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October 27, 2005 |

Former Judge Helps KPMG Survive Shady Tax Shelters

Five months after retiring as chief federal judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, after 10 years on the bench, Sven Erik Holmes Mr. Holmes was back in a federal court, without his robes, and under drastically different circumstances. This time, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan looked on as Mr. Holmes, now the chief legal officer for KPMG LLP, signed a document to keep his company from being criminally prosecuted.
12 minute read
May 12, 2003 |

Lots of Holes in Municipal Judges' Fiscal Disclosures

Of the 332 municipal judges who filed financial disclosure forms, 49 made omissions that concealed sources of income last year. The omissions range from unintentional slips to outright failures to follow the rules.
10 minute read
September 25, 2013 |

The Second Circuit in the Supreme Court

In their Second Circuit Review, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison partners Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp write that the Supreme Court in the past term affirmed the Second Circuit in four cases, and reversed or vacated it in six cases, and discuss several of those cases, along with cases which the high court is scheduled to hear in the coming term.
18 minute read
July 11, 2003 |

Arent Fox Looks for Footing on Rough Road

Within the last year, Arent Fox has weathered the departures of 52 lawyers -- and during the past decade it has shuttered four offices and reached dead ends in a number of merger talks. Now partners are in search of a strategy to remake the D.C. mainstay. "It's a task that leaves nothing sacred except our name," says managing partner William Charyk.
14 minute read
January 14, 2002 |

Can Dilution Apply to Product Design?

UPPOSE A COMPANY sells a unique product that is a national sensation, say a triangle-shaped car, and its competitor introduces a startlingly similar vehicle. Outraged, the company that originated the car design wants to file suit. Patent law is likely to be the first thought for recourse. (Copyright law generally will not apply unless the design is conceptually separable from the product itself.) However, if consumers look at the triangle-shaped car design and associate it with the original company, so that
13 minute read
November 21, 2005 |

How a Former Federal Judge Became KPMG's Top Lawyer

Sue [email protected] YORK-It was a festive day for Sven Erik Holmes. Family, friends and colleagues surrounded him in the Tulsa federal courthouse last March as his official portrait was unveiled. It was the last day on the job for Holmes, who was retiring as chief federal judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, after 10 years on the bench.
13 minute read
March 31, 2005 |

GCs Call for Greater Diversity Among Top-Tier Firms

General counsel have some advice for law firms that say they are trying to diversify their ranks by hiring minorities: Try harder. Although many firms vow that diversity is a top priority demanding committee meetings, management strategy sessions and cut-throat recruiting, few are attacking the paltry numbers. Minority attorneys make up just 9.64 percent of the total number of attorneys in the nation's largest firms, according to The National Law Journal's most recent survey.
9 minute read
March 30, 2001 |

Race to the Top

President Bush appears to be on a mission to name as many African-Americans to Cabinet and sub-Cabinet positions as possible. But with Bush having received just a sliver of African-Americans' presidential votes, some wonder whether his appointments mark a dedication to diversity, or are simply a political attempt to make his administration appear more responsive to minority America than it truly is.
10 minute read
February 27, 2006 |

Second Circuit Review

Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp, members of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, review the notable decision in Heerwagen v. Clear Channel Communications, in which the court held that a district court, in determining whether to certify a class action, may consider the merits of the case. In reaching this conclusion, the Second Circuit decisively retreated from its position in a prior precedent that most commentators had believed placed the court at odds with many of its sister circuits.
11 minute read
June 12, 2003 |

At the Head of the Class Actions

In the supposed judicial hellhole of Madison County, Ill., as the American Tort Reform Association puts it, two plaintiffs' firms are vying for pre-eminence. Together, Carr Korein Tillery and the Lakin Law Firm are responsible for three-fourths of the 77 class actions last year in the county's circuit court -- one of the nation's busiest and best-known centers for class action litigation.
9 minute read

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