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October 01, 2009 |

The Great Game

Global networks shield big firms from economic downturns--at least, that's the theory. How did it work out in real life?
8 minute read
March 27, 2008 |

Executive Compensation

Joseph E. Bachelder III, a partner in the Law Offices of Joseph E. Bachelder, discusses the new position of the IRS that guaranteeing bonus and other incentive awards upon terminations without cause and terminations for good reason can disqualify the incentive compensation for the performance-based plan exception under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
12 minute read
October 13, 2005 |

DOJ Seeks Supreme Court Review of Tobacco Ruling

After six years, the Justice Department's effort to "disgorge" big money from Big Tobacco may be in its final throes. Alleging decades of conspiracy to hide health risks from the public, the government is seeking $280 billion in past profits from nine tobacco companies. The DOJ has asked the Supreme Court to clarify whether companies can be forced to surrender profits for their past transgressions under civil RICO. The Court will consider the appeal, among others, in its private conference Friday.
5 minute read
September 09, 2009 |

Chadbourne Challenges Tribune Co. Fee Examiner's Call

Stuart Maue, the company serving as the court-appointed fee examiner in the Tribune Co. bankruptcy case, is being so thorough that Chadbourne & Parke -- counsel for the creditors committee -- is taking the rare step of challenging the fee examiner's call to cut $13,639 from the firm's $1.68 million fee request. The dispute highlights the growing importance of fee oversight, a practice which is not outlined specifically in the federal bankruptcy code and varies wildly between courts and judges.
6 minute read
February 01, 2010 |

Litigation Fraud Allegations Hotly Disputed in Dole Banana Case

After months of silence, plaintiffs lawyers are adamantly denying allegations that fraud underlies a raft of lawsuits accusing Dole Food Co. of poisoning workers with the pesticide DBCP on banana plantations in Central America and elsewhere. Allegations emerged after a Los Angeles judge issued a written order in June noting actions by lawyers in Nicaraguan DBCP cases. In interviews, attorneys pressing DBCP claims argued that the judge's conclusions were unfair and a distraction from genuine claims.
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Eleventh Circuit Punts on Constitutional Questions in Long-Awaited Tobacco Ruling, Leaving Both Sides to Declare Victory
Publication Date: 2010-07-22
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It's a rare appellate ruling that has both the plaintiffs and defendants in billion-dollar litigation claiming to be thrilled.

November 22, 2004 |

Courts Should Keep Door Open For Videotaped Depositions

Plaintiffs' lawyers should be given wide latitude to videotape depositions of defendant doctors in medical malpractice actions, a Lancaster County judge has ruled.
6 minute read
August 06, 2007 |

Patent Reform Finds Traction in House and Senate

Legislating patent reform is like finding a recipe to feed diverse cultures that long have hated each other's foods. But now that major patent reform bills have come out of the "oven" and onto the House and Senate floors in the U.S. Congress, will those cultures find enough in the pot to appeal to their divergent tastes?
9 minute read
November 19, 2003 |

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