Is someone suing Krugman for writing a puff-piece about Enron? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> That'll be $8million please..... > > > Enron Bankruptcy Lawyers' Bill: $8 Million > > > By Carrie Johnson > Washington Post Staff Writer > Friday, February 22, 2002; Page E04 > > > > In every scandal, there are winners and losers. The lawyers usually > are among the winners. > > Consider U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, where Enron Corp.'s law > firms filed more than $8 million worth of bills for their first month > on the job. > > Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Enron's lead lawyers in the bankruptcy > reorganization, asked for $5.4 million for their services in December. > The figure includes $3 million in lawyers' time -- including $700 an > hour for senior partner Ira Millstein and $685 an hour for partners > Greg Danilow and Martin Bienenstock -- $169,883 for copying and > $89,799 for computer research, according to court documents the law > firm filed filed Wednesday. > > Andrews & Kurth, another firm representing the debtors, requested > $1.54 million in fees and $78,838 in expenses. Cadwalader, Wickersham > & Taft of New York asked for $237,734. LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae > racked up $650,000 in lawyer and paralegal time and $56,000 in > expenses. And Togut, Segal & Segal sought $208,829 in fees and another > $36,241 in expenses. > > The lawyers weren't the only ones lining up this week. Ernst & Young > Corporate Finance LLC charged $586,609 for providing restructuring > advice from December to late January. > > No word yet on when Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez will review the bills. > > > >
