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September 08, 2008 |

Attitude adjustment

The 2d Circuit's dramatic opinion in the KPMG case on Aug. 28, upholding the district court's dismissal of all 13 defendants, is a clear demonstration of the widening gap between traditional prosecutorial attitudes and the nontraditional world of white-collar investigations. DOJ saw its efforts to prevent KPMG from paying for counsel for its employees under investigation as preventing the firm from "circling the wagons," or worse. The court saw it as "abuse of power." Time for some attitude adjustment.
4 minute read
April 07, 2008 |

Arbitration centers turn up the heat

As arbitration becomes increasingly popular throughout the world as a method of dispute resolution, international lawyers and corporate counsel are being wooed by an array of cities around the world positioning themselves to become major arbitration centers.
6 minute read
February 12, 2007 |

Unlikely Tango Partners, Sorta Offbeat at MWW Group

William Morley (right) doesn't mince words: Yeah, so clients have left; so has talent. Isn't it part and parcel of doing business here? But some say the recent revolving door at MWW is about issues much bigger than transient D.C.
9 minute read
May 25, 2009 |

Civil Actions

The following cases were recently filed in the local district courts.
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July 18, 2005 |

Cleveland Rocks: Klayman Joins Ohio Firm

Larry Klayman, who made national headlines during the 1990s as a frequent legal opponent of the Clinton administration, is setting up shop in Miami with a Cleveland-based law firm.
5 minute read
April 11, 2013 |

Social Media Use as Evidence of Juror Misconduct

A trial court has certain authority to investigate juror misconduct, but to what extent can a court compel a juror suspected of misconduct to disclose printouts of social media communications made during a trial.
10 minute read
May 17, 1999 |

Closing a Gender Generation Gap

Numbers are scarce, but a recent Colorado Women's Bar study found that 31% of female lawyers were single--almost twice the proportion of single male lawyers. The difference in their personal choices has helped create a lamentable "generation gap" between older and younger female lawyers
4 minute read
January 13, 2010 |

Ex-Justice: No ethics problems with Adorno

Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Raoul Cantero III testified for Henry Adorno at his Florida Bar disciplinary hearing, saying Adorno has never acted unethically or broken any Bar rules.
4 minute read
August 25, 2008 |

What's your juror taking?

As the percentage of Americans taking various medications skyrockets, some jury consultants and lawyers have begun asking potential jurors what kinds of medications they are taking. They're concerned about potential side effects associated with medications that can affect a person's ability to concentrate, sit for long periods of time and otherwise act as jurors. A secondary reason for asking is strategic — to bounce jurors they don't want and use medications as an excuse.
8 minute read
February 05, 2002 |

Build It, and They ...

The verdict in a case involving a resort that collapsed during an earthquake in Guam's Tumon Bay gets the nomination as the most unusual of 2001. What's unusual isn't that the plaintiffs won a $73.4 million verdict against the construction companies who'd built the combination hotel and condominium, but that when the parties couldn't find a courtroom in Guam big enough for the trial, they built their own.
3 minute read

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