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N.Y. Comptroller Cleared to Audit Charter Schools, Court Says
Code of Ethics for City Employees Recommended
A Philadelphia ethics committee is urging city government to adopt a new ethics code and give a board the teeth to properly enforce it, as part of efforts to combat a "pay-to-play" system. While not advocating "city-focused campaign finance reform," committee members did recommend that government leaders pursue a statewide finance reform measure, potentially modeled after a statute currently before New Jersey's state Assembly.Lawyer for Enron's Lay attacks ex-CFO as liar, exaggerator
Data CSI: New Jersey Case Tests Limits of Spoliation Law
What began as a suit among former New Jersey business partners has become a test case of the obligation to preserve e-mails and electronic data that may become relevant to litigation. Plaintiff Joseph DeSantis alleges that his former partners destroyed evidence helpful to his case, although his attorney admits "We don't have a smoking gun, but we have extraordinarily detailed circumstantial evidence showing dates and times and documents." The defendants claim the allegations are "completely unfounded."Capital Case: Five Years and Counting
If you don't think 800 hours of pro bono work in one year is impressive, ask JoNell Thomas about her honeymoon. In November, the Las Vegas solo practitioner spent two days of her week long wedding trip to Hawaii sorting through property records to help her client's defense. Her tireless work freed a man who'd been on death row for 20 years -- and now she's continuing to devote herself to his case, this time on retrial.Should Small Firms Get on Board With Outsourcing?
Outsourcing legal services to India opens up new ways for small firms to serve their clients. Some attorneys swear by it. But is this growing practice just a passing fancy, or is it an effective way for law firms to take a step towards gaining a competitive advantage? Should small firms get on the outsourcing train?New Waste Management GC Inherits Shareholder Suits
When Lawrence O'Donnell III moved into the general counsel office at Houston's Waste Management Inc., he inherited a company with a struggling stock price, an accumulation of shareholder suits alleging insider trading and some serious fraud litigation. That's not to mention an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and an in-house probe led by a board member who used to head the SEC. O'Donnell says he took the job because of the challenges. "I see it all as an opportunity."GC Is Right at Home at Valdosta State
Laverne Lewis Gaskins says that, as a child, she had a fleeting interest in becoming a lawyer because of something she saw in a magazine. But she never saw anyone who looked like her who was a lawyer, which prompted her not to aggressively pursue law initially. Gaskins earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Valdosta State University and worked as a high school guidance counselor before deciding to go to law school. Now she's back at Valdosta State as its general counsel.Gun-Shy Lawyers at the OK Transaction
In-house counsel need to be skeptical of overly cautious gun-jumping advice, like some counsel are overreacting to the Department of Justice's recent gun-jumping lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc., which can jeopardize the success of corporate transactions.S&P's Big Bank Downgrade 'A Drop in the Bucket'
Standard & Poor's ratings agency announced it had downgraded the six largest banks in the country as part of a review of the world's 37 largest financial institutions. And it's just a start.Trending Stories
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