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Companies weigh the risk of exposure
Companies suspected of financial mischief may find themselves caught between accepting federal promises of leniency in exchange for a peek at internal corporate investigations and airing corporate dirty linen to the world.2nd Circuit Affirms Standard for Winning New Trial When Exhibits Are Lost
The destruction of some trial exhibits in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the World Trade Center did not deprive a convicted sexual predator of his right to appeal, the 2nd Circuit has ruled. Remaining in the camp of the majority of circuits on the issue, the court reaffirmed that an appellant must show that the absence of trial records has created "specific prejudice to his ability to perfect an appeal" before it orders a new trial.The Ins and Outs of Third Circuit Cross-Appeals
It is common for a litigant to lose some motions and win others. A question appellate lawyers often hear from lawyers representing clients who have won some and lost some, but who ultimately prevailed, is, "Do I need to cross-appeal?"The First Amendment and the 'Reparative' Therapy Cases
Tempers will surely continue to run hot over the merits of "reparative" therapy, and rightly so. But it is important not to let hard cases (or unsympathetic plaintiffs) make bad law.Rulings in 2010 in Class Actions Under CPLR Article 9
Thomas A. Dickerson, an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department, and Kenneth A. Manning, a partner at Phillips Lytle, review 2010 class action decisions involving attorney's fees, point of sale leases, arbitration and class action waivers, cy pres settlements, cell phone bonus minutes, inverse condemnation, mortgages, wage claims and mass property torts.Chevron and its lawyers at Gibson Dunn failed to persuade the Second Circuit to reconsider the court's refusal to enjoin Ecuadorian plaintiffs from enforcing an $18 billion judgment against the oil giant. And on Friday Chevron announced it was advancing its appeal of the judgment in Ecuador. What's the next step for the oil giant and its pinstriped armada?
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