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Fear Of Liability Haunts Corporate Boards, Hinders Recruiting

It was already getting more difficult for companies to recruit board members, but following the Yates Memo of September last […]

Small, Powerful 40-Year Old Washington Firm

Its clients have included some of the most famous defendants of our time, among them Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Enron, the Salt […]

Overcoming Privilege In Pharma Exec Fraud Case

Brooklyn U.S. attorneys have tried to find a way around attorney-client privilege to prove a former pharmaceutical company CEO and […]

Lawyers Who Launder

An undercover sting by a group called Global Witness secretly recorded a dozen New York lawyers who suggested ways to […]

Giuliani Departs Firm, Now Just “Bracewell”

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is leaving Texas-based Bracewell & Giuliani to join Greenberg Traurig LLP. His old firm, […]

Executive Risk After The Yates Memo

The Yates Memo, issued by DOJ in September of last year, requires federal prosecutors to focus their efforts on going […]

Study: Law Firms Going The Way Of The Kodak Camera

An in-depth study of the legal market concludes that most law firms are falling prey to avoidance and wishful thinking […]

More GCs Looking To “Litigation Funding”

A litigation financing ploy, formerly geared to plaintiffs and to evening out the playing field for small litigants, has gone […]

Occupational Hazards Of The Legal Trade

Studies and statistics confirm what many suspect, that here are significant occupational hazards associated with the practice of law. They […]

New Research: Lawyers Aren’t Machines

Some recent studies have dampened speculation about lawyers being replaced by computers and artificial intelligence programs. There is a growing […]

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