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May 11, 2009 |

Dechert Plans Moscow Office With Team From Chadbourne & Parke

Dechert said Friday it's set to open an office in Moscow in early June with the addition of five partners from Chadbourne & Parke's office there, including the firm's managing partner for the region.
5 minute read
April 28, 2005 |

Formation, Reorganization. Liquidation of Insolvent Corporations

Certain liquidations, corporate formation transactions and reorganizations are ordinarily nontaxable, in the sense that neither gain nor loss is recognized by a party disposing of stock or assets in such a transaction. The IRS has recently proposed regulations that address the consequences of a transfer of assets that, after taking into account obligations assumed or taken subject to, lack net value.
9 minute read
April 16, 2007 |

Justices to ponder imperiled species

The Pima pineapple cactus and the Huachuca water umbel will anchor an extraordinary relay of environmental cases in the nation's high court this term as the justices wrap up their argument docket.
8 minute read
November 19, 2007 |

Half a loaf is worse

The House passed a bill protecting gay, lesbian and bisexual employees on Nov. 7. Democratic leadership nixed transgender employees from the bill because they lacked the votes to enact the more inclusive law. While compromise is part of the legislative process, this one was misguided. Sacrificing transgendered workers' interests was bad strategy and worse policy.
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May 19, 2008 |

Honest brokers are needed

Gamesmanship in discovery can be effectively mitigated by entrusting the supervision electronic document discovery to a neutral intermediary — an honest broker of discovery. This entity would undertake certain elements of discovery under well-defined obligations toward the parties and the court, much in the way a court-appointed expert witness or special master serves the interest of all parties.
5 minute read
February 02, 2006 |

Law Firms Host More Women-Only Events

Weary of male-oriented networking sessions at basketball games, golf courses and ski resorts, the women of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker have organized a women-only getaway featuring past vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro. Similarly, Alston & Bird recently spent $4,000 on an off-site networking event for female lawyers, clients and families. Shira Adler, a partner at Flint & Adler, says the trend is a response to the increasing numbers of women in corporations.
4 minute read
September 24, 2007 |

5th Circuit's 'Oscar' Ruling

Courts have struggled with the showing required for the presumption of reliance in fraud-on-the-market cases since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 1988 Basic Inc. v. Levinson decision. But the presumption of reliance lacks broad theoretical grounding and clear judicial guidance. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' recent excursion into these murky waters is its most aggressive attempt yet to set the matter right.
8 minute read
May 14, 1998 |

Rising Longer-Term Interest Rates Cloud Outlook for Economy

Having strong growth and low unemployment is terrific -- as long as it is sustainable
5 minute read
September 17, 2007 |

End the inequity

The Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2007 would remedy anomalies in the treatment of damages obtained by employment discrimination victims and other civil rights plaintiffs, which disadvantage them by comparison with victims of physically injurious torts.
4 minute read
February 01, 2006 |

Firms Host More Women-Only Events

Wendy [email protected] of male-oriented networking events at basketball games, golf courses and ski resorts, women of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker have organized a women-only business getaway to Key Largo, Fla.The April event features Geraldine A. Ferraro, the first and only woman to win the vice-presidential nomination of a national political party.
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