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September 26, 2005 |

Cross-Examination: Try to Keep the Moral High Ground

When it comes to effective cross-examination, it never hurts to try channeling Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch, says Chip Rice, a litigator with Shartsis Friese. If you keep to the moral high ground, it will be hard for the witness to fight with you effectively. From the start, according to Rice, you should show the jury during cross-examination that you care more about truth than the witness does by paying attention, playing fair and insisting on straight answers.
6 minute read
November 22, 2004 |

On the Move

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
3 minute read
July 12, 2004 |

Court reporters fight digital audio tapes

Highlighting a trend in the nation's courts, an attempt to replace court reporters with computers in New Hampshire has fueled a legal battle between stenographers and the state's Supreme Court.
4 minute read
August 03, 2006 |

Comverse is likely next backdating target

San Francisco federal prosecutors may have struck first in the government's crusade against stock options backdating, but it's a case developing in the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office that will give the first glimpse into one of the most pressing questions: How does it affect the lawyers?
4 minute read
December 16, 2008 |

Brocade Suit Suffers Setback

Judge Charles Breyer dismissed all claims against five former company execs, and some claims against five others.
2 minute read
May 19, 2005 |

Warfield Bought For $12M. Not Bad For A First-Year

Lawyers took a back seat in the sale of San Francisco's historic Warfield Building as David Addington, a law student, negotiated the deal. Peter Rupert Russell, a partner at Shartsis Friese, represented Future PLC in its $8.7 million cash acquisition of Cheatplanet.com from Echo Software and Hardware LLC.
4 minute read
July 09, 2002 |

Crime Pays for White-Collar Specialists

White-collar crime defenders are a hot commodity in the Northern California lateral partner market. Robert Sims, a Latham & Watkins white-collar criminal specialist hired from San Francisco's McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, notes an "increased government focus -- and resources being focused -- on sophisticated financial crimes." L.A.-based Latham is just one of a handful of firms bulking up on criminal defense lawyers.
4 minute read
July 26, 2001 |

Criminal Element

Getting nabbed for insider trading used to result in a slap on the wrist. Not anymore. Now, a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry also frequently means an investigation by the FBI, federal prosecutors or both. Their more aggressive approach to enforcing securities laws in the San Francisco Bay Area has civil litigators calling in criminal defense specialists more often and much sooner than three years ago.
5 minute read
September 07, 2007 |

SEC Stumbles on Privilege

SEC lawyers no longer ask companies to waive privilege as backdating investigations touch on advice of counsel. But they'd really, really like you to offer.
7 minute read
October 03, 2006 |

Mediation's Air of Enforceability

This week, the high court will ponder whether an arbitration clause makes a deal prepped in mediation fair game. S.F. lawyer Arthur Shartsis says, nope.
4 minute read

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