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Confusion Over Jury's $20M Med Mal Verdict Causes Courthouse Stir
A Nassau County jury was dismissed and preparing to leave the courthouse when it learned an intended $20 million verdict might be entered as $6.5 million.
Government Attorneys Are Flooding the Job Market, But Is There Room in Big Law?
“It is truly remarkable how many phone calls we are getting and how many candidates we have on the market right now. I mean, honestly, I have not seen anything like this,” said D.C.-based recruiter Rachel Nonaka at Macrae.
Breon Peace, US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Announces Upcoming Resignation
Carolyn Pokorny, first assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District, will step in as acting U.S. attorney on his departure.
T14 Sees Black, Hispanic Law Student Representation Decline Following End of Affirmative Action
Racial, ethnic and gender diversity changed more drastically in the nation’s top-ranked law schools compared to the average changes among the 196 ABA-approved law schools.
Purported Loans Not Considered Debt
The authors write "Failure to document a transfer of funds between related parties as a loan may lead to the transfer's being characterized as something other than a loan for income tax purposes, notwithstanding the transferee's intent to repay the amount advanced."
Whistleblowers Are Here To Stay: Counseling Corporate Clients on Whistleblower Programs
A discussion of how U.S. regulators and law enforcement have increasingly embraced whistleblower programs as a tool for investigating and prosecuting corporate misconduct, with a highly successful program at the SEC and a new program rolled out by the Department of Justice earlier this year.
Intentionally Caused Motor Vehicle Accidents in the Video Spotlight
The author writes that public awareness of staged motor vehicle accidents has been raised by the viral video of the Belt Parkway crash and the video of a person in a bear costume damaging luxury cars in California, but staged, intentionally-caused losses have been a problem for insurers for a long time.
Scrap the State's Taxpayer Funding of Elections
Joseph Burns, an election law partner at Holtzman Vogel, offers his views on the new NYS public campaign finance program and why it doesn’t work.
Law Student Sues NY Attorney Grievance Officials, Seeking Materials Over Sexual Assault Claims
The plaintiff alleges that a former law school professor of hers sexually assaulted her twice and continually sexually harassed her.Trending Stories
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