Merger Mania: Midsize firm Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin is merging with Washington, D.C.-based Arnold & Porter to create an 800-lawyer firm, NLJ affiliate The Recorder reports, and Denver-based Holme Roberts & Owen has reached a merger deal with Bryan Cave, the two Am Law 200 firms announced Tuesday, according to The American Lawyer.
An Innocent Man: A Virginia appeals court declared Thomas Haynesworth an innocent man Tuesday, clearing his name and acknowledging that he spent 27 years behind bars for rapes he did not commit, The Washington Post reports.
Mortgage Misconduct: An alliance by California and Nevada to jointly investigate misconduct and fraud in the mortgage business further divides efforts by the nation's attorneys general to bring the home-lending industry to account for improper foreclosure practices, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Big Banks: Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat who co-wrote a proposal last year to limit the size of banks, plans to hold a hearing today on “new oversight authority to shield Main Street from Wall Street megabank risk,” Bloomberg reports.
I feel sorry for that innocent man. There are many people who are being accused of things that they did not commit.
Posted by: Karen | December 07, 2011 at 09:31 AM