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June 06, 2012 |

China wall hit by global banks with 2 percent share after a decade

Five years after China said it fully met World Trade Organization obligations to open its economy to global financial firms, some companies are still largely shut out of the world's third-biggest banking market.
15 minute read
September 29, 2004 |

DA Backs Off Top Count in Tyco Executives' Retrial

Prosecutors decided Monday not to pursue charges of enterprise corruption against former Tyco International Ltd. executives L. Dennis Kozlowski and Mark H. Swartz. But Kozlowski and Swartz still face charges of grand larceny, conspiracy, securities fraud and falsifying business records for allegedly taking more than $170 million in unauthorized compensation and loans -- charges which, according to an assistant district attorney, provide "an adequate scope of imprisonment."
5 minute read
May 26, 2011 |

N.J. Clerkships Recover, Slightly, From Last Year's Precipitous Fall

After falling off a cliff in 2010, summer hiring at large New Jersey firms appears to have stabilized, though at levels well below those of recent years.
6 minute read
April 05, 2007 |

The higher pay/more billables rush

A SURVEY CONDUCTED by ABA Journal and published in the February 2007 edition indicated that an overwhelming number of the young lawyers who responded to the survey would welcome an opportunity to work less for less pay. "Of the 2,377 respondents who answered all or part of the survey, 84.2 percent indicated they would be willing to earn less money in exchange for lower billable-hour requirements.
8 minute read
Elmaliach v. Bank of China Ltd., 102026/09
Publication Date: 2011-07-15
Practice Area: Business Law
Industry:
Court: Supreme Court, New York County, IAS Part 39
Judge: Before: Justice Barbara R. Kapnick
Attorneys:
For plaintiff:
For defendant:
Case number: 102026/09

Cite as: Elmaliach v. Bank of China Ltd., 102026/09, NYLJ 1202501089993, at *1 (Sup. NY, Decided July 7, 2011)Before: Justice Barbara R. Kapnickp class="de

March 31, 2005 |

Book Ends?

The Internet era has required law librarians to reckon with a seemingly unlimited supply of online information. Indeed, the very notion of a library itself has changed. with information no longer confined to a physical space. What leaps will legal research take in the era of George Jetson, Esq.? California Legal Pro asked law librarians around the state what their jobs might look like 50 years from today.
7 minute read
August 22, 2012 |

Considerations for Young Lawyers in the Wake of the PSU Scandal

Ever since former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was charged in November 2011 with sexually molesting young boys, the school has remained a lightning rod for controversy, and after the recent sanctions imposed by the NCAA, some wonder whether the school's once-revered football program will survive. Regardless of where you stand on the university's handling of the incident, one thing is clear: much could have been done to avoid it.
9 minute read
March 22, 2005 |

Judicial Profile: Marjorie Slabach

"My mantra is 'talk to each other, listen to each other, settle, settle, settle,'" says Commissioner Marjorie Slabach, who spent 14 years as a family law attorney before the court hired her in 1997. Above all, attorneys seem grateful to go before someone from among their ranks, especially someone who has stuck with family court for several years. The commissioner knows family law up and down, and not much gets past her, lawyers said.
5 minute read
October 06, 2008 |

Even global crises have a bright side

Sure, the global economic system is teetering on destruction and the failure of Wall Street's giants seems to have taken the wind out of stockholder lawsuits intended to recoup some of investors' staggering financial losses. Add to that the U.S. Supreme Court's inclination, with rulings like Stoneridge, to make it harder for plaintiffs to make financial evildoers pay. But don't count out plaintiffs' lawyers' capacity for innovation.
4 minute read
April 29, 2013 |

In New Book, GrayRobinson Partner Revisits Judicial Role in Bush v. Gore

As the Florida Supreme Court's then chief justice, Charley Wells was at the center of the controversial 2000 presidential election. In his new book, Inside Bush v. Gore, Wells returns to the tense 36-day legal standoff that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court decision that delivered the White House to George W. Bush.
5 minute read

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