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...The office of the US Trustee, a part of the Department of Justice that represents the public interest in bankruptcy cases, initially objected to S&C’s retention, arguing that the law firm had failed to properly...
...Two veteran law professors, Jonathan Lipson and David Skeel have written a paper that concludes that S&C’s “apparent conflicts of interest permeated FTX’s bankruptcy filing and every aspect of the case”...
...Under 28 U.S.C. section 1408, a company can file bankruptcy in any district where it has its domicile, principal place of business, or principal assets for 180 days prior to bankruptcy....
...In early September, I spoke with Jeff Pope, the screenwriter of 2005’s Pierrepoint, a well-crafted biopic starring a winningly morose Timothy Spall in the title role....
...After leaving Jackson Walker, Freeman established the Law Office of Liz Freeman....
...How many of the S&P 500 companies have a female CEO? Answers to the nearest 10? To nearest 10. At which law firm did Dominic Raab begin his legal career?...
...The Soviet cosmonauts initially used pencils — before purchasing Paul C Fisher’s pens themselves in 1969....
...Exclusive: A C$400bn Canadian pension fund has stopped making private deals in China and is closing its Shanghai office, following other large investors in dialling back activity in the world’s second-largest...
...Dietderich, at S&C, was suggesting John Ray to tackle the crisis at FTX. Ray is something of a legend in the restructuring world....
...Last year, ransomware attackers extorted at least $456mn from victims, an eye-popping 40 per cent less than 2021’s figure of $765mn....
...In my year, only 34 per cent of us got a C or above at GCSE. So most of us actually failed our GCSEs....
...Rostin Behnam, the chairman of the C.F.T.C., and Mr. Bankman-Fried agreed that the C.F.T.C., rather than the S.E.C., should have primary oversight of much of the crypto markets, the people said....
...And there were quite an eclectic group of firebrand speakers, some very much beyond the pale of the capital C Conservative party....
...with Companies A and C....
..., energy, trading and law....
...Nicholas waited outside, and Coogan claims he strode into Judge Jeremiah S Jeremiah’s office and demanded: “What is going on?” “What do you do for a living?” the judge asked....
...A bust-up with private equity client KKR over Staley’s defence of his brother-in-law’s interests in a Brazilian deal didn’t help....
...One officer wrote, “Now I know why these daft c***s are getting murdered by their spastic boyfriends. Knock a bird about and she will love you....
...S&C, one of the world’s most profitable law firms, named litigator Robert Giuffra and corporate partner Scott Miller as its first co-vice chairs....
...The full impact of 2022’s tightening of monetary policy is still to be seen, and we expect another 50bp of rate hikes in early-2023....
...Not so great for Liberty Global and Telefónica, Virgin Media and O2’s respective parent companies....
...But now even the stalwarts are distancing themselves, amid warnings of a backlash against executives who funded a president many now blame for imperilling the rule of law....
..., an environmental law group....
...Younger’s says “C” on it — the code name of SIS chiefs ever since Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming, the first head of the SIS, adopted the letter as his signature....
...“They are under pressure, but this pressure isn’t just coming from the European strengthening of standards,” said Victor Flatt, a law professor and director of the University of Houston’s Environment, Energy...
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