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April 24, 2009 |

Flash training 2010 Test: Part 2a

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September 04, 2007 |

Bankrupt Victims of Fraudulent Investment Schemes Could Be Barred From Recovery

Some of those involved with innovative and highly leveraged financial transactions will become insolvent due to investment fraud perpetrated by others. Innocent victims, who are eager to recover from all parties that participated in the fraud, may want to file a bankruptcy petition or to seek the appointment of a reciver to act on their behalf. But attorney Amy M. Tonti cautions that such victims, including creditors and investors, should first determine if the in pari delicto defense may bar recovery.
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March 04, 2002 |

Court Orders State To Revisit Medicaid Reimbursement Appeals

New Jersey`s failure to use objective criteria in deciding hospitals` Medicaid reimbursement has prompted an appeals court to order reopening of two dozen cases, in which $351 million is at stake.
2 minute read
February 11, 2002 |

Does Enron Need a Trustee?

Two groups of Enron creditors are asking a bankruptcy judge to appoint a trustee, which would shift power away from the company and towards creditors.
5 minute read
July 27, 2004 |

Boston in Common

The first time Judith Droz Keyes attended a Democratic National Convention was in 1968, and she never got inside. At the time, her husband was in Vietnam, in the same squadron as John Kerry. Eight months later, Keyes' husband died in battle, spurring her to participate in the anti-war movement. That's where she met Kerry. Keyes, a Morrison & Foerster partner, is now attending her second Democratic Convention -- only this time she's inside, along with dozens of other attorney delegates.
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October 09, 2007 |

Lender, Brokers Are Sued Over Subprime Crunch

Homeowners squeezed by the subprime mortgage crisis are turning up in New Jersey's federal court, where a half-dozen suits accuse lenders and mortgage brokers of promising favorable terms and then substituting costlier ones, which violates the federal Truth in Lending Act, as well as state and common law. A handful of similar suits have made headlines around the country. One blogger notes that if TILA suits succeed, then subprime mortgage investors could face trouble based on the law's rescission remedy.
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December 10, 2003 |

People in the News

Movers and Shakers in the Philadelphia Legal Community.
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September 09, 2005 |

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Esquire Deposition Services has relocated its offices to Four Penn Center, 1600 JFK Blvd., Suite 1210, Philadelphia. The phone number remains the same as before, 215-988-9191.
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September 09, 2011 |

$37.4 million in damages ordered against Cartier supplier

Swiss jewelers Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels have won a $37.4 million federal court judgment against a New York supplier of knockoff rings, bracelets and other luxury items - thanks to the defendant's failure to answer.
4 minute read
October 12, 2005 |

E-Discovery Tops List of In-House Worries

Electronic discovery is the bogeyman that haunts the sleep of corporate legal counsel, according to Fulbright & Jaworski's annual study of in-house trends. With steep fines and jail sentences being handed out to corporations and executives that violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporate counsel are taking a closer look at policies guiding record-keeping and disclosure, but the process is increasing litigation burdens and costs.
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