Cathy Fleming and Harold J. Ruvoldt, partners at Hodgson Russ, write that although young lawyers (and perhaps some more senior ones as well) may believe that the perfect second seat is the mirror image of the lead, many years of trials have proven to us that a clone, even if one existed, does not make out the perfect second seat. Rather, the best team is one where each member contributes different skills and perspectives.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson partner David B. Hennes reviews a recent holding that an Abercrombie & Fitch special litigation committee member’s recusal from investigating any of the claims against the company president, a close friend, itself constituted an admission that the director was not independent, without consideration of whether the underlying facts created the perception or reality that he could not consider the claims in an unbiased fashion.
