By Kenneth A. Adams | October 23, 2007
If you want to take control of your contract drafting, as opposed to regurgitating the language of whatever contract models you happen to be using, you'll have to decide what to do with "shall."
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The number of deferred and nonprosecution agreements between the U.S. Department of Justice and corporations declined by 60 percent in 2008 -- from a historic high of 40 in 2007 to 16 last year, ac
By Zach Lowe | April 20, 2009
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By Jill Nawrocki | June 25, 2007
Why is Howard Udell paying $8 million for a federal misdemeanor? Neither prosecutors nor Udell, the general counsel of Purdue Pharma L.P., will say exactly what he did wrong. But the size of the pe
By Julie O'Shea | January 10, 2006
A key argument in a trade secrets lawsuit pertaining to the validity of a preliminary injunction has been denied, setting the stage for contempt hearings against two lawyers involved.Attorne
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As insurance coverage disputes, like all disputes, become increasingly expensive, cost continues to be an important factor in deciding whether to commence a lawsuit or arbitration in order to pursu
By Aaron S. Bayer | November 11, 2005
Interlocutory appeals are permitted in a wide variety of circumstances. But what happens to the rest of the case while the appeal is pending? Generally, the district court retains jurisdiction
By Gina Passarella | March 15, 2007
The attorney for a transportation company whose driver flipped part of a tractor-trailer into a pickup truck considered the recent $30,000 jury award against his client a win, given that the compan
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By Harold K. Gordon and Tracy V. Schaffer | April 30, 2007
On Feb. 26, 2007, Southern District of New York Judge Richard Conway Casey dismissed the Securities and Exchange Commission's action seeking civil monetary penalties and an injunction against forme
By Lynne Marek | March 22, 2007
Illinois attorney Mark Kipnis is nothing like the media magnate Conrad Black, who is sitting 10 feet away from him in the Chicago federal courtroom where they are on trial over fraud charges, an at
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