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January 10, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Cadwalader Laying Off 35 In Wake of Slumping Markets

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft's large practice advising on the issuance of mortgage-backed securities helped catapult the firm to the top of the legal profession's profitability charts over the past few years. But the market for such securities has all but disappeared since late summer, leading the firm to announce it was laying off 35 lawyers.
5 minute read
June 27, 2007 | Law.com

Rural Telecoms Target Washington in Fee Fight

A group of rural telecom providers' claim that industry giants put the squeeze on their businesses after the small companies figured out a way to increase profits and drive telephone calls to their lines has mushroomed beyond its humble Iowa roots to Congress and the FCC. At the center of the whirlwind is Kelley Drye Collier Shannon, which is advising the rural telecoms in court and on the Hill, and providing a perfect illustration of how D.C. firms can serve clients across several distinct platforms.
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May 21, 2003 | Law.com

Asset Battles Aim at Lawyers' Wallets

The battle over frozen assets and the right to counsel are at the forefront of two corporate fraud cases. In a federal court in Alabama, lawyers for former HealthSouth Chairman Richard Scrushy asked for limits on the government's attempt to freeze Scrushy's personal assets. And a D.C. attorney told a federal judge in New York that he wouldn't be representing U.S. Technologies' executive C. Gregory Earls, whose personal assets were frozen in March.
3 minute read
September 05, 2006 | New York Law Journal

L�pez Torres, plaintiffs-appellees v.New York State Board of Elections, defendants-appellants

Judicial Convention System Rejected; System Violates First Amendment Rights of Candidates, Voters
111 minute read
December 07, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

IPO Case Hits Big Snag At Second Circuit

A federal appeals court Tuesday vacated class certification in six key cases in the massive litigation over dot-com era initial public offerings - a potentially devastating setback for plaintiffs in the biggest consolidated securities class action in U.S. history.
5 minute read
August 20, 2003 | Law.com

Microsoft's $521M Patent Loss

A $521 million patent infringement verdict against Microsoft Corp. -- the largest of 2003 to date -- may have been the result of what jurors didn't hear, Microsoft lawyers say. According to the parties, the judge held a hearing, without the jury present, to determine the weight of Microsoft's evidence of "prior art," and then declined to let the question go to the jury. Microsoft lawyers will likely appeal the issue to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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May 23, 2000 | Law.com

ABCs of Small Firms Wanting to Reach Clients Online

What constitutes a successful small firm Web site? Assuming you are not a legal behemoth, is it necessary or practical to maintain a Web site that may take potential visitors a half an hour to peruse? Sometimes, less can be more. Especially in a small town environment, potential cyberclients cannot be expected to just "click and hire" an attorney. But, the right information, presented simply and succinctly online, can be a great way to start the attorney-client relationship.
4 minute read
July 10, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Despite Plea for Harmony, Court Term Ends on Dissonant Note

A U.S. Surpeme Court term that began with hope and at least limited evidence that a new era of consensus had begun dissolved in its final weeks into a blizzard of quarrelsome writing that clarified little and robbed some decisions of their precedential force.
8 minute read
May 21, 2004 | Law.com

The Sierra Club Challenges Validity of Pryor's Judgeship

While senators in Washington, D.C., enjoyed a judicial nominations truce on Wednesday, the fight escalated in Atlanta, as the Sierra Club asked the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to disqualify Judge William Pryor Jr. from hearing a case. The San Francisco-based Sierra Club filed a 43-page motion with the court arguing that President Bush's February recess appointment of Pryor violated the U.S. Constitution.
3 minute read
April 27, 2006 | Law.com

High Court Avoids Immigration, Focuses on RICO's Application to Business Relationships

In Wednesday arguments that were supposed to draw the Supreme Court into some of the immigration issues causing controversy across the nation, Mohawk Industries' employees claimed the company's hiring of illegal aliens depressed wages and amounted to racketeering as defined under RICO. Instead, immigration was barely mentioned, as arguments quickly devolved into a dense debate over the RICO statute's ambiguous wording and whether a corporation can be part of a separate "enterprise" covered by the law.
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