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February 20, 2004 | Law.com

The S&L Payouts That Never Came

When Charles Cooper argued and won United States v. Winstar at the Supreme Court, plaintiffs lawyers thought thrifts and investors would recover billions of dollars. The landmark 1996 ruling found the government liable for breaking contracts with savings and loan associations as regulators tried to avert the 1980s S&L fiasco. But so far, actual damage awards have fallen far short of what everyone -- even the government -- anticipated.
11 minute read
October 13, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Attempts to Expand Public Nuisance Laws to Reach Products

It is shortsighted to seek to apply public nuisance law to products. Injuries caused by products are properly addressed through other tort law.
6 minute read
February 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Important Issues Percolate in Bankruptcy Appeals

As a wave of bankruptcy filings makes its way through the courts, unresolved questions that will significantly affect future consumer and business bankruptcies are bubbling up in appeals to the district and circuit appellate courts.
7 minute read
December 08, 2009 | The Recorder

A Test of SEC Oversight Board

In Monday's Supreme Court arguments, it appeared likely the justices would leave the SOX-created board that regulates accounting firms intact.
5 minute read
December 27, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

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.
7 minute read
September 07, 2010 | New York Law Journal

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.
7 minute read
May 05, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

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.
4 minute read
May 04, 2005 | Legaltech News

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.
8 minute read
September 22, 2005 | Law.com

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.
8 minute read
January 03, 2007 | Law.com

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.
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