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November 23, 2005 | The Recorder

This isn't the entire story of the merger that created Thelen Reid & Priest. But that experience is useful to understanding what it takes to bring two large firms together and operate them as one.

By Richard Gary

7 minute read

May 20, 2003 | Law.com

While the FTC continues to step up its enforcement efforts against spam, experts believe that existing legal tools are insufficient for the task. There is also a consensus that a national solution is needed, but there is disagreement about what form new legislation should take. Some, like Professor David E. Sorkin of The John Marshall Law School, believe that all unsolicited commercial e-mail should be banned, regardless of content.

By Gary Young

6 minute read

November 14, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Planning for same-sex couples is complex and the law is constantly changing. But planners must focus on the end game � accomplishing the client's objectives effectively and efficiently; the same goals planners hope to accomplish when representing married couples.

By Gary R. Botwinick

14 minute read

December 19, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

The trend toward consolidation in the legal services industry continues unabated. This article offers a first-hand look at what it takes to bring two large firms together and operate them as one.

By Richard Gary

7 minute read

November 05, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Associates may think that preventing the dissolution of a firm is a problem far above their pay grade. But it?s never too early to start learning how to lead effectively, especially in times of crisis.

By Richard Gary

9 minute read

December 28, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Gary J. Mennitt and Joseph F. Donley, partners at Dechert, write that forum selection may be the most important decision made in a matter where diversity jurisdiction is supportable or a nonexclusive federal claim may be asserted. The import of this decision is often most immediate when the action to be commenced will seek extraordinary pretrial relief, i.e., a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, attachment, or receivership. Such forum choice should not be informed by instinct alone.

By Gary J. Mennitt and Joseph F. Donley

16 minute read

January 30, 2003 | Law.com

Lawyers understand the need to protect client data; a single breach of confidentiality or theft of data can irrevocably damage a firm's reputation. After Sept. 11, law firms and companies quickly realized the fragility of their operations -- damage to computer systems damaged their business. A unified approach to security is now mandatory. Here are ways to reduce your exposure and develop a manageable security program.

By Dain Gary

5 minute read

August 10, 2001 | Law.com

Victims of housing discrimination have a direct claim on the personal assets of business owners and officers whose employees were at fault and need not go through the usual hurdles to pierce the corporate veil, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled July 31. The decision opens the way for a mixed-race couple and a home builder to seek compensation under the Fair Housing Act from the founder of a realty agency.

By Gary Young

3 minute read

May 03, 1999 | Law.com

ALBANY -- Governor Pataki proposed a pair of modest measures to soften the impact of the Rockefeller drug laws on some non-violent offenders in exchange for ending parole for all first-time felons and arming prosecutors with an array of new powers. The Governor calls it is a fair, balanced approach. But sentencing reform advocates complained his plan does too little to redress "gross injustices" under the state's mandatory drug sentencing structure.

By Gary Spencer

6 minute read

October 13, 1999 | Law.com

The New York Court of Appeals will focus on a case that pits leading publishers against the entertainment world glitterati. A teenage model, whose photographs were used to illustrate a magazine column about an anonymous girl's drunken sexual encounter with three men, claimed in federal court that the magazine misappropriated her image in violation of state Law. Should publishers can be held liable for using a person's likeness "in a substantially fictionalized way" to illustrate a news article?

By Gary Spencer

5 minute read