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Plaintiffs Firms Take Aim at Securities Law
A group of well-known plaintiffs attorneys are helping write legislation that would dramatically improve their ability to hold corporate officials liable in big-money securities lawsuits. The current draft of the legislation -- SB 766 -- would make corporate officials liable for securities fraud even if they are not involved with buying stock or if plaintiffs lawyers cannot prove they intentionally made false statements.ABA TechShow Swings Into Chicago
Chicago is known for many things, e.g., jazz, wind, and home to the American Bar Association. But it's also the host of the annual ABA TechShow and home to technology manufacturers, reports LTN's technology editor, Sean Doherty.Vacant X Throws Down The Race Card, Again
Was Vanessa Bryant nominated to become a U.S. District Court judge merely because she is a twofer? I have heard that question mumbled in one hallway or another in recent weeks. No one wants to talk about it publicly, of course. Hence, this column.Federal Circuit Affirms Deep-Sixing of Infringement Verdict
Apple Inc. hasn't exactly been hurting for good news on the patent litigation front these days. But William Lee of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr delivered another dollop on Sept. 4, less than three weeks after he helped produce the company's $1.05 billion California trial win against Samsung Electronics Co.HP Shuffle Raises Oversight Issues as CEO Prepares to Become Board Chairman
One winner in the Hewlett-Packard board spying scandal appears to be president and CEO Mark Hurd. He will soon add chairman to his duties, so long as he manages to avoid the mess that has splattered on current chairwoman Patricia Dunn. But some corporate governance experts wonder about consolidating so much power in one person's hands. "This is a big step back for the good corporate government movement," says Kirk O. Hanson, director of Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.For DLA Partner on Larry Ellison's Island Deal, Hawaii Trip Was no Holiday
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
INVESTORS LOOKING FOR stock-picking tips might find the answer right at home-not their own, but where chief executives live.A new study makes the case that there is a strong correlation between executives' home buying behavior and stock performance. The bigger the CEO home, the worse the company's stock fares, according to two academic researchers.HP's in-house lawyers wonder what's next
By the time Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $8.8 billion write down of Autonomy was announced late last month, a number of the in-house lawyers who worked on the ill-fated deal—denounced by pundits as HP's worst ever—were already gone.Trending Stories
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