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August 18, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

U.S. Trustee Says She Left due to Interference

Deirdre Martini, who left the U.S. trustee position in New York in April, cited increasing government interference as the reason she resigned from her post in a region that has tended to attract the biggest and most complex bankruptcy cases in the past two years. "The increased oversight from the executive office impeded my ability to assist the restructuring community in streamlining and improving restructuring here in New York," said Martini, who declined to say which efforts were stymied.
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April 01, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

Yours, Mine & Theirs

How two divorced lawyers met at a big firm, then went off to form small ones.
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November 02, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Post-Sandy, In-House Counsel Plan Ahead for the Next Storm

As municipalities, companies, and individuals continue to act in recovery mode, what better time for in-house counsel to take stock of what went well pre- and post-Sandy—and what needs improvement before the next time.
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December 03, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Box GC Practices In-House Law in the Cloud

Box's GC moved to the cloud storage company in April from a larger software company because he missed "doing the deals and getting dirty."
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July 24, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Patent Problems on Agenda in ITC Congressional Hearings

Patent enforcement problems were on the agenda in U.S. ITC Congressional oversight hearings held this month, writes consultant Mark Michels, with concerns about patent 'hold-ups' and 'trolls' among the issues at play.
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August 01, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Fat Cats for Elephants

GOP presidential candidates woo the party's top fund-raisers.
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October 01, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Diversity Digest: Cracks in the Glass Ceiling

Women haven't advanced as far in the legal profession as some had hoped, but many individuals have success stories to tell.
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August 09, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Patent Litigation Weekly: IP Law Firms Sued ... for Infringing Patents?

Patent firms are trained to either dish out pain or parry blows on behalf of others. Rarely do they find themselves accused of infringement. Now, eight firms are in just that position, thanks to a lawyer who holds patents on software for managing online payments.
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February 03, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

They're Going Bananas! Lawyers Deny Cooking Up Stories About Dole

Breaking their months-long silence, plaintiffs' lawyers have been speaking out and adamantly denying allegations that fraud underlies a raft of lawsuits accusing Dole of poisoning workers on banana plantations in Central America and elsewhere.
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October 11, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

50,000 Teachers in N.Y. and N.H. to Get Average $450 in ING Settlement

More than 50,000 unionized teachers in New York and New Hampshire will get an average of $450 from a settlement with investment company ING, which paid fees to unions to steer business its way, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Tuesday. Spitzer said the $30 million settlement ends his investigation of the Dutch-based ING Groep NV. The company also agreed to explain its investment products and financial arrangements more clearly to plan participants, according to the settlement.
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