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August 07, 2012 |

Copyright Infringement Pitfalls Lurk in Law Firm Offices

When it comes to copyright infringement, it appears that some lawyers are themselves potentially guilty in actions they take during their daily practice, write attorneys Mark A. Fischer and Paul Sennott.
11 minute read
April 12, 2004 |

Judges Say No -- Loudly -- To Citing Unpublished Opinions

Federal judges are usually a reticent bunch outside the four corners of their courtrooms and their rulings. But at a Tuesday hearing in Washington, D.C., testimony will reveal a judiciary that is passionately and publicly up in arms over an obscure proposal that critics say would drastically change how judges do their jobs and increase litigation costs for clients. The proposed rule would forbid all appeals courts from placing restrictions on the citation of so-called unpublished opinions.
9 minute read
November 17, 2012 |

The Score: Will Marlins Trade Jump-Start SEC Probe?

Less than a year after moving into a new stadium mostly financed by $405 million in government bonds, a salary dump by Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins is reviving questions about why taxpayers wound up paying most of the tab for the splashy ballpark. Elsewhere in our regular look at sports and the law, Skadden lands a pair of big deals, an antitrust suit is scuttled, and new evidence emerges in the National Football League's traumatic brain injury litigation.
13 minute read
April 12, 1999 |

Grand Jury: Power Shift?

Criminal defense lawyers have long maintained that prosecutors have too much power in the grand jury room. Recently obtained Justice Department statistics, which reveal that 99.9 percent of the defendants called before federal grand juries are indicted, buttress the belief -- and concern -- that prosecutors today almost always get what they want from a system originally set up to protect citizens from governmental overreaching.
9 minute read
April 11, 2011 |

A Different Kind Of 'Human Study'

It's hard not to be moved by the trial of John Doe No. 2 against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. In many ways, it is a struggle between big people and little people. Six ordinary citizens, the jury, are poised to have an important say. At issue are the duties that strong, authoritative adults owe those in their care who are not so strong-the sick, the young and the trusting.
12 minute read
February 25, 2003 |

Winning Allegiance

13 minute read
September 16, 2002 |

Suits & Deals

7 minute read
March 03, 2003 |

Winning Allegiance

When Royce Holland of Allegiance Telecom Inc. first met his current general counsel, Mark Tresnowski, it was under conditions that led to Holland having to leave the negotiating room to calm his temper. Apparently there were no hard feelings, however, because soon after that encounter Holland asked Tresnowski to sign on as Allegiance's acting general counsel. Flattered and surprised, Tresnowski agreed.
15 minute read
September 02, 2009 |

Stealth lobby defends $35B derivatives haul

Wall Street is suiting up for a battle to protect one of its richest fiefdoms, the $592 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market that is facing the biggest overhaul since its creation 30 years ago. Five U.S. commercial banks, including JPMorgan Chase Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of America Corp., are on track to earn more than $35 billion this year trading unregulated derivatives contracts.
13 minute read

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