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Who's Winning the Private Equity Race? It's Complicated
Many firms make grandiose claims, but the reality is complex.Are Bar Associations Still Relevant? Perhaps Now More Than Ever, New Phila. Bar Chancellor Says
At a time when the relevance of bar associations has been called into question, newly installed Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor Rochelle "Shelli" Fedullo is planning a year designed to reinforce and reinvigorate the organization's value to the legal community for both existing and prospective members.The Government's New Tool Against Insider Trading
In two recent criminal cases involving insider trading based on non-public information from government agencies, prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have resurrected an old statute for a new purpose. The novel use of a 19th century statute arms the government with a new and potent weapon for prosecuting insider trading cases.Protections and Limitations of Title Insurance—What You Need to Know
Most people have title insurance on their property but some may be unfamiliar with the concept, protections or limitations of title insurance.Insider Trading Enforcement Intensifies Across Markets and Regulators
The development of both derivatives- and securities-centric task forces to address insider trading signals intensified regulatory focus on this area of law across financial markets.View more book results for the query "*"
Substantial Differences in Substantial Assistance Within the Second Circuit
District judges can vary from the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for almost any reason, but the most common path to a sentence significantly below the Guidelines range is a downward departure under Guideline §5K1.1, which is the primary vehicle by which a criminal defendant's cooperation with federal authorities—his “substantial assistance”—is incentivized and rewarded. The basic procedure is the same in every district. Yet cooperation yields different results depending on the district.Are We Boring Juries to Death? A Proposal to Revamp Federal White-Collar Jury Instructions
While concerns about whether jurors understand the laws they must apply arise in all trials, it is perhaps most important in the context of criminal cases where the parties need jurors to have the requisite knowledge to fairly and intelligently discharge their duties when a defendant's liberty is at issue.NJ Judge Suspended for Making Clandestine Recordings of Staff Meetings
Superior Court Judge Deborah Gross-Quatrone has been suspended without pay for two months over secret recordings she made of meetings with her colleagues and superiors.How Will Millennials Invest Their New Wealth?
Advisors need to understand the thinking of this generation to help guide them as they inherit a vast amount of wealth.