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Alston & Bird a World Apart From DLA Piper
In the past month, five partners have left Alston & Bird for DLA Piper. What makes the moves more than the average lateral soap opera is the fact that the law firms are in such different places. While Alston has about 750 lawyers in six offices, DLA Piper dwells near the top of the law firm financial charts, with 3,400 lawyers working in 64 offices around the globe. DLA Piper has set out to be, as joint CEO Francis Burch Jr., puts it, "the leading global business law firm," come hell or high water.Cite as: Matter of Akeem Z, D-4376/10, NYLJ 1202479245990, at *1 (Fam. NY, Decided January 20, 2011)Judge Susan R. LarabeeDecided: Januar
Attack Has Widespread Impact on Legal System
Two of the hardest hit agencies Tuesday were the New York offices of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Both were housed in 7 World Trade Center -- the third building to fall on Sept. 11. The loss of documents is expected to mean months of extra work by the SEC and the EEOC to replicate or retrieve lost notes, depositions and interviews.Expert Witness Helps Launch Employment Law Industry
Bill Bielby has provided expert testimony in more than 50 cases -- including the successful class certification motion on behalf of 1.6 million female Wal-Mart employees. He has helped plaintiff attorneys win about $1 billion in settlements and helped launch a new wave of discrimination class actions. But he is also the scourge of the employment defense bar, which says his entire field of expertise shouldn't be allowed through the courtroom door.Attorney Fees: To Advance or Not to Advance?
Most companies promise to advance attorney fees and litigation expenses to executives who face criminal or civil litigation and to indemnify such executives. But is there a point at which a company does not have an obligation to advance defense attorney fees to admitted or proven wrongdoers? Is there a point at which defense costs become unreasonably excessive? Attorney Robert J. Giuffra Jr. addresses such issues concerning the advancement of attorney fees to current and former corporate executives.Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 16, No. 251 ? December 30, 2008
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