By Gordon Schnell | September 9, 2005
With the Jan. 4 indictment by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of James Zimmerman, former head of Federated Department Stores, the retail industry has received a stark wake-up cal
By Susan F. Friedman | July 23, 2007
Once upon a time in a land called Corporate America worked a type of lawyer known as an in-house attorney. These attorneys made their living toiling for the entities they served. Until one day,
By Gina Passarella | June 17, 2008
When Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter was looking for a new city solicitor after he took office in early January, he pulled from Exelon's corporate law department with the appointment of Shelley R
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By Beverly W. Garofalo | October 11, 2005
In a decision that caught many employers by surprise, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held in Taylor v. Progress Energy, Inc., 415 F.3d 364 (4th Cir. 2005), that claims arisin
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By Kelli Kennedy | November 29, 2006
The bathrooms in the country club were opulent, with marble floors and antique furniture. But months after purchasing the club, the owners gutted them. The problem: The walls at the C
By Elkan Abramowitz and Barry A. Bohrer | January 3, 2007
It has been a tumultuous year for American business organizations and practitioners who represent them. In response to a chorus of objections claiming the government over-reacted to corporate s
By Shannon P. Duffy | September 1, 2005
Lawyers for Sunoco Inc. have won a huge victory in the court battle over insurance coverage for scores of pending lawsuits over alleged groundwater contamination caused by methyl tertiary-buty
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | November 10, 2005
It's the gift that, unfortunately, keeps on giving. A year before a Travis County grand jury indicted U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land, for alleged criminal conspiracy in connection w
By Asher Hawkins | December 11, 2006
In an apparent first for Pennsylvania appellate courts, a Superior Court panel has ruled that a claim for "civil aiding and abetting" should have been applicable in a Delaware County action Soverei
By R. Robin McDonald | February 6, 2009
Federal prosecutors have expanded their investigation of kickbacks that enriched Home Depot managers at the company's expense to include two more former employees. Evidence developed in the
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