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February 17, 2000 | Law.com

Associations Brace For Another Taxing Battle

To James Clarke of the D.C.-based American Society of Association Executives, it seemed like deja vu. Last year, Clarke and his allies successfully mounted a grass-roots lobbying effort against a Clinton administration plan to tax associations' investment income. Despite that victory, Clarke faces the same challenge this year: Clinton's final budget for fiscal year 2001 includes an identical plan -- one that could cost associations upward of $1.5 billion over five years.
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August 05, 2004 | Law.com

Beware Buyer Power

Conventional wisdom is that buyer-side market power is so unusual and so rarely anti-competitive that it barely merits more than a scholarly afterthought. But when the American Antitrust Institute devoted its fifth annual conference to buyer power, it found that, while there's much truth to the conventional wisdom, the antitrust community may not fully appreciate contrary considerations.
10 minute read
November 09, 2006 | Law.com

BP Explosion Plaintiff's Unsettling Suit Atypical in Mass Tort Litigation

The first trial stemming from a fatal explosion at the BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, kicks off next week, but the verdict in the suit won't set a market rate for settlements, which is what typically happens in mass tort suits. Instead, the trial may help Eva Rowe, whose parents were killed in the explosion, force BP and other energy companies to improve safety practices at refineries. Rowe's attorney, plaintiffs lawyer Brent Coon, says Rowe also wants BP to make public all documents in the litigation.
13 minute read
February 22, 2010 | National Law Journal

Comforter

Profile of Cynthia Carr, general counsel for Save the Children U.S.
5 minute read
October 13, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Cadwalader Slashes Billing Rates for U.S. Treasury Work

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September 13, 2010 | The American Lawyer

The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

A former U.S. ambassador to Australia and Japan is now with Akin Gump; two partners return to Foley & Lardner after running their own boutique in Palo Alto; and Sidley Austin finds a new global coordinator for its international arbitration practice.
6 minute read
October 20, 2009 | Law.com

New Enforcement Chief Aims to Restore Confidence in SEC

As the top cop at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Robert Khuzami has spent his first six months as the director of the Division of Enforcement tackling a cleanup of major proportions. He's undertaken what many call the most sweeping changes of the division in 30 years. Under intense scrutiny from Congress and the SEC's own inspector general, the agency has come to a watershed moment. But change isn't easy, with staff reporting insecurity and doubt as they struggle to find their place in the new regime.
14 minute read
August 22, 2005 | Legaltech News

On the Record With Curtis Schehr of Anteon

Curtis Schehr is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Anteon International Corp., a systems integrator providing information technology and engineering services to federal government agencies and international customers. In this Q&A, Schehr discusses Anteon's workings, the challenges and pleasures of his job, increased opportunities stemming from new government requirements and the pursuit of a "Team Anteon" environment.
7 minute read
September 25, 2000 | Law.com

Insurers Plead for Oversight

It's not often that a vast and powerful industry comes before Congress and asks to be regulated, but some of the biggest players in the insurance world are doing just that. Equally unheard of in a time when politicians seem more interested in dismantling agencies than creating them, some insurance industry representatives are calling for the formation of an all-new federal body to handle the job.
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March 28, 2006 | Law.com

Advising the Government

Manik Rath is vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of McLean, Va.-based LMI, a nonprofit strategic consulting company that advises the government in areas such as procurement and logistics. Although the company has more than 700 employees, Rath has just one other attorney in his legal department. Rath considers the most significant legal issues he faces to be regulatory ones involving adherence to corporate governance and federal contracting standards.
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