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September 12, 2007 |

Attorney Fees: To Advance or Not to Advance?

Most companies promise to advance attorney fees and litigation expenses to executives who face criminal or civil litigation and to indemnify such executives. But is there a point at which a company does not have an obligation to advance defense attorney fees to admitted or proven wrongdoers? Is there a point at which defense costs become unreasonably excessive? Attorney Robert J. Giuffra Jr. addresses such issues concerning the advancement of attorney fees to current and former corporate executives.
14 minute read
December 31, 2003 |

A Year Of Transition In Eastern District Of Pa.

For the judges of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania federal bench, 2003 will be remembered as the year that Judge Jay C. Waldman died and the year Judge Harvey Bartle III learned that he is likely to serve as the court's next chief.
7 minute read
April 01, 2006 |

Home Improvement

From Big changes to little ones, new general counsel Kenneth Handal is making over the once-demoralized legal department at Computer Associates.
13 minute read
September 25, 2006 |

Topical Index to State Case Digests

State case digest headnotes.
48 minute read
September 14, 2009 |

Regulator Reveals Litigation Costs for Ex-Fannie Mae Execs

Recent disclosures from the Federal Housing Finance Agency reveal that lawyers representing former Fannie Mae executives Franklin Raines, J. Timothy Howard and Leanne Spencer have received a total of $6.3 million for defending the trio in shareholder suits since Fannie Mae was placed into a conservatorship last year. A close look at court documents indicates that Williams & Connolly, Zuckerman Spaeder and Mayer Brown are the firms representing the three executives.
5 minute read
August 26, 2013 |

The Recorder's Best 2013

Our readers have voted -- they have told us which legal services providers are the best, based on their own experiences.
10 minute read
L.A. Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Countrywide Subprime Class Action--Again
Publication Date: 2009-04-08
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Los Angeles federal judge Mariana Pfaelzer denied motions by Countrywide, its auditors, its underwriters, and its outside directors to dismiss an amended shareholder class action against them. The ruling comes less than four months after Judge Pfaelzer denied motions to dismiss the plaintiffs' first complaint. She has also refused to dismiss a shareholders derivative suit against several Countrywide directors and officers.

February 09, 2005 |

Banking

Clyde Mitchell, adjunct professor of banking law at Fordham Law School after more than 38 years at White & Case, writes that, simply put, Freddie and Fannie are in trouble and steps need to be taken to fix their accounting and management problems.
10 minute read
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

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