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January 13, 2010 |

Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 19, No. 8 ? January 13, 2010

Daily decision alert.
15 minute read
March 08, 2012 |

New Partners Yearbook 2012

Like water seeking its own level, new partnerships rose this year to 150 — their prerecession average. It was as strong a resurgence as the earlier fall-off was precipitous.
69 minute read
May 03, 2006 |

Morale Booster

Two years ago the legal department at Computer Associates was a tough place to work. Morale was low and the general attitude was: Keep your head down, do your work and don't ask questions. But today, an engaged and approachable GC, Kenneth Handal, meets regularly with his more-than-doubled staff. Handal created a clear organizational structure and replaced the former cubicle farm with an office suite that allows for confidential conversations. And now CA attorneys say they aren't talking about leaving.
13 minute read
March 26, 2007 |

Plugging the Leaks? Barbour Griffith Requests Winston & Strawn Lawyer Held in Contempt

When lawyers for the lobby shop Barbour Griffith & Rogers asked a judge to hold a Winston & Strawn lawyer in contempt last week, the response was hardly tame.
2 minute read
August 01, 2000 |

Caution! Falling Lawyers

Why are so many London branches of U.S. firms losing top partners? According to their British competitors, flawed strategies are legion: in lateral recruitment, in choosing market niches, and in finding a long-term strategy. Other than that, everything's going swimmingly!
9 minute read
September 12, 2007 |

Attorney Fees: To Advance or Not to Advance?

Most companies promise to advance attorney fees and litigation expenses to executives who face criminal or civil litigation and to indemnify such executives. But is there a point at which a company does not have an obligation to advance defense attorney fees to admitted or proven wrongdoers? Is there a point at which defense costs become unreasonably excessive? Attorney Robert J. Giuffra Jr. addresses such issues concerning the advancement of attorney fees to current and former corporate executives.
14 minute read
December 31, 2003 |

A Year Of Transition In Eastern District Of Pa.

For the judges of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania federal bench, 2003 will be remembered as the year that Judge Jay C. Waldman died and the year Judge Harvey Bartle III learned that he is likely to serve as the court's next chief.
7 minute read
April 01, 2006 |

Home Improvement

From Big changes to little ones, new general counsel Kenneth Handal is making over the once-demoralized legal department at Computer Associates.
13 minute read
September 25, 2006 |

Topical Index to State Case Digests

State case digest headnotes.
48 minute read
September 14, 2009 |

Regulator Reveals Litigation Costs for Ex-Fannie Mae Execs

Recent disclosures from the Federal Housing Finance Agency reveal that lawyers representing former Fannie Mae executives Franklin Raines, J. Timothy Howard and Leanne Spencer have received a total of $6.3 million for defending the trio in shareholder suits since Fannie Mae was placed into a conservatorship last year. A close look at court documents indicates that Williams & Connolly, Zuckerman Spaeder and Mayer Brown are the firms representing the three executives.
5 minute read

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