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Busy M&A Market Makes Real Estate Attorneys Deal Makers
Real estate attorneys, long known as dirt lawyers, are adopting more of the deal-making skills of their corporate counterparts as they get pulled deeper into the real estate sector's surging mergers and acquisitions activity.Slowdown in Filings Fuels Competition for Bankruptcy Cases
Just two years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the number of businesses filing for Chapter 11 is dropping off. Although most members of the bankruptcy bar view the slowdown as short-term and partners interviewed by the Law Journal said they themselves would be fine for now, thanks to an inventory of bankruptcies-in-progress, competition is heating up among firms eager to handle newly filed cases.Pay-for-Delay Deals Threatened as Second Circuit Judges Question Existing Law
The balance may finally be shifting in favor of the challengers to so-called reverse payment settlements in drug patent litigation.Control of Digital Data Roils Attorneys
Increasingly, government and business are attempting to regulate and limit the use of digital technology due to heightened fears over privacy, identify theft and litigation. As a result, at a time when attorneys are beginning to rely more heavily on technology to win cases, they often have to struggle to get their hands on automobile "black box" data, videos of medical procedures and crucial e-mails.Growing Trend: Prosecution for Workers' Injuries, Deaths
A trend is emerging in the field of white-collar crime that is unrelated to recent, well publicized financial scandals. Local and federal prosecutors nationwide are increasingly considering criminal charges against corporations and their managers in connection with workplace injuries and deaths. Stephen G. Sozio and Earnest B. Gregory examine this trend and provide guidance on steps that a corporation can take to discourage prosecution when an injury or death occurs.Real Estate Attorneys Become Corporate Dealmakers
Real estate attorneys are adopting more of the deal-making skills of their corporate counterparts as they get pulled deeper into the real estate sector's surging M&A activity. Some say clients that buy and sell high-dollar, multiproperty assets increasingly want a lawyer who not only understands how to assess properties, but can also play a role in crafting a transaction. The buying and selling of real estate investment trusts, especially publicly traded ones, is at the heart of the increased activity.Phila. Jury Awards $27.6 Million for Promo Video Injury
A Philadelphia jury returned a $27.6 million verdict Monday in favor of a woman and her husband who said she was injured while taking part in a promotional video for an artificial knee implant.Trending Stories
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