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Law Librarians: Secret Agents for Reaching Potential Clients
Law firms should look to their librarians to help bolster the bottom line. Librarians can enhance Web sites; maintain consistency in firm materials; market knowledge management expertise; and research proposed office locales. The most startling development, say a New York consultant and a library services director, is that some librarians are meeting with clients to provide direct research services -- and billing for those services.Schapiro Is Credited With Reversing Course at a Beleaguered SEC
Mary Schapiro, who announced this week she would step down as chairwoman of the SEC on Dec. 14, is credited for bringing new life to the SEC in the wake of the financial crisis. But Schapiro also has been faulted for not acting more forcefully to repair an agency with a reputation that had been pummeled in the wake of allegations that it had ignored clear evidence of Bernard Madoff's financial fraud.Out in the Oil Patch With McDermott Will Partner
Peter Sacripanti is used to being up against a powerful array of politicians and plaintiffs lawyers. As Exxon Mobil's defender, the McDermott Will & Emery partner is trying to prove that despite admitting that Exxon and its predecessors leaked or dumped millions of gallons of petroleum in a Brooklyn neighborhood in decades past, the company isn't liable for any damages now. And Sacripanti's pit bull manner suggests he's more inspired than intimidated by the self-proclaimed righteousness of his opponents.View more book results for the query "White Case"
Ninety Years Later, Litigation Over Titanic Sails On
Ninety years after the Titanic sank in the icy North Atlantic, lawyers are still in court fighting over the right to salvage from the shipwreck that's resting two-and-a-half miles beneath the surface of the sea. The dispute really isn't over valuables like gold and diamonds that could be recovered from the wreck, maritime lawyer Philip N. Davey said Dec. 3 at a Titanic and the Law seminar sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center.ABA Gives Roberts 'Well Qualified' Rating
Supreme Court nominee John Roberts got a "well qualified" rating from the American Bar Association on Wednesday, clearing a hurdle in his path to the nation's highest court. The rating, by unanimous vote of an ABA committee, was revealed as the Senate Judiciary Committee announced its plans for Roberts' confirmation hearings next month. For more than 50 years the ABA has evaluated the credentials of those chosen for federal courts, with Supreme Court nominees getting the most intense scrutiny.New focus on truly foreign entities and foreign officials
Recent prosecutions have targeted these two classes of defendants — thought for years to be beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement.Trending Stories
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