Posts on ‘October 26th, 2009’

Consultant Brett Burney found that the Masters Conference had more, better and faster technology than in previous years and addressed risk management and security in addition to directing a laser focus on e-discovery products from the likes of Clearwell, Nuix, Wave and iFramework.

In George W. Bush’s solicitor general’s office, Paul Clement built a reputation as one of the most skilled appellate advocates of his generation as he argued the trickiest of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts. Now a partner at King & Spalding, Clement has taken on tough-to-win Supreme Court cases that are far from standard fare for a Bush-era legal icon. But Clement said his conservative political views have not changed: “I haven’t had a conversion on the road to Damascus or anywhere else.”

After a yearlong investigation, plaintiffs firm Motley Rice has filed a terrorism-related federal court complaint against Raj Rajaratnam, the Galleon Group hedge fund founder indicted earlier this month for insider trading. The plaintiffs in the case — victims and survivors of attacks by the Tamil Tigers, a Sri Lankan separatist group — accuse Rajaratnam of funneling as much as $5 million to the Tigers via a Sri Lankan charity front. Motley Rice’s Michael Elsner discussed the case with The Am Law Litigation Daily.

Eric Roth, a litigation partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, apparently was telling the Bank of America Corp. leadership one story about how difficult it would be to escape from the merger with Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., while singing quite a different tune to the federal government. E-mails from Roth and in-house lawyers at the bank were among documents released last week from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is investigating the merger.