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Feds paid billions in settlements last year
Lawyers for Uncle Sam shelled out more than $3 billion in taxpayer funds last year to resolve lawsuits against the federal government - more than twice as much as in 2010, and the most in at least five years, an analysis of government records shows.The lion's share of expenses can be attributed to the Department of Energy, which single-handedly accounted for $1.What a Hogan/Lovells Merger Would Mean
The new entity has the potential for a name out of Harry Potter--Hogells--and a chance to remake a corner of the Big Law marketplace.High Court Dismisses Philip Morris Appeal of $79 Million Punitive Damages Verdict
The U.S. Supreme Court blinked Tuesday in a long-running standoff with the Oregon Supreme Court over the handling of a punitive damages suit against Philip Morris brought by the widow of a smoker who died from lung cancer in 1997. As a result, the widow, Mayola Williams, stands to receive at least a portion of the $79 million verdict, which has grown to $150 million with interest. The Court dismissed the case as "improvidently granted" in a one-sentence opinion, nearly four months after argument in the case.AIA Document A201-2007, ConsensusDOCS 200 Forms
Brian G. Lustbader, counsel to Mazur, Carp & Rubin, writes that every 10 years or so, the American Institute of Architects revises its form construction documents. Those revisions are typically substantive and extensive, and the latest revisions, the 2007 form documents, are no exception. It is therefore of critical importance, he notes, that all parties to construction projects, owners, developers, construction managers, contractors, and subcontractors, carefully analyze the new documents with their counsel and make appropriate modifications before signing them.Generating Profit From Technology
In the practice of law, technology decisions should focus on delivering top-notch client services. We should never use technology just to use it. Perhaps we need a version of return-on-investment, tuned to project the return on the dollars we spend on technology, says MicroLaw's Ross Kodner. He calls it ROLTI -- Return on Legal Technology Investment -- and he shows you how to use it.Plenty has changed in a decade of investor-state arbitration. But not enough.
Renegotiation of Outsourcing Deals: Structured Method Works Best
Renegotiation of outsourcing contracts is likely on the agendas of companies confronting the realities of the current economic downturn and tightened yearly information technology and business process outsourcing operating budgets. Attorneys Richard Raysman and Peter Brown discuss strategies for renegotiation of outsourcing agreements and outline the structured negotiation approach that both the customer and vendor can take to prevent a revisiting of the agreement from turning into relationship failure.Modern Government Investigations Embrace Technological Advances
Daniel A. Schnapp and Ernest E. Badway, partners at Fox Rothschild, discuss the impact of the complex technology used in the financial world, the manner it may be used to run afoul of securities and other laws, as well as the government's development of tools to address the situation.Trending Stories
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