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October 14, 2013 |

Mass. Court Clarifies Private Equity Funds' Exposure to Their Portfolio Companies' ERISA Pension Liabilities

In an opinion issued in October 2012, the Federal District Court of Massachusetts provided clarity on the question of whether a private equity fund can be liable for the ERISA pension obligations of its portfolio companies, including multiemployer withdrawal liability and defined benefit pension plan underfunding. This summer, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit had a different interpretation. The case was Sun Capital Partners v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund.
4 minute read
November 29, 2004 |

Editorials

A federal reporters' shield law would provide a minimal level of uniform protection that would require federal courts to consider and articulate clear reasons for compelling a reporter's testimony. And it would be a big step toward reminding the public, prosecutors and the courts that such compulsion can seriously undermine the First Amendment.
6 minute read
April 08, 2010 |

Panel Says Firms Can Wall Off Tainted Lawyers

Ethical walls within private law firms aren't coming down. In fact, they've just been braced. Los Angeles' 2nd District Court of Appeal took a momentous step Wednesday by ruling that an entire law firm need not be automatically disqualified from a case simply because one of its attorneys has a conflict of interest. The firm only needs to prove "by evidence," the court held, that the tainted lawyer's confidential client information wasn't shared with others on the staff who represent an opposing party.
4 minute read
October 06, 2004 |

Did a Controversial Lobbyist Fool his Own Firm?

As lobbyist Jack Abramoff sat silently in the witness chair last week, attempting to avoid self-incrimination by taking the Fifth, senators reached into the thesaurus to find insults strong enough to hurl at him. But questions remain: How was Greenberg Traurig unable to see what was going on with their flamboyant and controversial partner, who stands accused of hoodwinking millions out of Native American clients?
10 minute read
November 26, 2003 |

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Analyst Fraud Claims in WorldCom Litigation

Press reports about widespread conflicts among Wall Street stock analysts were not enough to put investors on notice about the allegedly "illicit relationship" between WorldCom, Salomon Smith Barney and its star telecommunications analyst Jack Grubman, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting motions to dismiss claims brought on behalf of an Ohio pension fund. The ruling was the latest by Judge Denise Cote in the largest securities fraud case in the nation's history.
4 minute read
September 13, 2013 |

Q&A: Anne Rudman

The new chair of the board of Lawyers Without Borders discusses her own work in Liberia, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, along with the organization's training programs on legal concepts and human rights in developing countries.
12 minute read
July 21, 2009 |

Ga. Panel Tosses Contempt Sentence for 'Sarcastic' Expression

Lawyers who have a hard time keeping a poker face when they don't like a judge's ruling can take heart in a decision issued last week by the Georgia Court of Appeals.
6 minute read
September 11, 2012 |

Local Counsel and Adhering to Local Rules and Customs

Eastern District Local Civil Rule 83.5.2 requires any attorney who is not a member of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania bar to hire as associate counsel (local counsel) a member of the Eastern District bar to appear as counsel of record on all pleadings.
10 minute read
September 10, 2010 |

Legal Gymnastics

The Legislature should enact a statute whereby allocation of the risks and responsibilities of health clubs and their patrons are specifically delineated.
4 minute read

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