Sign in to follow
Search Results

0 results for 'New York Times Company'

You can use to get even better search results
December 10, 2007 |

Stakes higher than ever for attorney missteps

Attorneys may be surprised to learn that inattention to e-discovery may not only work to the detriment of clients � it may lead to professional malpractice or the imposition of sanctions on counsel. If any doubt remained, the ongoing discovery dispute in the Qualcomm v. Broadcom case should eliminate it.
9 minute read
October 28, 2002 |

Good Faith in Pennsylvania

The scenario is a familiar one. A prospective buyer of real estate or corporate assets reaches agreement in principle with the seller on the general terms of the transaction. The parties memorialize their understanding in a letter of intent. Before the pa
8 minute read
March 28, 2011 |

Where 'Wal-Mart' and ERISA Class Actions Meet

Myron D. Rumeld, Brian S. Neulander, and Gregory J. Couillou of Proskauer Rose write: In both employment discrimination and ERISA lawsuits there are common issues that make class certification seem appealing at first glance, but there are also individual issues of liability and relief that call into question the appropriateness of class treatment. Not surprisingly, therefore, in both contexts, courts have divided on the standards for adjudicating class certification motions. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes presents the Supreme Court with the opportunity to formulate uniform class certification standards to govern these types of claims.
12 minute read
August 23, 2007 |

Replacement Named, Political Parties Planning For Judge Joyce's Seat

As the state Supreme Court on Tuesday assigned a senior judge from Erie County to temporarily fill in for embattled Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce, both major political parties were planning to nominate candidates to run in November to fill his seat when it officially becomes vacant next year.
6 minute read
August 23, 2007 |

Replacement Named, Political Parties Planning for Judge Joyce�s Seat

As the state Supreme Court on Tuesday assigned a senior judge from Erie County to temporarily fill in for embattled Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce, both major political parties were planning to nominate candidates to run in November to fill his seat when it officially becomes vacant next year.
6 minute read
Law Journal Press | Digital Book New York Family Law 2014 Authors: New York Journal View this Book

View more book results for the query "New York Times Company"

June 24, 2009 |

Bucking Victim 'Fury,' Madoff Seeks 12 Years

With his client, Bernard L. Madoff, facing a 150-year statutory maximum sentence, defense attorney Ira Lee Sorkin asked a federal judge yesterday to set aside the "emotion and hysteria" surrounding the largest Ponzi scheme in history markets and to sentence Mr. Madoff to only 12 years in prison. In a letter to Southern District Judge Denny Chin, Mr. Sorkin said, "We seek neither mercy nor sympathy," promising that Mr. Madoff, whose name has become synonymous with greed, "will speak to the shame he has felt and to the pain he has caused" when he appears for sentencing on Monday.
9 minute read
July 15, 2011 |

Crowds confront banks, thwart foreclosures

Luis Dominguez got up at dawn to take a 5 a.m. bus to join a human chain around a Madrid home threatened with foreclosure. Three weeks earlier, the crowd had come to him after he telephoned for help."I was facing eviction and they saved me from losing my home," said Dominguez, 74, a pensioner with a walking stick in one hand and a 5-foot placard saying "Stop Evictions" in the other.
7 minute read
October 01, 2005 |

A Dish Best Served Cold

In the boardrooms of America, there's surely been a lot of chortling lately about the misfortunes of plaintiffs lawyer William Lerach. For the last four years, federal investigators have been probing the business practices of his old firm, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. He recently prepared to answer potential criminal charges by hiring his own defense counsel.
6 minute read
February 05, 2004 |

Dramatic Testimony Given by Stewart Broker's Aide

The U.S. government's chief witness in the obstruction trial of Martha Stewart and her stock broker Peter Bacanovic displayed a flair for the dramatic Wednesday. Douglas Faneuil raised his voice as he imitated Stewart and his boss Bacanovic during critical phone calls when Bacanovic allegedly told him to warn Stewart that ImClone Chairman Samuel Waksal was dumping his shares, and Stewart told Faneuil to do the same.
5 minute read
October 16, 2003 |

Not Far From Heaven

Not many big-firm partners would ditch their lucrative practice to devote themselves to a spiritual calling -- much less one that's headed by a self-described reformed Nixon "hatchet man." But that's exactly what Mike Snyder did last spring. A former corporate finance partner at Pittsburgh's Reed Smith, Snyder is now the senior vice president of Prison Fellowship Ministries in Reston, Va.
5 minute read

TRENDING STORIES

    More from ALM

    More from ALM

    Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

    Resources

    • A Buyer's Guide to Law Firm Software

      Brought to you by PracticePanther

      Download Now

    • A Step-by-Step Flight Plan for Legal Teams: Fire Up Your Productivity Engine and Deliver High-Impact Work Faster

      Brought to you by HaystackID

      Download Now

    • Corporate Transparency Act Resource Kit

      Brought to you by Wolters Kluwer

      Download Now

    • Revenue, Profit, Cash: Managing Law Firms for Success

      Brought to you by Juris Ledger

      Download Now