- SEC Taps Derivatives Expert for New Division – They even named a gold exchange traded index derivative after him. Now you know what the HUI is.
- Lions Gate shareholders elect company’s 12 board nominees at ho-hum annual meeting – Only interesting because Carl Icahn made a fuss about running an alternate slate, but never came up with one and no-showed the meeting.
- Rival Company to Fight Lockheed’s Legal Fee Request – Kilpatrick and Venable were Lockheed's counsel. L-3 Communications objects to about $13 million in fees they ran up for a TWO WEEK trial. We're not trial lawyers, but 49 lawyers on a matter seems a bit much (plus 77 paralegals). Not to mention 75 minutes per entry for a privilege log. And who thought a 1 million page pretrial exhibit list would be a good use of time? This one doesn't pass our smell test.
- M & A Law Prof Blog: Top-Up Option Math – Good practice reminder for transactional lawyers. Top ups and warrants seem to push hard at the outer limits of most lawyers' math abilities.
- Lost Weekend: Lehman’s Collapse – Another look back on the first anniversary of the filing. This time with someone who was actually in Harvey's office!
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