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September 20, 2002 | Law.com

Merrill Lynch has fired two top executives for refusing to testify in investigations of the brokerage firm's dealings with Enron. Schuyler Tilney and Tom Davis were dismissed late Wednesday over their refusal to cooperate with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Merrill said the firings were necessary because the firm has a policy of cooperating with regulatory investigations.

By Heidi Moore

2 minute read

October 16, 2001 | Law.com

A federal judge in New York dismissed a derivative suit against Morgan Stanley that charged the bank and its directors with failing to supervise the allocation of shares in hot initial public offerings during 1999 and 2000. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain Oct. 12 dismissed the suit filed in the Southern District of New York by A. Richard Albrecht, a Morgan Stanley shareholder who lives in Michigan.

By Heidi Moore

2 minute read

December 21, 2006 | Law.com

The amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require parties in civil litigation to confer on electronic discovery as soon as possible. In particular, parties need to address the assertion of privilege claims involving "strings" of possibly thousands of privileged and nonprivileged e-mails. Sutherland Asbill & Brennan's Jennifer Moore and Gregory Kaufman examine this potentially key form of evidence and explain how focusing on this issue early on can reduce discovery costs and the risk of sanctions.

By Jennifer M. Moore and Gregory S. Kaufman

12 minute read

April 08, 2005 | Law.com

Morgan Stanley CEO Philip Purcell is facing a potentially damaging threat to his power: the Sunbeam trial that opened Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Fla. The case concerns the 1998 sale of Ronald Perelman's 82 percent stake in Coleman Corp. to Sunbeam Corp. for $1.5 billion. The case could prove more damaging to Purcell than the public efforts to remove him from his job because Purcell loyalists were at the core of Morgan Stanley's mishandling of many of the documents related to the case.

By Heidi Moore and Dennis Fitzgerald

5 minute read

July 11, 2002 | New York Law Journal

L AST MONTH we examined the case law addressing hospital liability for injuries sustained by patients as a result of negligence in affording privileges to doctors who are not competent.

By Thomas A. Moore And Matthew Gaier

13 minute read

September 08, 2004 | Law.com

The benefit of forced ranking systems is the elimination of unsatisfactory performers and, arguably, a constantly improving workforce. The so-called "vitality curve" can, however, foster a competitive environment in which employees do not want to help those they will be ranked against. But the biggest potential deterrent, says attorney Kim Moore, is suits -- specifically, attempted large class-action suits alleging discriminatory disparate impact.

By Kim Moore

6 minute read

February 10, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

It is not uncommon for aliens who enter this country illegally in search of employment to become injured on the job or injured due to medical malpractice or some other tortious conduct.

By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier

10 minute read

June 06, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Thomas A. Moore, senior partner of Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore, and Matthew Gaier, a partner at the firm, write that last month, the Court of Appeals addressed the admissibility of published clinical practice guidelines and relaxed the exclusionary rule, holding that such guidelines may be admitted in evidence under certain circumstances, not for their truth but as demonstrative evidence.

By Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier

14 minute read

June 03, 2003 | New York Law Journal

By Thomas A. Moore And Matthew Gaier

13 minute read

April 14, 2005 | Law.com

A group of eight dissident retired Morgan Stanley executives had their prayers answered Tuesday when the Council of Institutional Investors, a powerful Washington-based trade group, said it would seek a conference call with the G-8 and Morgan Stanley's board. Though a victory for the G-8 -- which has been publicly calling for CEO Philip Purcell's resignation for three weeks now -- CII's action will do little to oust Purcell, which observers said remains a near-impossible task.

By Heidi Moore

5 minute read