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Justices to Consider Pardon Power Case
Tony [email protected] - Former criminal defense lawyer William A. Borders Jr. makes no excuses for the crimes he committed 22 years ago that led to his disbarment. Caught in a FBI sting operation, Borders was convicted of conspiracy to bribe then-federal Judge Alcee L. Hastings. He spent three years in prison.Directors' and Officers' Liability
Joseph M. McLaughlin, a partner at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, reviews several noteworthy decisions on corporations' obligations to pay the legal defense costs of beleaguered directors and officers.Disclosure of Confidential Witnesses in PSLRA Cases
Douglas H. Flaum and Israel David, partners at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, write that the recent decisions of the Southern District of New York underscore that courts are disfavoring the argument that a confidential witness list is attorney work product.McKenna Long Trims Staff and Reverses Profit Decline
Richmond [email protected] McKenna Long Aldridge, 2002 was bleak, so even the firm's very modest growth in 2003 may indicate the beginning of a turnaround. The firm's revenue inched up 2.2 percent to $165.5 million-a number that still falls short of the $173.5 million sum of Long Aldridge Norman's and McKenna Cuneo's revenue prior to their 2002 union.3rd Circuit Says 'Sufficiently Younger' Rule of Thumb
In an age discrimination suit filed in the wake of a lay-off, the plaintiff need not show that the employer retained workers under the age of 40, but only that workers who are "sufficiently younger" than the plaintiff were kept on, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The court held that the U.S. Supreme Court effectively overturned a line of 3rd Circuit cases that required plaintiffs to show that a company retained workers who are "unprotected" by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.HMOs Take Payment Dispute Before 11th Circuit
Claiming they are victims of an attack on the country's managed care system, eight of the nation's largest HMOs will argue before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Miami today that their protracted legal battle with doctors over payments doesn't belong in court, but rather in arbitration. The doctors say the HMOs are engaged in "a pattern of racketeering activity" to deny medically necessary health care to patients.Trending Stories
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