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“Where Was the SEC?” That’s the Wrong Question
The networks keep cranking out videos asking “Where Was the SEC?” In this post on my Enforcement Action blog over at Compliance Week, I say that’s the wrong question.
Law Firm Trend Watch: Financial Crisis Practice Groups Update (Patton Boggs and Steptoe & Johnson)
Two more firms join our growing list of law firms that have formed groups (or task forces!) to respond to the current financial crisis and rescue. Steptoe & Johnson announced on Friday that it has launched a Troubled Asset Task Force, which will “advise financial institutions, sellers and purchasers of assets, asset managers, and program [...]
Law Firm Trend Watch: Financial Crisis Practice Groups Update (Haynes and Boone)
Haynes and Boone is the latest law firm to react to the financial crisis with a new practice group — yesterday it announced the formation of its Financial Crisis Advisory and Litigation Services Practice Group. David Harper of Haynes and Boone stated that the group will “work as a coordinated unit, drawing on lawyers primarily [...]
Law Firm Trend Watch: Financial Crisis Practice Groups Update (K&L Gates; Mayer Brown)
Add K&L Gates and Mayer Brown to our quickly-growing list of law firms forming practice groups to assist clients in connection with the current financial crisis and expected bailout. K&L Gates announced yesterday that “in response to the recent upheaval triggered by the credit crisis and the legislative response, K&L Gates LLP has organized a [...]
Law Firm Trend Watch: Financial Crisis Practice Groups Update (Fried, Frank)
Add Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson to the list of law firms forming groups to assist clients in connection with the expected financial bailout. The firm announced yesterday the formation of its Financial Services Task Force “comprised of senior attorneys from the Firm’s banking, bankruptcy & restructuring, corporate, government contracts, litigation, real estate and [...]
Law Firm Trend Watch: Financial Crisis Practice Groups Update (Akin Gump; Susman Godfrey)
Akin Gump has created a Financial Markets Crisis Working Group of its own and, as you might expect from a group that includes über-blogger and attorney Tom Goldstein (creator of the popular SCOTUS Blog), the group has its own online “Financial Markets Crisis Resource Center.” Susman Godfrey has created a Financial Fraud Task Force. The [...]
Law Firm Trend Watch: Financial Crisis Practice Groups
This afternoon, law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher announced that it has created a Financial Markets Crisis Group “to help companies monitor, analyze, respond to, and participate in the development of the new financial environment and regulation.” The Group has been formed in response to “recent dramatic economic events and as Congress and the Bush [...]