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August 03, 2010 |

The 2010 Lawyers on the Fast Track

Following are the names of the 30 Pennsylvania attorneys who have been selected to be honored as this year's "Lawyers on the Fast Track."
2 minute read
March 27, 2012 |

Americans bet billions on junk bonds

Americans have a thing for junk.Stock prices have doubled in the past three years, and everyday investors keep pulling money out of stocks. But they're happy to lend billions of dollars to companies with deep debts and embarrassing credit scores.They're doing it through junk bonds, the risky investments made infamous by the disgraced investment banker Michael Milken in the 1980s.
4 minute read
August 01, 2003 |

Bottoms Up

N 2002, the board of directors at The AES Corporation took herculean steps to put the company back on track. The Arlington, Virginia-based energy business's stock price had lost 87 percent of its value in ten months, the company was in danger of defaulting on its massive debt, the Brazilian government was investigating AES for allegedly colluding with Enron Corp. to manipulate the energy market, and plaintiffs attorneys were poised to bring shareholder class action suits. Desperate to change course, the AES
7 minute read
July 30, 2008 |

New SEC Antifraud Rule: Utmost Tool in Subprime Crisis?

Mark A. Berube, a partner at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, writes that the convergence of two events - the subprime meltdown and the passage of a new Securities and Exchange Commission antifraud rule directed at hedge funds - should give the hedge fund industry significant pause. The new antifraud rule represents, he posits, perhaps the ultimate enforcement tool at the SEC's disposal in the subprime crisis.
11 minute read
October 12, 2001 |

Fried Frank Settles Malpractice Case With Fruit of the Loom

One of the nation's largest law firms has settled a legal malpractice case in which Fruit of the Loom Ltd. sought more than $80 million in damages for the firm's alleged negligence in handling a fraud and antitrust case in the 1990s. The suit named 135 of New York-based Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson partners as defendants and deemed them "legally responsible" for the damages.
4 minute read
March 06, 2008 |

Top Blogs Hit All the Right Links

Help put your law firm's blog above the fold on a Google search using inbound and outbound links relevant to your site, whether they are mainstream press, public interest sites or other law blogs -- even those of your competitors. A well-linked blog is a great tool to help brand your firm.
6 minute read
October 24, 2008 |

Condemned man's execution stayed

ATLANTA AP - A federal appeals court gave a last-minute reprieve Friday to a Georgia man set to be executed for the 1989 killing of an off-duty police officer even though several witnesses have changed their accounts of the crime.Troy Davis, 40, was scheduled to be executed Monday for the murder of Savannah Police Officer Mark MacPhail.
4 minute read
January 14, 2004 |

Celebrities Must Weigh Costs, Benefits of Court of Public Opinion

You might wonder why a defendant who has vowed not to try his case in the public or media would enlist the services of a spokesperson, dispatch celebrity friends to speak in his defense, and construct a new Web site to carry his side of the story. Then again, you might not. Chances are, you already understand what Michael Jackson, Martha Stewart, Kobe Bryant and their legions of lawyers understand all too well: A celebrity defendant has no choice.
8 minute read
February 10, 2011 |

Exhibit A: Another iPad app for trial presentation

Exhibit A joins two other iPad apps for trial presentation, TrialPad and Evidence. While none of these apps are likely to replace trial presentation consultants or even software suites such as TrialDirector, they could be used effectively in the right scenario, such as a settlement conference, mediation, or even a small trial.
7 minute read
September 12, 2012 |

EEOC Locks Down Employers' Use of Arrest and Conviction Information

In April 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued an extensive guidance that expands the EEOC's review of employers' use of arrest/conviction information when charges are brought alleging that an employer's use of the information had a discriminatory effect.
7 minute read

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