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After Andersen, Shred at Your Own Risk
After the Supreme Court's recent ruling in the Arthur Andersen case, document handling remains an "overwhelming" issue for in-house counsel, says Michael Kraft, GC and co-founder of Kraft Kennedy & Lesser Inc. "Be careful," he warns. The Andersen decision "doesn't relieve the GC or the company from the responsibility of following appropriate retention policies."The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200
Edwards Wildman Palmer expands its newly launched Miami office; a Department of Justice lawyer joins Steptoe & Johnson in Washington, D.C.; and Chadbourne & Parke loses a project finance partner in New York. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].Medical Monitoring: 25 Years Later
For more than 25 years, healthy plaintiffs have been filing lawsuits based upon their "fear" of developing an illness. These plaintiffs are typically symptom-free and exhibit no indications of disease related to an alleged product exposure, but they seek to recover medical monitoring costs. In the last two years, federal and state courts have issued over 40 decisions involving medical monitoring. Attorneys Christine G. Rolph, Valerie E. Torres and Elizabeth A. McCrillis examine two trends that have emerged.The 2009 Proxy Season and the Year of Investor Anger
After the pop of the telecom bubble at roughly the same time as Enron and other corporate scandals surfaced at the beginning of the decade, there was a surge in shareholder proposals related to corporate governance, from 88 in 2000 to 427 in 2003. The financial crisis of 2008 will almost certainly lead to a similar tsunami of shareholder proposals in the 2009 proxy season, say attorneys Charles Nathan and Dennis Craythorn.Thelen Settles Lawsuit With Schiff Hardin Over Sublease
The Thelen law firm has agreed to a $1.12 million judgment in favor of Schiff Hardin to settle a suit arising from a sublease contract the firms entered into two years ago for office space. But Schiff Hardin partners aren't likely to see the money anytime soon. Thelen's accounts receivable are getting stale since its partners voted to dissolve in December, and it still owes millions to Citigroup. If Thelen files for bankruptcy, Schiff Hardin will have to compete with other unsecured creditors for what's left.State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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