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May 01, 2008 | Law.com

THE AM LAW 100 2008: Behind the Numbers

Noteworthy trends and newsmaking firms in this year's Am Law 100.
4 minute read
October 05, 2006 | Law.com

New Pension Law Spurs Legal Work

Far-reaching reforms in the Pension Protection Act will keep attorneys in tax, trusts and estates and employee benefits busy.
9 minute read
July 06, 2006 | Law.com

2nd Circuit Asks N.Y. High Court to Decide if NASD Form Statement Privileged

Are statements made by an employer on a National Association of Securities Dealers termination form subject to an absolute or qualified privilege? That is the question the 2nd Circuit wants the New York Court of Appeals to answer as it wrestles with the latest of several cases where a fired employee claims he was libeled in a termination form by his employer. Plaintiff Chaskie Rosenberg sued MetLife, claiming he was investigated and ultimately fired because he was a Hasidic Jew.
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April 09, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

2nd Circuit Revives Copyright Case Against Google, YouTube

Viacom International is getting a second shot at proving that Google's YouTube massively infringed its copyrights by hosting clips from shows like The Daily Show and Family Guy without its permission.
4 minute read
April 23, 2007 | Law.com

Chart: Diversity Scorecard 2007

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November 03, 2009 | Law.com

Ex-Miller Canfield Partner Gets Five Years for Illegal Tax Shelter

Former Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone partner John Campbell was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for conspiring to sell fraudulent tax shelters. Campbell, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to defraud the U.S. in April 2008, had two years of supervised release tacked on to his sentence along with an order to pay $40,763 in restitution. Campbell worked at Miller Canfield, where he headed the firm's office in Kalamazoo, Mich., until 2006.
3 minute read
October 07, 2009 | Law.com

Don't Play Like Letterman, Employment Lawyers Warn

David Letterman's recent revelation that he had sex with subordinates is just a high-profile example, say employment lawyers, of a pervasive and potentially explosive problem: bosses having relationships with lower-level employees. "It's not illegal. It's just dangerous," said Fisher & Phillips partner Andria Ryan. "Most of the public looks at [the Letterman scandal] and says, 'Oh, what a shame for his wife, his family or his job.' My first reaction was, 'This is a sex harassment suit waiting to happen.'"
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January 07, 2005 | Law.com

Circuits Split Over 'Safe Harbor' Protection for Companies

Federal appeals courts have split over the degree to which a securities law "safe harbor" provision involving company disclosures provides a shield from shareholder suits. The 2nd Circuit has held that companies can assert the defense at the pleadings stage of a suit -- creating a powerful weapon for defendants in terminating cases before discovery -- but the 7th Circuit has given a boost to class action plaintiffs with a ruling that declined to apply the defense at the pleadings stage.
7 minute read
December 23, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Accolades

Attorneys at more than 30 law firms were honored at the Legal Aid Society's 2005 Pro Bono Awards dinner Dec. 1, hosted this year by Shearman & Sterling.
3 minute read
October 25, 2005 | Law.com

Legality, Morality and Online Hate Groups

To gauge the wealth of bigotry in cyberspace, attorney Christopher Wolf suggests googling the word "Jew." At No. 2 on Google's catalog of referenced sites is "Jew Watch," which provides a numbing list of alleged crimes and conspiracies, including one of the oldest chestnuts of anti-Semitic propaganda, "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion." It falls to Wolf, the new chairman of the International Network Against Cyber-Hate, to fight against a high-tech version of old-fashioned odium.
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