By Thomas E. Hartman | November 28, 2007
What impact has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act had on compliance costs for public companies? Substantial, it turns out, even five years after it became law.The a href="http://www.soxlaw.com" ta
By Patrick Boylan | October 3, 2007
Legal professional privilege "springs essentially from the basic need of a man in a civilized society to be able to turn to his lawyer for advice and help." These words of Advocate General G
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By Mark G. Douglas | July 11, 2006
Whether an arbitration clause in a contract will be enforced by the bankruptcy courts in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act has been the focus of numerous court decisions in recent times.
By John Council | September 14, 2006
Insurers have won the latest battle at the Texas Supreme Court in the ongoing war between insurance companies and policyholders. In their complaint in Fiess, et al. v. State Farm Lloyds/
By Leigh Jones | August 23, 2006
Although the start date of the new electronic-discovery procedural rules is still three months away, lawyers who haven't sat down with clients to devise a plan may be losing a race against time./p
By Anthony Lin | July 30, 2007
The private equity firm that owned a controlling interest in failed commodities brokerage Refco Inc. has filed a $245 million lawsuit against Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, accusing the law firm of
By Catherine Wilson | December 28, 2005
South Florida developer Don Peebles has been litigating to recover more than $1 million that he lost in the stock market when the dot-com bubble burst five years ago. But he just keeps losing.
By Pamela A. MacLean | October 26, 2007
The see-saw legal fights over holding multinational corporations liable for aiding foreign governments in alleged international human rights violations may come to a head in the 9th U.S. Circui
By Kellie Schmitt | October 12, 2007
Yamana Gold Inc.'s $3.5 billion acquisition of Meridian Gold Inc. was "fascinating" for a number of reasons, said Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom partner Marc Packer. The deal start
By Beth Bar | November 13, 2006
A Nassau County, N.Y., judge has held that a disgruntled owner of a Queens Village drugstore presented evidence that he was deceived about the financial health of the pharmacy when he invested
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