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June 22, 2009 |

Past Winners

4 minute read
February 01, 2006 |

Corporate Indemnification and Legal Expenses

Frederick P. Hafetz, a partner at Hafetz & Necheles, and Tracy E. Sivitz, an associate at the firm, write that in today's climate during the early stages of a criminal investigation a corporation will in all likelihood decide to cooperate with the government to avoid an indictment. Any corporate officer who refuses to cooperate either with the corporation's own internal investigation or the government's will be terminated. And, the corporation will refuse to pay his or her legal fees if a trial results.
10 minute read
March 15, 2005 |

Vol. 13 No. 51 - March 15, 2005

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June 04, 1999 |

Send Your Resume, Cover Letter -- and Personality Test

More and more employers are using psychological tests to screen job applicants. The use of such tests, however, could land the employer in serious legal trouble. Psychological tests are vulnerable to misinterpretation and misuse, and the information revealed raises privacy concerns. Perhaps most important, the administering of psychological tests can easily run afoul of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
9 minute read
July 23, 2007 |

VerdictSearch

Shrimper recovers for injury when he was knocked down by rope. Jury agrees female suspect wasn't subjected to cavity search. Doctors not to blame for injuries as a result of pelvic abscess. Jury awards small sum for back aggravation injury in rear-ender. Driver recovers for neck injury in rear-ender. Defendants settle for worker's fatal fall through skylight.
5 minute read
April 23, 2001 |

Six Firms Split $625 Million in Fees for New York's Share of Big Tobacco Case

An arbitration panel has awarded $625 million in attorneys' fees to the six firms that were hired by New York state to sue the tobacco industry, say sources close to the arbitration. The fee award is for the work the six firms did in securing $25 billion as New York's share of the historic $208 billion pact reached between 46 states and the tobacco industry in 1998.
5 minute read
January 27, 2011 |

Following Delaware's Lead on Advances for Officers' Litigation Expenses

Schlam Stone & Dolan partner David J. Katz writes that although the First Department has held that Delaware law was persuasive authority in construing corporate provisions protecting officers and directors against litigation expenses, New York's courts have declined to follow Delaware law or declined to decide several important issues with respect to litigation expenses.
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