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December 07, 2007 | Law.com

A Crash Course for Surviving the Real Estate Market's Nosedive

When Pamela Rothenberg switched to real estate law, she thought she'd found the type and volume of transactional legal work she was interested in pursuing. But nobody told her about the real estate cycle -- that it has boom and bust times. So now that we've entered a period of stagnation, Rothenberg shares some of the approaches that she is in the process of pursuing, in the hope that they might provide attorneys with some relief -- or, at the very least, something to do until deal volume picks up again.
8 minute read
September 13, 2010 | National Law Journal

CIVIL ACTIONS

The following cases were recently filed in Washington-area district courts. This information is provided by the district courts' official online bulletins.
3 minute read
November 14, 2002 | Law.com

Georgia Real Estate Lawyers Go After Title Company

The Georgia Real Estate Closing Attorneys Association has gone to court to stop nonlawywers at Omni Title Services Inc. from acting as a settlement agent for real estate transactions. GRECAA claims that nonlawyer employees or officers at Omni have been presiding over closings and preparing legal documents to convey real estate, though Omni lawyer Nisbet S. Kendrick III disputes the allegations.
5 minute read
November 13, 2012 | Law.com

The Bankruptcy Files: I-Banks, Consulting Firms, Bowling, and Poultry

Federal business bankruptcy filings have fallen to their lowest levels since 2008, and one large debtor in Eastman Kodak and its lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell are poised to exit Chapter 11 proceedings. Several recent notable filings have nonetheless landed roles for such Am Law 100 firms as Kirkland & Ellis, McGuireWoods, Reed Smith, and Ropes & Gray, while other restructuring pros see the looming fiscal cliff as potentially generating an avalanche of new bankruptcy cases.
13 minute read
July 13, 2007 | Law.com

Transportation Company GC Helps Manage Another Worldwide Web

YRC Worldwide Inc., previously Yellow Roadway Corp., transformed itself from an ailing trucking company to a $9.9 billion, Fortune 500 leader in nationwide less-than-truckload transportation, managing supply chains from Shanghai to St. Louis. When GC Daniel J. Churay first got on board, the company had 722 law firms working for it. Now, it has 11 "relationship firms" and has dropped outside spending by $6 million a year.
6 minute read
November 08, 2004 | Law.com

For Insurance Matters, Be Sure to Cover Your Bets

Risk is inherent to the practice of law -- risk in building a competitive practice, negotiating, litigating, and taking on new business. But should you gamble with your firm's insurance coverage? Experts say the most common, and costly, mistake that attorneys make is failing to decide whther specialty policies are worth the money. Read on for some procedures you should follow before you take a chance and roll the dice.
7 minute read
February 23, 2004 | Law.com

Lab Notebooks Not Enough Proof for DNA Patent

A researcher who claims he co-invented the automatic DNA sequencer -- arguably one of the most important advances in biology in the 20th century -- that was used to map the human genome doesn't have the evidence to prove his case, a federal judge has ruled. Henry Huang's laboratory notebooks did not provide clear and convincing evidence that he invented the technology, Los Angeles-based U.S. District Court Judge Mariana Pfaelzer wrote last week.
4 minute read
July 15, 2005 | Law.com

Bankruptcy Act Covers Corporate Debtors Too

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 was enacted on April 20, although the effective date for most provisions does not occur until Oct. 17. Much has been written and said about the act's controversial changes to consumer bankruptcy law, but little has been noted about its many changes to business bankruptcy law. Attorney William B. Sullivan discusses the most important of those changes.
12 minute read
August 03, 2004 | Law.com

John Edwards' Rise Fueled by Risk and Rewards

Plaintiff lawyers by nature are risk-takers, placing their businesses on the line with each case. Most, including John Edwards, take cases on a contingency basis ďż˝ fronting the costs to file an action and bring it to trial. If they don't win, they don't get paid. The tightrope walking evident during his days as a lawyer foreshadowed Edwards' political career. He is the first plaintiffs lawyer on a national ticket in at least 40 years, on Wednesday he had the spotlight at the Democratic National Convention.
9 minute read
September 19, 2001 | Law.com

Ernst & Young Charged in Georgia Court With Misrepresentation

Just three months after Atlanta dealmaker J.B. Fuqua sold Fuqua Enterprises to New York-based Graham-Field Health Products, Graham-Field shocked analysts by announcing a quarterly loss of $3.9 million. Now, Fuqua is suing Ernst & Young, the accounting firm that audited Graham-Field's books and signed off on its financial statements prior to the deal, for negligent misrepresentation and professional negligence.
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