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July 20, 2011 |

Tweet Surrender

There was a time when big, respectable law firms would never use silly words like Tweet, Twitter and Twitterverse, but that seems to be changing, at least for some firms. Most of the firms on the AmLaw 100 have Twitter accounts - 78% have at least one firm account. But what do they do with it?
30 minute read
August 25, 2003 |

Chase Manhattan Bank v. Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld

Defendant Can Sue in Seeking Contribution
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September 14, 2006 |

N.Y. Federal Judge Exposes White-Collar Dealmaking in KPMG Case

After his latest round of hearings in the KPMG tax shelter case, Southern District of New York Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered lawyers for the 16 former KPMG partners or employees who are defendants to submit affidavits disclosing who had referred their clients to them. The judge's extended investigation of the KPMG prosecution has thrown a spotlight on KPMG's lead outside counsel, Skadden Arps partner Robert Bennett -- exposing defense tactics usually confined to the shadows of white-collar dealmaking.
7 minute read
July 01, 2013 |

Arbitration Scorecard 2013: Treaty Disputes

Treaty arbitrations active in 2011–13 in which at least $100 million was at stake.
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January 31, 2011 |

Getting Fired: Don't Deal With the In-House Counsel and Deal With It Publicly?

Heaven forbid, IF you get fired, don't talk with the in-house counsel and deal with it in a public manner? Uh oh, that's not what an in-house lawyer wants to hear ...
157 minute read
July 13, 2011 |

How are AmLaw 100 firms using Twitter?

Twitter presents one more platform for law firms to build their reputations.
31 minute read
July 29, 1999 |

Insurance Conspiracy Suit Cut Back

A Manhattan Supreme Court justice has dramatically downsized a lawsuit in which plaintiffs claimed that workers' compensation insurers and their trade organization engaged in an "industry-wide" conspiracy to artificially inflate premiums charged to policyholders. The decision by Justice Ira Gammerman leaves standing only causes of action for breach of contract against 12 insurance companies that actually wrote policies for the 17 plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
4 minute read
June 04, 2003 |

Defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Anne Targum, J.), entered January 4, 2002, to the extent that it denied defendants' motions for summary judgment.
13 minute read
January 21, 2000 |

Beyond the Valley: Who's Winning the Tech-Law Biz?

There are many ways to spot which hi-tech regions are the hottest challengers to the dominance of Silicon Valley. You can rank them by the amount of venture capital, or by the growth of tech jobs -- or you can track where the technology lawyers are flocking. Northern Virginia is the clear leader by the latter. A close second is New York's Silicon Alley, which has become a magnet for firms with established technology practices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Texas.
10 minute read
January 14, 2002 |

Outside Counsel

I n a September 1998 speech at New York University, former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt announced a crackdown on accounting fraud. In his speech, Chairman Levitt criticized what he described as a "game of nods and winks" practiced by managers, auditors, and analysts who operate in a "gray area where the accounting is being perverted." The result of this "game," according to Chairman Levitt, was an environment where "integrity in financial reporting is under stress" and, in some instances, "earnings reports re
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