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July 07, 2003 |

Proactive Protection for Today's Telecom Company

Texas has survived the oil and gas crash, the real estate boom and bust, and the bursting of the high-technology bubble. Cyclical in nature, one additional industry -- telecommunications -- is also on the list.
6 minute read
January 25, 2000 |

The Database Debate

8 minute read
November 10, 2005 |

What's Really Going On in Corporate Charging Decisions?

Andrew C. Hruska, a partner at King & Spalding, wrties that a wellspring of commentary suggests that corporations should always tenaciously resist government investigations. Some have expressed fears that even cooperating companies are likely to be subjected to lethal prosecutions. In many cases, this view is flawed, misunderstanding both the role of corporate criminal prosecution and the interests of corporations subject to government scrutiny.
11 minute read
July 11, 2003 |

Using Sarbanes-Oxley in Securities Litigation

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act will likely give rise to several issues in civil litigation and potentially become the basis of class-action plaintiffs' attempts to expand their arsenal of weapons in securities litigation. This article discusses three issues that may arise in future securities litigation: statute of limitations on securities claims, the advancement of legal fees, and bootstrapping provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley to support older securities law claims.
16 minute read
August 27, 2013 |

What Did AIG's Government Watchdog Know?

This fall marks five years since the financial collapse of American International Group Inc. that fueled a global economic crisis. The AIG story is an especially important one for general counsel and, indeed, the entire in-house bar.
19 minute read
September 01, 2013 |

Too Big to Monitor

Five years later, AIG's collapse remains shrouded in secrecy. Here's what we know.
19 minute read
October 03, 2002 |

Great Expectations

Piper Rudnick and Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand recently merged Piper's 800-plus attorneys with Verner Liipfert's 81. But the genesis of that merger was nearly three years ago, when regional firms in Baltimore and Chicago joined forces to create a national firm -- Piper Rudnick -- with international ambitions for the near future.
8 minute read
January 21, 2000 |

Beyond the Valley: Who's Winning the Tech-Law Biz?

There are many ways to spot which hi-tech regions are the hottest challengers to the dominance of Silicon Valley. You can rank them by the amount of venture capital, or by the growth of tech jobs -- or you can track where the technology lawyers are flocking. Northern Virginia is the clear leader by the latter. A close second is New York's Silicon Alley, which has become a magnet for firms with established technology practices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Texas.
10 minute read
May 14, 1998 |

Cuba Cuts Phone Ties to U.S.

Cuba Pulls Plug on U.S. Phone Ties
3 minute read
December 11, 2003 |

Global Crossing Exits Chapter 11

Nearly one year after its reorganization plan was confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and almost two years after it landed in bankruptcy, network operator Global Crossing Ltd. exited Chapter 11 protection on Tuesday. The company also closed a $250 million equity investment from Singapore Technologies Telemedia Ptd Ltd., which was the centerpiece of its reorganization.
5 minute read

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