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Solicitor General Sides Against SEC in Major High Court Securities Case
In the cage match of the securities bar, Solicitor General Paul Clement has sided with corporate interests over investors. Clement on Wednesday filed an amicus brief for defendants in a Supreme Court case that may decide whether lawyers, accountants and bankers can be sued by private investors for activities that arguably go beyond aiding and abetting corporate fraud. In an extraordinary turn of events, the case has exposed a rift between the SEC and the Bush administration and its Department of Justice.In Fen-Phen Trial, the Uninjured Sue for Preventative Maintenance
Unlike conventional class actions, the plaintiffs in the fen-phen diet drug suit that went to trial last Wednesday haven't suffered illness or injury. In fact, their class is specifically defined to "exclude" such people. "We are not here for money; we are here for monitoring," said plaintiff's lead counsel Esther Berezofsky. So, does someone with no discernible injury from a product have a cause of action, based solely on the possibility that an injury may become manifest in the future?Aside from costing Argentina billions, the likeliest effect of an Elliott Associates win in the Argentine bondholder litigation may not be to end sovereign restructuring, but to re-route it from New York to London. And the biggest loser after Argentina might be Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, which has built a tidy business in issuing, restructuring, and litigating New York-law bonds from Latin America.
The Benefits of Sabbaticals for Lawyers
There is a long and time-honored tradition among other cultures, and other professions, of giving the mind and spirit a break from the day-to-day grind, notes attorney Janice Mock. It's called a sabbatical. You've heard of it, right? Right -- just not anywhere near your office door. Embracing the notion of what a world with sabbaticals for lawyers as commonplace would look like, Mock discusses the benefits of sabbaticals both for the attorneys who take them and for the law firms that allow them.Fen-Phen Trial Testimony: Risks Stop One Year After Use
American Home Products' former top medical executive tried to strike at the core of a class action over fen-phen last week by testifying that the risk of heart and lung disease disappears a year after patients stop taking the diet drugs. The testimony by Dr. Marc Deitsch, former senior vice president of medical affairs at AHP subsidiary Wyeth Laboratories who was called by the plaintiffs as a hostile witness, was key because the class is made up of people who used the drug but are asymptomatic.Law Firm Allows Full-Time Parenting in the Workplace
Roxanne B. Conlin and Associates, a Des Moines, Iowa-based plaintiffs firm, is one of only a handful of firms in the country that allows parents to bring their babies to the office. This is not on-site day care; it is full-time parenting in the workplace. In Roxanne Conlin's experience, parents are so happy to keep their kids nearby that they are motivated to perform at the top of their game. And because they aren't constantly worrying whether their child is being fed or changed, they are better able to focus.Trending Stories
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