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Growing BigLaw Firm Adds Space at New York 'Icon'
Lawyers and Courts Brace for Flood of Elderly
About 70 million baby boomers are close to hitting their retirement years, a seismic demographic shift that will dramatically alter the way attorneys and courts do business in the coming decades.'Hot News' Tort Against Online Headline Service Is Upheld
Stephen M. Kramarsky, a member of Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky, writes: Copyright must preserve and protect economic incentives for creativity while at the same time avoiding any chilling effect on the creation of new works and forms of expression. This is a fine balance and when the courts address it, especially in new media contexts such as the Internet, they must be particularly careful of any possible unintended consequences. A recent decision from the Southern District of New York - though carefully reasoned and largely unimpeachable under current Second Circuit law - demonstrates some of those issues.Economic Downturn May Slow Courthouse Security Upgrades
Three years after the murders of a Chicago federal judge's husband and mother, and the courthouse shooting of a Georgia state judge and his court reporter, judicial security in states remains fragmented and uneven — and the bad economy may slow planned upgrades.View more book results for the query "White"
Former N.Y. Knick's Defamation Action Proceeds as Paper Shields Sources
Latrell Sprewell, the former New York Knick who was essentially blacklisted from basketball because of his reputation as a sulky and selfish player, has scored a victory against one of the entities responsible for that reputation, the New York Post. In a $40 million defamation case, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Marcy S. Friedman has granted Sprewell's motion to preclude the newspaper from relying on confidential sources in its summary judgment motion.Thelen Reid Partner 'Ambushes' Class Certifications With Private Eyes' Help
When Los Angeles-based Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner partner David Aronoff wants to oppose a class action, he routinely hires private investigators to probe pre-existing relationships between plaintiffs and their lawyers, or the possibility that plaintiffs had been improperly solicited. His line of attack often works -- as recently when a federal judge issued a scathing ruling refusing to certify a consumer class in California. Even so, Aronoff's approach hasn't been widely adopted by the defense bar.Serendipity Leads Attorney From Corporate Consulting to Executive Suite
Kelly C. Abernathy is senior vice president, GC and chief compliance officer at Capital Institutional Services Inc. Unlike many GCs, Abernathy did not move in-house from a firm, nor did she come from a career in securities law. Rather, she came from the corporate consulting world, where she had developed an expertise in compliance from a business angle. On first impression, she says, some people may underestimate her legal abilities, so her strategy is to "disarm them and then knock their socks off."Trending Stories
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