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New Jersey Law Journal

Attorney Removed From Police Wrongful Termination Suit Over Conflict

A federal judge in New Jersey has rejected an attorney's attempts to represent both a police officer in a wrongful termination case and another officer who is a witness in the case, finding the dual representation would create an impermissible conflict of interest.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Is Your External Counsel a Hired Gun?

Advice on how general counsel can extend company ethics and values to external counsel or correct problems that arise when external counsel behave like hired guns.
18 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cosi's Bankruptcy Takes Bite Out of Cadwalader

Cosi Inc. filed for bankruptcy this week in its hometown of Boston. The fast-casual restaurant chain has hired a 100-year-old firm to represent it in its Chapter 11 case, one in which it owes nearly $147,000 to New York's oldest firm.
15 minute read

The American Lawyer

Growing Data Threats Keep Deal Lawyers on Their Toes

When it comes to deal lawyers and cybersecurity, the discussion is often over whether law firms are a weak link in their clients' data defenses. But what about lawyers' obligations to probe for cyber weaknesses within the companies doing the deals?
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Hungry Lawyer Abroad

How to eat your way into your client's heart, even when the meal is, um, unusual.
15 minute read

The American Lawyer

Three Big Firms Advise on CBOE's Bats Exchange Buy

Sidley Austin, Fried Frank and Davis Polk are advising on a $3.2 billion cash-and-stock deal that will see CBOE Holdings Inc., owner of the largest U.S. options exchange, acquire Bats Global Markets Inc., the nation's second-largest stock exchange operator.
25 minute read

National Law Journal

Federal Judge Nixes Some Claims, Allows Others, Against Dentons

Dentons, a growing global legal giant that reshuffled its U.S. leadership on Monday, also saw a federal district court judge issue a ruling Sunday allowing a pair of claims against the firm by the Republic of Guinea to proceed.
51 minute read

The American Lawyer

Three Bankruptcies and More Big Firm Creditors, Even Bingham

Bingham McCutchen may have dissolved two years ago into Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, but the Boston-based firm is still listed as an unsecured creditor in the bankruptcy this month of defense contractor Fansteel Inc. Outstanding legal bills also resulted in eight other firms being listed as creditors in two more bankruptcy cases.
36 minute read

Daily Report Online

National Insurance Defense Firms Shaking Up Atlanta Market

As insurance carriers increasingly look to national defense firms, out-of-state firms are looking to take work away from regional Georgia shops.
25 minute read

The American Lawyer

In Vaping Bankruptcy, No Smoke, But Plenty of Unpaid Legal Bills

NJOY Inc., one of the nation's largest electronic cigarette makers, has filed for bankruptcy in Delaware. The company owes millions in outstanding legal fees to lawyers from several firms, including DLA Piper and Goodwin Procter.
26 minute read

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