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October 28, 2009 |

Recoveries of $1 Million and Above

2009 Almanac - Recoveries of $1 Million and Above
45 minute read
January 27, 2005 |

National Market Share, Inc. v. Sterling National Bank

Despite Bank's Breaches, Principal's Faithless Acts Were Intervening Cause of Firms' Demise
21 minute read
October 01, 2008 |

Cleared for Takeoff

Delta and Northwest's CEO-lawyers are smoothing the way for their merger.
10 minute read
January 05, 2009 |

Madoff mess also falls on feeder funds, auditors

When you invest in a fund of hedge funds, or a partnership that promises to find top managers for your money, you get an annual independent auditor's report. But what does that report actually show Not much, as investors in Ascot Partners, Gabriel Capital, Fairfield Sentry, Tremont Group Holdings and other Madoff feeder funds learned to their loss.
5 minute read
October 01, 2011 |

Briefings

Product Launches & Upgrades
3 minute read
July 27, 2010 |

Law vs. Equity: Second and Third Circuits Diverge on 'In Pari Delicto'

Robert A. Schwinger, a partner at Chadbourne & Parke, writes that increased numbers of bankruptcies and securities debacles in recent years, where the primary wrongdoers lack the resources to remedy all those who claimed to be injured, have led to increased efforts to hold more secondary parties - such as accountants, bankers and lawyers - responsible.
9 minute read
March 20, 2000 |

Cybersquatters Feel New Pain

Thanks to the federal anti-cybersquatting law passed last year, one of the questionable practices of the anything-goes era of the Internet appears to be ending. Cyberpirates are being persuaded or obliged to surrender domain names to trademark holders. And now that law firms have achieved success for their clients against the squatters, they've turned their attention to reclaiming their own domain names. One group, led by New York's Debevoise & Plimpton, even wrangled $25,000 out of a defendant.
3 minute read
February 06, 2013 |

SEC Not Backing Down in Fight Against Chinese Auditors

The Securities and Exchange Commission turned up the pressure on auditors in China when it recently initiated enforcement proceedings against the Chinese affiliates of the Big Four accounting firms and BDO.
8 minute read
August 17, 2001 |

Revised $193 Million Rite Aid Class Action Pact Wins Final OK

The $193 million settlement of the class action shareholders' suit against Rite Aid Corp. won final court approval after lawyers tinkered with its terms and wording. In June, a federal judge in Philadelphia refused to approve the settlement after finding that its "bar order" was too broadly worded and would improperly limit the rights of several former top executives who were not included in the settlement.
4 minute read
September 24, 1999 |

Employment Arbitration: Courts Safeguard Employee Rights

The law governing arbitration of employment disputes has undergone a remarkable evolution. At the beginning of the 1990's, the Supreme Court in Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp. endorsed mandatory arbitration to resolve age discrimination claims. Federal courts are now recognizing, however, that arbitration sometimes favors employers unfairly. Judges have started to issue rulings intended to ensure that arbitration is in fact the neutral forum originally contemplated by the Supreme Court.
12 minute read

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