-per Hour Lawyer: [TOP TEN]“On sale, the $1150-per hour lawyer” (WSJ, 4/10/13)
- Computerized Trading Analysis: “Twitter hoax sparks swift stock swoon” (WSJ, 4/24/13)
- Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy: “Law firm’s former leader agrees to settlement deal” (WSJ, 4/24/13)
- Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): “Scandals put spotlight on the human element” (FT, 4/29/13)
- Ethics and Moral Principles: “Our inconsistent ethical instincts” (NYT, 4/1/13)
- Funding of Plaintiffs’ Litigation: [TOP TEN]“$100M litigation fund is launched” (LA Daily Journal, 4/9/13)
- Howrey Bankruptcy:
- “Former Howret partners avoid suit” (LA Daily Journal, 4/5/13)
- [TOP TEN] “Howrey LLP estate targets more firms in complaints” (LA Daily Journal, 4/9/13)
- Largest US Law Firm: “DLA Piper takes over as largest US law firm” (WSJ, 4/26/13)
- Law Firm Billing: “Billing dispute is settled at law firm accused of excessive charges” (NYT, 4/18/13)
- Legal Job Market:“A thin docket for law grads” (LAT, 4/2/13)
- Quants and Mathematical Modeling: [TOP TEN]“Uncovering the human factor in risk management models” (NYT, 4/4/13)
- Safety of Prosecutors, Judges: “Who will protect the protectors?” (WSJ, 4/11/13)
- Second Chance for Rogue Trader: “‘Rogue trader’ in comeback” (WSJ, 4/9/13)
- Wall Street Hiring: “Blind spot covered ex-trader’s trail” (WSJ, 4/9/13)
- Wigs for Hong Kong Lawyers: “Wigged Out: Hong Kong’s Lawyers bristle over horsehair headpieces” (WSJ, 4/30/13)
- Women Executives in Private Equity: “Chipping away at the glass ceiling in private equity” (NYT, 4/3/13)
March 2013
- Billable Hours: “The tyranny of the billable hour” (NYT, 3/29/13)
- Documentaries, Movies and the Financial Crisis: “Mishaps gave filmmakers a gift, and grief” (WSJ, 3/4/13)
- Economics & Values: “A profession with an egalitarian core” (NYT, 3/17/13)
- Federal Backed Mortgages: “When the feds back mortgages” (LAT, 3/1/13)
- Heller Ehrman Bankruptcy:
- “Heller partners’ new firms on hook” (WSJ, 3/13/13)
- “Heller estate wins big against firms” (LA Daily Journal, 3/12/13)
- Howrey Bankruptcy:
- “Howrey partners are assailed on the law firm’s demise” (WSJ, 3/26/13)
- “Howrey settlement sought” (WSJ, 3/25/13)
- “Howrey clawback suits begin in state” (LA Daily Journal, 3/13/13)
- Law Schools: “Top law school cuts admissions” (WSJ, 3/12/13)
- [TOP TEN]Law Firm Billing:“Suit offers a peak at the practice of inflating a legal bill” (NYT, 3/26/13)
- Legal Job Market:
- “To place graduates, Law schools are opening firms” (NYT, 3/8/13)
- “Patton Boggs lays off 65” (WSJ, 3/3/13)
- New Citigroup CEO (Corbat): “Citi’s CEO is keeping score” (WSJ, 3/5/13)
- Student Loans: “Student-loan securities stay hot” (WSJ, 3/4/13)
- Young Lawyers: “Incubators for young lawyers” (NYT, 3/8/13)
February 2013
- Chevron Faces Lawsuits in Argentina: “Chevron trapped in Argentina legal quagmire” (FT, 2/14/13)
- Crowdfunding: “Inventive funding deserves creative regulation” (WSJ, 2/1/13)
- Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy:
- “With a judge’s decision, Dewey is officially dissolved” (NYT, 2/28/13)
- “Several former partners ask judge to overturn Dewey’s bankruptcy plan” (NYT, 2/16/13)
- Documentaries, Movies and the Financial Crisis: “Inquiry into China film trade unnerves Hollywood” (NYT, 2/18/13)
- Iceland Banking Collapse: “Under the volcano” (FT, 2/5/13)
- Investment Banking Culture:
- “‘Saint’ Anthony of Barclays starts to clean up a holy mess” (FT, 2/16/13)
- “Barclays’s unconvincing makeover” (WSJ, 2/13/13)
- “Barclays rolls out its revamp plans” (WSJ, 2/13/12)
- “Barclays is seeking to regain trust after scandal” (LAT, 2/13/12)
- “With big quarterly loss, Barclays announces reorganization and layoffs” (NYT, 2/13/12)
- “Clients wary despite Barclays vows” (FT, 2/13/12)
- “Evangelism belies change at Barclays” (FT, 2/13/12)
- “Jenkins sets out Barclays reinvention” (FT, 2/13/12)
- “Makeover at Barclay’s won’t be extreme” (WSJ, 2/11/13)
- “Barclay;s vows culture shift” (WSJ, 2/6/13)
- Independent Private Consultants for Banks: [TOP TEN] “Doubt is caste on firms hired to help banks” (NYT, 2/1/13)
- Law Firm Hiring: “Cravath makes a splashy lateral hire” (WSJ, 2/8/13)
- Legal Job Market:“To practice law, apprentice first” (NYT, 2/18/13)
- Moral Legal Understanding: “Scholar argued for moral understanding of law” (WSJ, 2/15/13)
- New Secretary of the Treasury (Nominee: Jacob Lew):
- “The Lew standard” (WSJ, 2/28/13)
- “Treasury nominee weathers a wave of questioning” (NYT, 2/26/13)
- “Jack Lew’s Golden Parachute” (WSJ, 2/25/13)
- “Forest Gump at Treasury” (WSJ, 2/22/13)
- “Lew is questioned on tenure at Citiyen” (LAT, 2/14/13)
- “The rookie” (WSJ, 2/14/13)
- “From the Citi to the Caymans” (WSJ, 2/13/13)
- “Lew faces grilling on Cayman fund” (FT, 2/13/12)
- “GOP to grill Lew on tenure at Citi” (WSJ, 2/12/13)
- Private-Label Mortgage Bonds: “Warm welcome for return of the private-label mortgage bond” (FT, 2/23/13)
- Quants and Risk Models:
- “Regulator, go slow on reining in high-speed trading” (WSJ, 2/8/13)
- “Study fuels fears on bank safety” (FT, 2/1/13)
- Reviving Reputations (Steven Rattner): “A reputation, once sullied, acquires a new shine” (NYT, 2/19/13)
- Stock Prices: “Reasons to avoid buying stocks, and why you should ignore them” (NYT, 2/25/13)
- Zombie Ideas: “Rubio and the zombies” (NYT, 2/15/13)
January 2013
- BofA Mortgage Business: “BofA takes a mortgage mulligan” (WSj, 1/16/13)
- CFO Longevity: “5.7: Average tenure in years of CFOs at financial service companies” (WSJ, 1/22/13)
- [TOP TEN]Computer Search Terms: “Rogues revealed by bad language” (FT, 1/7/13)
- Foreclosures: “The states of foreclosure” (WSJ, 1/9/13)
- Howrey Bankruptcy: “Lawsuit against Howrey partners rejected” (LA Daily Journal, 1/14/13)
- Investment Banking Culture:
- “Barclays’ pay chief lambasted for ‘unrepentant’ defense of bonuses” (FT, 1/31/13)
- “It will take more than a stern email to make bankers behave” (FT, 1/29/13)
- “New Barclay’s Chief tells staff to accept change or leave” (NYT, 1/18/13)
- “UBS chief calls on ‘arrogant’ bankers to change” (FT, 1/10/12)
- Judicial Branch Response to the Financial Crisis: “The financial crisis in the courts” (NYT, 1/7/12)
- Law Firm Hiring: “Cravath makes a splashy lateral hire” (WSJ, 2/8/13)
- Law School Applications: “Law school’s applications fall as costs rise and jobs are cut” (NYT, 1/31/13)
- Legal Market: “Layoffs threaten law-firm partners” (WSJ, 1/7/13)
- Manti Te’O Hoax: “Media, Irsih went for fake” (LAT, 1/18/13)
- Policing of Financial Fraud: “Madoff aside, financial fraud defies policing” (NYT, 1/7/13)
- Public Perception of Bankers: “Where banking crisis raged, trust is slow to return” (NYT, 1/26/13)
- Quants and Risk Models:
- [TOP TEN] “Cloud seen in Regulator’s crystal ball for banks” (NYT, 1/11/13)
- Revolving Door: “Federal judge steps down to take post at law firm” (NYT, 1/5/13)
December 2012
- China’s “Shadow Banking” System: “Uncertain foundations” (FT, 12/3/12)
- Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy: “Insurer Aviva sues Dewey’s former managers” (WSJ, 12/18/12)
- Home Resale Values Reach Two-Year High: “Housing and factory data point to economic gains” (NYT, 12/29/12)
- Investment Banking Culture: “Banks must learn from past scandals” (FT, 12/17/12)
- Law Firm Lasts 50 Years: “How Munger Tolles defied the rules and built a national law firm” (LA Daily Journal, 12/4/12)
- Lawyer’s Worst Nightmare: “Lawyer in SF; argument was in LA” (LA Daily Journal, 12/11/12)
- Revolving Door:
- “Ex-Prosecutors use links to forge a path to politics” (WSJ, 12/27/12)
- “Hot commodities: CFTC staffers” (WSJ, 12/27/12)
- Student Multi-Tasking in Class: “Here’s why you won’t finish this article” (WSJ, 12/12/12)
November 2012
- Banks and Political Spending: “Get what you pay for? Not always” (NYT, 11/7/12)
- Social Media and Investment Banks: “Conniving to stay connected at work on Wall Street” (NYT, 11/23/12)
- Danger of High-Risk CLOs: “Traders warn of sting in tail for crisis-era securities” (FT, 11/15/12)
- Dangers of Emails, Texting, and Tweeting:
- “Twitter’s uneasy role in guarding the truth” (NYT, 11/5/12)
- “@the slammer: The perils of sending false tweets” (WSJ, 11/5/12)
- “Think first tweet later” (FT, 11/1/12)
- Danger of Quants and Automated Trading: “Dismal year for quant funds with not strong trends to ride” (FT, 11/29/12)
- Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy: “Creditors seeks to sue Dewey’s ex-leaders” (WSJ, 11/14/12)
- Emails and Privacy: “Email users can’t count on privacy protections” (WSJ, 11/15/12)
- Heller Ehrman Bankruptcy: “Heller estate seeking cash from firms” (LA Daily Journal, 11/29/12)
- Howry Bankruptcy:
- “Defunked Howrey facing WARN Act class actions” (LA Daily Journal, 11/13/12)
- “Creditor files class-action against former Howrey partners” (LA Daily Journal, 11/5/12)
- Investment Banking Culture: “Banking may lose it’s allure for the best and brightest” (FT, 11/1/12)
- Legal Opinions and Judicial Rebuke: “In unusual move Delaware Supreme Court rebukes a judge” (NYT, 11/10/12)
- Social Media Use in High Profile Court Case: “Social media, growing in legal circles, find a role in Florida murder case” (NYT, 11/7/12)
- Women Executives in Finance:
- “Finance chief in reshuffling at JP Morgan” (NYT, 11/20/12)
- “Female inroad on Wall Street” (WSJ, 11/20/12)
October 2012
- Chevron $19B Ecuadorian Lawsuit: “High Court Rejects Chevron Challenge in Ecuador Case” (WSJ, 10/10/12)
- Corporate Ethics: “Corporate Ethics are a matter of life and death” (FT, 10//2/12)
- Dante’s Lessons: “Dante’s white-collar justice” (LA Daily Journal, 10/2/12)
- Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy:
- “Dewey estate weights partner clawbacks” (LA Daily Journal, 10/11/12)
- “Dewey gets settlement plan OK’ed” (LA Daily Journal, 10/10/12)
- “Adding up the true costs of lateral partner buy-in” (LA Daily Journal, 10/4/12)
- “Dewey settlement is approved by judge” (WSJ, 10/10/12)
- “Inquiry into Dewey collapse intensifies” (WSJ, 10/9/12)
- e-Discovery Risks and Costs: “e-Discovery driving litigation costs” (LA Daily Journal, 10/18/12)
- Email ‘Smoking Guns’: “Cull old records to avoid legal ‘smoking guns’ in the archives” (FT, 10/17/12)
- Goldman Culture (Greg Smith Book, “Why I Left Goldman Sachs”):
- “Exposing Wall Street- or not” (WSJ, 10/22/12)
- [TOP TEN] “A tell-all on Goldman has tell worth telling” (NYT, 10/20/12)
- “Ex-trader’s book offers few details on Goldman” (NYT, 10/19/12)
- “Book by disgruntled ex-salesman offers his analysis of the culture at Goldman” (NYT, 10/16/12)
- “Goldman braced for more revelations” (FT, 10/11/12)
- “Goldman’s ‘muppet hung’ draws a blank” (FT, 10/11/12)
- Heller Ehrman Bankruptcy: “Heller Ehrman estate law firms grapple over clawback claims” (LA Daily Journal, 10/17/12)
- Investment Banking Culture:
- “Taking early exits off Wall Street” (WSJ, 10/26/12)
- “Graduates spurn investment banks” (FT, 10/1/12)
- Law Firm Fees: “Law firms face fresh backlash over fees” (WSJ, 10/22/12)
- Law School 3rd Year Reform: “NYU Law plans overhaul of students’ third year” (NYT, 10/17/12)
- Luck vs. Skill in Business Success and Innovation:
- “Accidental Invention: The Post-It note” (FT, 10/9/12)
- “More luck than judgment” (FT, 10/9/12)
- Morgan Stanley’s Value at Risk (“VaR”) Model: “M Stanley shows the ‘flaky’ side of Value at Risk model” (FT, 10/19/12)
- Mortgage-Backed Securitizations: “New era in mortgage bonds?” (WSJ, 10/16/12)
September 2012
- Bad Reputation and Apologies: “The financial incentive to behave badly will endure” (FT, 9/13/12)
- Credit Default Swaps (CDS):
- “Wall Street engineering revival of CDS” (FT, 9/25/12)
- “Why markets need ‘naked’ credit default swaps” (WSJ, 9/11/12)
- Dangers of Quants and Automated Trading:
- “SEC no match for high tech traders” (FT, 9/20/12)
- “The tyranny of algorithms” (WSJ, 9/20/12)
- “Hill peers into market’s fast lane” (WSJ, 9/20/12)
- “Algorithms upend the way workers are paid” (WSJ, 9/20/12)
- Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy:
- “Inquiry into Dewey collapse intensifies” (WSJ, 10/9/12)
- “Dewey partner settlement plan considered by Judge” (LA Daily Journal, 9/24/12)
- “The Blame Game” (WSJ, 9/24/12)
- “Critics attack Dewey settlement” (LA Daily Journal, 9/21/12)
- “Citibank hid firm’s financial troubles, ex-partner at Dewey and LeBoeuf says” (NYT, 9/4/12)
- Goldman Sachs CEO Retires: “Goldman bids farewell to a silent partner– for now” (WSJ, 9/25/12)
- “It makes you weep ball out your eyes”: “A warning on banks” (NYT, 9/14/12)
- Leading White-Collar Defense Counsel:
- [TOP TEN] “Wall Street scandals fill lawyers’ pockets” (NYT, 9/25/12)
- [TOP TEN] “White-collar world” (NYT, 9/25/12)
- Overuse of “I Don’t Recall”: “Sham affidavit sinks test pilots complaint” (LA Daily Journal, 9/11/12)
- Occupy Wall Street Anniversary:
- “Occupy Wall Street: A frenzy that fizzled” (NYT, 9/18/12)
- “What Occupy Wall Street Wants” (LAT, 9/18/12)
- Rating Agencies: “Credit Rating agencies” (FT, 9/10/12)
- Unique Political Moment: “Eastwood says speech was entirely spontaneous” (NYT, 9/8/12)
- U.S. Supreme Court Clerk Bonuses ($280,000): “High-Court clerks attract a frenzy” (WSJ, 9/17/12)
- Volcker Biography: “Confidence in a Crisis” [Book Review of Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence by William Silber] (FT, 9/21/12)
August 2012
- Anthropologist and Financial Risk: “Anthropologist join actuaries to teach us all about risk” (FT, 8/3/12)
- Chevron Damages Ecuador Case: “Judge in Chevron case declines to reject award” (NYT, 8/1/12)
- Crisis Investing: “Crisis management– the argh moment” (FT, 8/16/12)
- Corporations “Goodwill”: “Buyers beware: The goodwill games” (WSJ, 8/14/12)
- Dangers of Quants and Automated Trading:
- An algorithmic future is almost here” (Book review of Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World by Christopher Steiner) (FT, 8/30/12)
- Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy:
- “Dewey reaches settlement threshold” (LA Daily Journal, 8/17/12)
- “Ex-Dewey partners agree to ‘Clawback’” (WSJ, 8/17/12)
- “Former Dewey Partners to return millions in compensation to pay creditors” (NYT, 8/17/12)
- “Dewey adds new twist to settlement” (LA Daily Journal, 8/13/12)
- Forced Vacations?: “Take those two weeks off — or else” (WSJ, 8/29/12)
- Internal Independent Investigation: “Pepper Hamilton to acquire Louis Freeh’s firms” (LAT, 8/29/12)
- Language of Analysts: “Analyst show basic instincts” (WSJ, 8/29/12)
- Law Student Job Market: “Law School Grads face a jobs Crisis (LAT, 8/25/12)
- Misuse of Facebook/Other Social Media by Jurors: “Privacy rights group asks for review in juror Facebook case” (LA Daily Journal, 8/2/12)
- Rating Agencies:
- “Credit rating gadfly leaves S&P” (WSJ, 8/30/12)
- “Kroll rates attention but travels old path” (WSJ, 8/15/12)
- Second Circuit Investigates SEC-Citigroup Settlement (Judge Rakoff): “Professors back judge” (WSJ, 8/20/12)
- Shadow Banking: “Finance must escape the shadows” (FT, 8/1/12)
July 2012
- Bankers “Culture”/Ethics: “Banks, the historical and the ethical” (FT, 7/17/12)
- Chevron Damages Ecuador Case: “Ecuador raises amount Chevron to pay in Amazon lawsuit” (WSJ, 7/30/12)
- Credit-Default Swaps: “Swap market, like Libor, is vulnerable to manipulation” (NYT, 7/19/12)
- “Dark Pools”:
- “‘Dark Pools’ shines a light on electronic stock trading” (LAT, 7/22/12)
- “Timely light shown on some murky areas of trading” (FT, 7/12/12)
- Dewey & LeBoeuf Bankruptcy:
- “Dewey estate’s agreement sees changes” (LA Daily Journal, 7/27/12)
- “For Dewey, a $90 million bill” (WSJ, 7/27/12)
- “Dewey estate to partners: Settle or face lawsuits” (LA Daily Journal, 7/12/12)
- “Dewey seeks claw backs” (WSJ, 7/12/12)
- “Former Dewey partner calls settlement plan a non-starter” (LA Daily Journal, 7/5/12)
- Howrey Bankruptcy: “Howrey’s unfinished business” (WSJ, 7/23/12)
- Hypocritical Journalists?: “Journalism’s misdeeds get a glance in the mirror” (NYT, 7/30/12)
- Law Student Job Market: “Task force to study lawyers’ job market” (WSJ, 7/16/12)
- Lying: “‘Really?'(Can spot a lie based on a person’s eye movements?)” (NYT, 7/17/12)
- Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Fees:
- “Citing fees, panel rejects settlement in class action” (LA Daily Journal, 7/16/12)
- “Court rejects Kellogg class-action settlement” (LAT, 7/14/12)
- Trader Mentality: “Why we’re driven to trade” (WSJ, 7/21/12)
- Trust in the Financial Sector: “Finance needs trusted stewards not toll collectors” (FT, 7/23/12)
June 2012
- AIG Toxic Securities: “NY fed to auction $7bn AIG toxic assets” (FT, 6/11/12)
- Credit-Default Swaps: “Post-crash malaise takes toll on CDS” (FT, 6/15/12)
- Goldman Envy: “’BlackRock’ envy replaces Goldman allure” (FT, 6/15/12)
- Greece Crisis: “Europe needs its ‘Lehman Moment’ to help it tackle the realities” (FT, 6/5/12)
- Institutional Investors: “From reticence to joining the revolt” (NYT, 6/8/12)
- Large Law firms: “Extraordinary compensation, declining prospects” (LA Daily Journal, 6/23/12)
- Lawyers vs. Computers: “Why hire a lawyer, computers are cheaper” (WSJ, 6/18/12)
- Quants and Models: “Science in banking helped cause the crisis” (FT, 6/8/12)
- Rating Agencies: “Rating agencies still so relevant they need regulating” (FT, 6/26/12)
- Shareholder Value: “Challenging the long-held belief In shareholder value” (NYT, 6/28/12)
- UK executive Compensation: “UK unveils plan on executive pay” (WSJ, 6/21/12)
- US Supreme Court’s Record on Business Cases: “The court’s business ledger” (WSJ, 6/28/12)
- Work-Product Privilege: “Criminal procedure and the reasonable person” (LA Daily Journal, 6/26/12)
May 2012
- Dewey and LeBoeuff collapse:
- “Crippled firm in bankruptcy proceeding” (NYT, 5/29/12)
- “When law firms fail partners feel squeezed” (WSJ, 5/21/12)
- Lying: “Why we lie” (WSJ, 5/26/12)
- Plaintiff Counsel Attorney Fees: “Should lawyer’s get paid for a win without a fight” (WSJ, 5/29/12)
- Small Lies: “Small mistakes get us into the biggest trouble” (FT, 5/13/12)