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January 16, 2007 |

Brothers' Racketeering Suit Seeks to Bring Down PricewaterhouseCoopers in Georgia

Stiles and Sammy Kellett, two Atlanta brothers, sold a national nursing home conglomerate to Mariner Health Group in 1995. That transaction is the basis of a high-stakes trial accusing PricewaterhouseCoopers and Mariner corporate officers of fraud and theft by deception constituting racketeering. The Kelletts are seeking treble damages of nearly $400 million and want to block PricewaterhouseCoopers from doing business in Georgia. But are the brothers naive locals or greedy, sophisticated businessmen?
8 minute read
July 17, 2003 |

The Rules of the Game

As GC of video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., Ruth Kennedy has seen her share of animated body slams and bone-crushing quarterback sacks -- yet the company has always said no to games with gratuitous sex and violence, partly due to Kennedy's role as what EA's president calls a "conscience checkpoint." The company's relative gentility may have drawbacks, but with a long-term strategy of developing games tied to franchises with renewable pop cultural appeal, its future looks bright.
14 minute read
November 23, 2009 |

Davis v. Davis

Free With Registration: Abandonment Must Be Sexual, Not Social, To Divorce, Panel Says
19 minute read
January 21, 2005 |

Federal Appeals Courts May Now Hold Key to Sentencing

In the post-Booker/Fanfan world of federal sentencing -- however long that world survives -- the key to whether the federal sentencing guidelines retain any real effect for defendants and prosecutors may now rest with the federal appellate courts, say scholars and litigators. The Supreme Court's remarkable sentencing ruling last week essentially did three things.
9 minute read
December 30, 2010 |

For-profit college debt haunts former students

Ronnie Franklin borrowed to pay his tuition at a for-profit college that advertised its success in preparing graduates for better jobs. That decision haunts him.Frustrated that his degree didn't lead to work in electronics, Franklin-now a $12-an-hour housepainter-decided to go to a community college this year.
12 minute read
February 18, 2009 |

Small Firms, Solos Face Tough Economic Decisions

8 minute read
March 20, 2000 |

Federalism is Recurring Theme in Supreme Court Cases

For sheer dramatic impact, the oral arguments March 29 in Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe will be hard to beat. It has football, religion, a touch of legal heroism -- even a dose of presidential politics, with Texas Attorney General John Cornyn representing Gov. George W. Bush. But several other cases in this cycle, while less dramatic, carry their own intrigue. And they carry a recurring theme -- federalism.
8 minute read
May 26, 2003 |

Judicial Elections Voters Pick Pittsburgh Area Judges For Supreme Court Bench

The voters have rendered their verdict: two western Pennsylvania judges will compete for a single open seat on the state Supreme Court in November.
6 minute read
July 21, 2000 |

Rolling the Dice

Litigation funding companies provide upfront cash to help plaintiffs pursue meritorious lawsuits. In exchange, the companies receive a minority interest in any judgment or settlement. But the concept disturbs legal ethicists, business groups and attorneys in both the plaintiff and defense camps, who ask: Does financing litigation just mean more litigation? Should companies not be buying into legal settlements at all?
16 minute read
May 19, 2003 |

Aly v. E.S. Sutton Realty et al, etc.,

Here, where a Pennsylvania insurance company authorized to offer commercial general-liability insurance policies in New Jersey was placed into rehabilitation by a Pennsylvania court, which also ordered a stay of all proceedings in Pennsylvania "or elsewhere" against the company and against all its insureds for 90 days, which stay was extended numerous times, principles of comity dictate that New Jersey trial courts honor the initial stay for rehabilitation and that they continue to honor the extensions i
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