Category: Lawblog

At the markets’ close today, Bear Stearns shares were trading at $5.33. It’s not much compared to where the stock was trading early last year, but it’s a significant premium over the $2.34 per share recently offered by J.P. Morgan Chase.
As the WSJ reported this morning, Bear bondholders were partly responsible for the stock’s rise […]

At the markets’ close today, Bear Stearns shares were trading at $5.33. It’s not much compared to where the stock was trading early last year, but it’s a significant premium over the $2.34 per share recently offered by J.P. Morgan Chase.
As the WSJ reported this morning, Bear bondholders were partly responsible for the stock’s rise […]

At the markets’ close today, Bear Stearns shares were trading at $5.33. It’s not much compared to where the stock was trading early last year, but it’s a significant premium over the $2.34 per share recently offered by J.P. Morgan Chase.
As the WSJ reported this morning, Bear bondholders were partly responsible for the stock’s rise […]

Back in the fall, we posted on the antitrust suit that MSG, owner of the New York Rangers, filed in New York federal court against the NHL. According to reports, MSG filed the suit in the face of the NHL’s promise to begin fining MSG $100,000 per day if it didn’t give the league complete […]

Back in the fall, we posted on the antitrust suit that MSG, owner of the New York Rangers, filed in New York federal court against the NHL. According to reports, MSG filed the suit in the face of the NHL’s promise to begin fining MSG $100,000 per day if it didn’t give the league complete […]

Back in the fall, we posted on the antitrust suit that MSG, owner of the New York Rangers, filed in New York federal court against the NHL. According to reports, MSG filed the suit in the face of the NHL’s promise to begin fining MSG $100,000 per day if it didn’t give the league complete […]

Charles Nesson, the eccentric Harvard Law prof immortalized as Billion Dollar Charlie in Jonathan Harr’s 1996 book “A Civil Action,” is up to some new tricks. Yesterday, he reportedly led a rally at the Massachusetts State House to protest provisions of a pending resort casino bill that would criminalize poker.
According to the NLJ, […]

Charles Nesson, the eccentric Harvard Law prof immortalized as Billion Dollar Charlie in Jonathan Harr’s 1996 book “A Civil Action,” is up to some new tricks. Yesterday, he reportedly led a rally at the Massachusetts State House to protest provisions of a pending resort casino bill that would criminalize poker.
According to the NLJ, […]

While Scruggs the Elder pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to bribe a judge, the saga continues. The latest: Speculation on whether Dickie will testify against his son, Zach; and a self-effacing move by Dickie and his wife, Diane.
A father-son showdown? Not likely. The younger Scruggs is the only individual among the five indicted […]

While Scruggs the Elder pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to bribe a judge, the saga continues. The latest: Speculation on whether Dickie will testify against his son, Zach; and a self-effacing move by Dickie and his wife, Diane.
A father-son showdown? Not likely. The younger Scruggs is the only individual among the five indicted […]