Seth Waxman

Firm Leaders Survey, Kramer Levin: Business of Law

Law firm leaders are failing to make the changes necessary to effectively manage their enterprises under today’s conditions, according to a new survey by consultant Altman Weil.

Gupta Challenges U.S. Use of Wiretaps in Insider Appeal

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Rajat Gupta asked a federal appeals court to overturn his insider-trading conviction, with his lawyer arguing that prosecutors shouldn’t have been allowed at his jury trial to use secretly wiretapped calls in which he wasn’t a participant.

Manatt, Jones Day, Howrey, Ropes & Gray: Business of Law

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP introduced Manatt Digital Media, an entity combining legal, consulting and investment services for digital-media, entertainment and advertising clients. It will be led by Los Angles partner T. Hale Boggs.

Google Says Authors Can’t Sue Over Digital Books as Group

Google Inc. asked an appeals court to deny class status to a group of authors who claim in a $3 billion lawsuit that the company’s project to digitally copy millions of books from libraries violates their copyrights.

Bristol-Myers, Disney, Google: Intellectual Property

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. sued Roche Holding AG’s Genentech unit seeking a court order that it doesn’t infringe patents used to make treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Strasburg Spurs Profit Motive Even Before His First Pitch in Major Leagues

The Major League Baseball debut of No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg has at least one Washington Nationals fan dreaming of a mythical pitcher with a 100 mile-an- hour fastball who can single-handedly win games.

Egan-Jones, Deutsche Bank-FERC, Insurer Group: Compliance

Egan-Jones Ratings Co. was barred from grading government debt and asset-backed securities for 18 months after settling charges it made material misstatements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Barclays Deferred Prosecution, EU, BofA: Compliance

Barclays Plc’s deferred prosecution for improper dealings with sanctioned countries ended after the judge overseeing the U.S. case weighed whether the bank’s admissions in a probe involving manipulation of the London interbank offered rate should affect the deal.

WilmerHale, Covington, Proskauer, Dechert: Business of Law

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP was retained by Best Buy Co.’s board to investigate former Chief Executive Officer Brian Dunn’s personal conduct.

Gupta Says in Appeal Trial Judge Hampered Defense Case

Ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Rajat Gupta asked a federal appeals court for a new insider- trading trial, arguing that evidence in his favor was kept from the jury and evidence against him was wrongly allowed.

"Mr. Gupta told her that he'd come to believe that Mr. Rajaratnam had cheated him out of millions of dollars."

- Seth Waxman on May 21, 2013

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