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June 14, 2012 |

Dispatches from ALM's 2012 General Counsel Conference

Corporate Counsel executive editor David Hechler mingled with the in-house crowd at ALM's 24th annual General Counsel Conference and sent back reports of some highlights from the two-day event.
8 minute read
February 01, 2013 |

DOJ's Breuer leaving after 4 years of big wins, losses

As one of the longest-serving leaders of the U.S. Justice Department's Criminal Division, Lanny Breuer has overseen some of the highest-profile cases in the country's history. On March 1, after nearly four years at the helm, Breuer is planning to leave his post.
7 minute read
November 06, 2012 |

Wilson Sonsini Advising Netflix as Icahn Circles Media Company

The Silicon Valley-based Am Law 100 firm is advising its longtime client Netflix, which adopted a poison pill on Monday to ward off a potential takeover bid by activist investor Carl Icahn, who recently bought almost 10 percent of the on-demand streaming media and movie rental company.
4 minute read
March 06, 2013 |

The Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: Stroock Sees Revenue Dip, Profits Inch Up

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan saw gross revenue dip slightly in 2012 to $264 million, while profits per partner were almost flat at $1.2 million. The news comes as Stroock moves to let go of an undetermined number of secretaries in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, even as the firm prepares to open a new office in Washington, D.C.
7 minute read
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April 29, 2003 |

Senate Banking Committee Examines Hedge Funds

A number of Senate Banking Committee members believe that Congress needs to examine whether hedge funds should come under expanded SEC regulation. At a recent hearing on hedge fund developments, committee Chairman Richard Shelby said that the growth of an indirect retail market and other recent industry trends pose a number of investor protection concerns.
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December 29, 1999 |

Short-Term Loans Bridging Cash Gap In Available High-Yield Debt Finance

It's been a dismal year for high-yield debt financing. End-of-the-year jitters, interest rate fluctuations and an inexplicable flight of cash from bond funds have left many companies scrambling to raise money using other forms of financing. To fill the financing gap, lawyers are structuring an increasing number of short-term, "bridge" loans.
5 minute read
April 04, 2005 |

The Meaning of Depraved-Indifference Murder; New Legislation?

Paul Shechtman, a partner at Stillman & Friedman, writes that four times in the past three years, the New York Court of Appeals has considered the meaning of depraved indifference murder, Penal Law �125.25(2), and three times it has overturned murder convictions on the ground of legally insufficient evidence.
14 minute read
August 14, 1999 |

Drafting Mathematical Algorithm Claims

The Federal Circuit recently ruled in AT&T Corp v. Excel Communications Inc.that a mathematical algorithm performed on a computer satisfies the statutory subject matter requirement for patentability when the process is useful and directed to a practical application. While the utility requirement for computer-method claims has long been recognized, other issues, such as whether claims must also be limited to a practical application of the claimed method, have been evolving.
5 minute read
June 03, 2002 |

White-Collar Crime

T wenty-five years after its initial passage, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) 1 remains a viable deterrent to international bribery by United States companies.
14 minute read

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