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Delaware Boutique Morris Nichols Boosts Associate Salaries

Morris Nichols Arsht Tunnell, a boutique firm based in Wilmington, Delaware, is boosting salaries for first-year associates to $210,000 as it seeks to better compete for talent.

Derek Smith Law Group Misconduct Sanction Upheld After Appeal

Derek Smith Law Group PLLC was properly sanctioned with an order to pay an opposing party’s $81,439 in attorneys’ fees, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.

Franchise Group Lenders Tap Gibson Dunn Amid Kahn Dealings

Some lenders to <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-1178-d583-afbf-d3fc14a80000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Franchise Group Inc. are seeking legal advice as $1.1 billion of debt maturities loom and the alleged business dealings of its former chief executive officer Brian Kahn in a fraud case have come to light.

Lawyer Agrees to Pay $883,333 Over Alleged Drain of Benefit Fund

An Illinois lawyer and his former firm agreed to pay $883,333 to resolve allegations that they mishandled the assets of client United Employee Benefit Fund.

General Motors Legal Chief Glidden Reaps $11.3 Million for 2023

General Motors Co.'s legal chief, Craig Glidden, earned $11.3 million in 2023, according to a GM proxy statement released by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Friends, Family, Royalty Seek Mercy for Crypto’s Richest Man

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Franchise Group Lenders Tap Gibson Dunn Amid Kahn Dealings

Some lenders to <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-1178-d583-afbf-d3fc14a80000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Franchise Group Inc. are seeking legal advice as $1.1 billion of debt maturities loom and the alleged business dealings of its former chief executive officer Brian Kahn in a fraud case have come to light.

US Officials Seek $5.3 Billion Fine for Kwon, Terraform Labs

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Big Law's Big Paychecks: Partner Compensation, Explained

Law firm partners in Big Law earn a lot of money, but just how much they make can vary widely. Whether it's equity or non-equity or merit versus lockstep, this video explains what goes into determining the size of those paychecks at elite law firms.

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Friends, Family, Royalty Seek Mercy for Crypto’s Richest Man (1)

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IRS Crypto Draft Form Gives Insight on Future Audit Priorities

The IRS’s newly released crypto broker reporting draft form provides a window into the crypto-specific data points the agency plans to monitor when targeting traders and brokers for audits, and signals the agency’s growing knowledge of the digital asset space.

US Officials Seek $5.3 Billion Fine for Kwon, Terraform Labs (1)

The <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/13165Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-112d-d583-afbf-d3fdd2230000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">US Securities & Exchange Commission wants to impose a $5.3 billion fine on <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1741983D%20SP%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-112d-d583-afbf-d3fdd2230001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Terraform Labs Pte. and its co-founder Do Kwon, the inventor of the failed TerraUSD stablecoin.

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