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Associates: Desktop Decorating
What's an expressive attorney to do? Once he was limited to wearing plaid ties and paisley suspenders. Now he can set loose flying toasters on his screen or rolling sushi on his desktop.An associate may have no control over the halls, but his office is his castle. A National Law Journal survey has uncovered a scary array of ways to personalize one's desk.James C. Diggs, PPG Industries Inc.
James C. Diggs is senior vice president and general counsel of Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries, a manufacturer of coatings, glass, fiberglass and chemicals. The world's largest producer of vehicular coatings, PPG operates about 120 manufacturing plants and employs more than 32,000 workers worldwide.Quinn Emanuel's litigation record is still impressive by any measure. But last month's high-profile loss against Apple is an unwelcome reminder that even the winningest firms have to lose sometimes.
Profile: Gregory K. Palm, GC of Goldman Sachs
Gregory K. Palm is the executive vice president and general counsel of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Palm confronts a gamut of issues, including compliance, but much of his work is overseeing his large staff of attorneys. He was also involved in Goldman Sachs' recent landmark deal to establish a 43-story, "environmentally responsible" office tower in Manhattan's Battery Park City, across from the destroyed World Trade Center.Without admitting or denying any wrongdoing, JPMorgan agreed to pay $153.6 million--including a $133 million penalty--to resolve allegations that it marketed an ill-fated collateralized debt obligation without disclosing the role of a hedge fund that was shorting assets in the CDO.
After a hostile reception by the Justices at oral arguments, plaintiffs lawyers doubted the high court would endorse U.S. securities claims by foreign investors who bought shares of foreign companies on foreign exchanges. They just prayed the damage would be limited. Those hopes were dashed by the Court's unanimous ruling Thursday. We've got analysis from the lawyers who argued both sides at the Court.
The Global Lawyer last examined the broad impact of Morrison v. National Australia Bank in the U.S. federal courts, and the limited prospects for state law workarounds for world-spanning securities claims. Where else in the world might global securities class actions be filed? And could an international treaty someday govern them?
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