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Circuit Says Nassau Wage Freeze Claim Belongs in State Court
The panel said that Eastern District Judge Leonard Wexler should not have decided the issue of whether a wage freeze imposed on county employees in 2011 by the Nassau County Interim Financing Authority violated the limits on emergency oversight power granted by the Legislature in 2000 to address a fiscal crisis in Nassau County.D.C. Law Firms Are Learning to Love Austerity
Even those that are growing are streamlining operations to please recession-wary clients.Name Games Loom Large in Mergers
When merging firms' names get out of control, it's time to drop-kick ego and focus on branding and simplicity. That's why Peter Kalis is chairman of K&L Gates, not "Preston Gates Ellis Kirkpatrick Lockhart Nicholson & Graham."No Reimbursement Given for Fees on Fees
ALBANY A New York Business Corporation Law provision that allows corporate officers to obtain indemnification does not also entitle them to legal fees incurred in establishing their reimbursement rights, a deeply divided Court of Appeals held yesterday. The Court, which was sharply split, concluded that the statute does not recognize recovery of so-called "fees-on-fees."Fiduciary Rules Trigger Debate at Bar Meeting
ALBANY The New York State Bar Association on Saturday embraced most of the reforms recommended by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye`s commission on fiduciary appointments, but opposed a compensation cap on appointments and objected to a provision that would have limited the ability of former judges and their relatives to serve as fiduciaries.The Legal Times Awards: Champions & Visionaries
In this fifth annual special section, we honor Washington lawyers in two categories: Champions, those who have upheld the profession's core values through public service, pro bono efforts and advocacy for civil liberties, and Visionaries, attorneys whose business or legal acumen has expanded their firms, improved government or advanced the law.Associates Pay Price to Switch From Litigation
Many litigators are looking to switch to corporate law, saying they would prefer to help build businesses in the heady "new economy" rather than spend their days in endless, wearying battle. Some firms are helping them make that switch, but at a price.Trespass to Chattels Finds New Life on Internet
TRESPASS to chattels , a centuries-old tort theory that languished for years in the dusty archives of obscure legal doctrines learned and then promptly forgotten in the first year of law school, has unexpectedly found new life courtesy of the Internet.Cite as: In Re Bear Stearns Co., Inc., 08 MDL 1963, NYLJ 1202479404634, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 9, 2011)District Judge Robert W. Sweetp class="decided
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