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SOX Compliance Costs Remain Large
What impact has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act had on compliance costs for public companies? Substantial, it turns out, even five years after it became law. Thomas E. Hartman, a Foley & Lardner partner, is the director of the firm's annual study, "The Cost of Being Public in the Era of Sarbanes-Oxley." He discusses this year's study, which includes findings that out-of-pocket costs for corporate governance compliance rose more than 10 percent for public companies between fiscal years 2005 and 2006.Associates learn to value support staff
One of the best pieces of advice young lawyers say they receive from seasoned partners is to earn the trust of legal assistants-including secretaries, paralegals and document clerks-who often know more about the inner workings of a law firm than some of its partners do.WILL THE SUPREME COURT RULE ON MARKMAN?
The patent bar eagerly awaits a new standard for claims construction.The Legal Lineup on the Texas Rangers Deal
Weil, Gotshal & Manges represents Hicks Sports Group in its pending sale of the Texas Rangers franchise to Rangers Baseball Express LLC, an investment group headed by former big-league pitcher Nolan Ryan who is currently president of the team, and Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg. McGuire, Craddock & Strother also represents Hicks Sports Group, while Rangers Baseball Express is using Foley & Lardner and Sherrard, German & Kelly.Legal Industry News Developments From May 20 to 24
May 20 to 24 product and service news from Catalyst Repository Systems, CPA Global, Daegis, Deloitte, Iphelion, Keypoint Technologies, Lateral Data, Latham & Watkins, Ratchet Technology, Thomson Reuters Elite, Tymetrix, and Wevorce; done deals, partnerships, and acquisitions involving Advanced Discovery and Foley & Lardner, Capensys and Kia Motors, Catalyst and Honyaku, ILTA and Fast Future, InfoPreserve and dtSearch, Waller and IntApp, LateralData and Evolve Discovery, LDM Global and Cumulus Data, LexisNexis and Thompson Media Group, and Thomson Reuters and Conserveon; people news from Advanced Discovery, DTI, FTI Consulting, and Reed Smith.Bankruptcy cases straddle Canadian, U.S. border
A growing number of bankruptcy cases in Canada involve proceedings in the United States, requiring lawyers to stay on top of procedures in both countries, he said. "In order to give advice to Canadian clients, you at least have to have a sense of what the process is like in the United States, because it's quite different," said MacNaughton, a partner in the Toronto office of Canada's Borden Ladner Gervais.Federal Circuit Slaps Patent Board for Playing 'Fast and Loose'
In a rare reversal of a patent appeals board ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit chastised the board for rejecting a patent on a different ground than the one used by the patent examiner.Trending Stories
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