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August 12, 2010 |

Capitol Report

A round-up of action from Trenton.
7 minute read
October 12, 2012 |

2nd Circuit rejects request to pursue malpractice claims

A federal appeals court has rejected a request by billionaire Sam Wyly to pursue malpractice claims against plaintiffs firms that negotiated a $143 million settlement in a shareholder class action.
4 minute read
April 16, 2009 |

What's hot and what's not for associate job seekers

Law firm layoffs fill the headlines and first-year classes are being delayed. In this environment, a lot of associates are out there looking for jobs and wondering how they can stand out amid the crowd. Legal Times contacted attorney search consultants and law school career specialists in the Washington, D.C., area to find out. Here's what some experts say job seekers should be doing to get their next position, and also some advice on the hot and not-so-hot practice areas right now.
7 minute read
September 23, 2003 |

9th Circuit Recall Reversal Predicted

It's a common complaint that litigants have to overcome a liberal bias when going into a hearing at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
6 minute read
September 18, 2013 |

Realty Law Digest

Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law, reviews two recent landlord-tenant cases involving an alleged use of a residential apartment for commercial purposes, and the dismissal of a holdover proceeding against a tenant alleged to have been using his apartment for illegal purposes.
11 minute read
March 16, 2012 |

Planning for Proposed Changes in the Tax Code

In the movie "Groundhog Day," the character played by Bill Murray was forced to relive the same day over and over again. For taxpayers and their advisers, 2012 may very well be a version of "Groundhog Day" as we relive all of the uncertainty of 2009 and 2010.
9 minute read
September 08, 2003 |

Using Sarbanes-Oxley in Civil Litigation

Although clearly not the driving force behind the legislation, it is entirely likely that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will give rise to several issues in civil litigation and potentially may be the basis of class-action plaintiffs' attempts to expand their arsenal of weapons in securities litigation.
10 minute read
October 26, 2011 |

Attorneys say executives knew drywall was contaminated

Executives at Germany-based Knauf knew about contamination in Chinese-made drywall but allowed the tainted wallboard to be shipped to the United States, attorneys suing the company claimed in court.
4 minute read
May 14, 2010 |

Jamaican Prime Minister: I OK'd Hiring Manatt, but Party Paid

Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding admitted for the first time this week that he authorized hiring Manatt, Phelps & Phillips to lobby U.S. officials in connection with an extradition dispute involving an alleged drug kingpin that has strained relations between the two countries and resulted in an ethics complaint against the firm. Golding contended, however, that it was his ruling Jamaica Labour Party, not the Jamaican government, that hired and paid Manatt -- despite the firm's continuing insistence to the contrary.
5 minute read

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