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Clients should have followed Reagan's rule
Why do people wind up with the Bernie Madoffs of this world Because they've neglected one of Ronald Reagan's favorite sayings, "Trust, but verify." When it comes to Wall Street, I'm not even sure about the "trust" part, but "verify" is where wisdom begins. Admittedly, Bernard Madoff was a hard guy to be suspicious of.Crematory's 'Unspeakable Disrespect' on Trial
R.Robin [email protected] friends tossed Chattanooga attorney Robert Crawford Jr.'s cremated remains into the wind on his favorite golf course, the ashes sparkled as the sunlight caught them. Crawford's sister Teri D. Crawford said there was something angelic about her brother's ashes glittering in the wind.Class lawyers against Coke get more than $31.5 million
A federal judge has awarded more than $31.5 million-and several pointed observations-to lawyers who spent eight years battling The Coca-Cola Co. over whether it artificially inflated revenue figures to boost stock prices. The legal fees, as well as other administrative costs and the lead plaintiffs' expenses, will be deducted from a $137.Buffett leaves Coke board for the right reason
By Neal LipschutzAUTHOR BIO AT THE ENDFamed investor Warren E. Buffett is leaving the board of Coca-Cola Co., but he is not being chased off by overzealous investor advocates who insist Buffett broke the rules that define independent directors.Instead, Buffett is bending to an unwritten, but more important, rule. Chief executives should not sit on other companies' boards of directors.
Preventing attorney suicide: Resources exist; friends must help
On Feb. 15, 2013, Georgia State Bar President Robin Clark appointed the Suicide Prevention and Awareness Committee. She chose one of us to be its chairman. The response to this new committee has included innumerable untold stories that can break the hearts of even the most experienced and seasoned litigators.As Lateral Losses Mount, McDermott Leaders Focus on Growth
More than two years into its current management regime, McDermott Will Emery has seen at least 38 partners-including several practice group leaders-leave in 2011.The latest defectors: Stephen Shahida, the head of the firm's IP litigation group in Washington, D.C., who joined Weil, Gotshal Manges on Monday, and Gary Moss, the head of the IP practice in London, who is leaving for British IP boutique EIP.GOP raises religion in court race
RELIGION HAS ENTERED the political fray in a race for an appellate court bench in East Texas. The Austin-based Republican Party of Texas played the religion card in a Sept. 21 online newsletter. As alleged in the newsletter, Texarkana solo E. Ben Franks, Democratic nominee for a seat on the 6th Court of Appeals, "is reported to be a professed atheist and apparently believes the Bible is 'collection of myths.
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