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March 20, 2006 |

Eastern Law Firms Roll the Dice on Indian Law

Native American law, a well-established practice area west of the Mississippi, is gaining ground at eastern firms, as displaced tribes seek to reclaim ancestral lands and make them profitable. After successful settlements led to two casinos in Connecticut, other tribes started bringing land-claim suits -- and law firms are lining up to help. While tribes' finances are short and the odds of winning long, there are still legal fees to be had, since casino developers are willing to underwrite legal costs.
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September 19, 2013 |

The Bankruptcy Files: Amid Lehman Anniversary, More New Filings

Five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the bankruptcy landscape has forever changed, but lingering concerns remain about the health of the U.S. economy as new Chapter 11 cases are filed for the likes of Anchor BanCorp, Ecotality, Furniture Brands International, the Irish Bank Resolution Corp., and the publisher of Penthouse magazine.
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November 15, 2011 |

The Southeast Top Ten

The good news for those whose compensation made our top 10 rankings: big paychecks, which means that they are at the top of their games, highly valued for what they bring or brought to the corporate table.The downside, of course, is that when you are among the five highest-paid executives at a public company, the details of how you are compensated-right down to the company car, set-asides and other perks-also is public.
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March 20, 2006 |

Eastern Law Firms Roll the Dice on Indian Law

Native American law, a well-established practice area west of the Mississippi, is gaining ground at eastern firms, as displaced tribes seek to reclaim ancestral lands and make them profitable. After successful settlements led to two casinos in Connecticut, other tribes started bringing land-claim suits -- and law firms are lining up to help. While tribes' finances are short and the odds of winning long, there are still legal fees to be had, since casino developers are willing to underwrite legal costs.
7 minute read
April 21, 2010 |

Corporate Citizenship: U.S. Supreme Court Designates a Single Test

Consider the plight of the general counsel of Hertz Corp., a company with operations in 44 states. As a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in New Jersey, it had considered itself a citizen of Delaware and New Jersey for purposes of determining federal diversity subject-matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Section 1332 and well-established precedent in the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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December 18, 2012 |

Mediation Confidentiality: Meaningful but Not Absolute

In their Southern District Civil Practice Roundup, Edward M. Spiro and Judith L. Mogul, principals of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that while the promise of confidentiality for mediation materials is broad, it is not sacrosanct, and judges have struggled with defining when and under what circumstances a third party may obtain discovery of mediation materials.
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September 12, 2008 |

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March 11, 2008 |

Lawyers Anticipate New Century Examiner's Report

A 500-plus-page tome about what went wrong at New Century Financial � the second biggest subprime lender in the country until its fast descent into bankruptcy last year � has been eagerly anticipated by lawyers across a swath of practice areas.
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May 30, 2012 |

Can state licensing boards ban ordinary advice on the Internet?

What happens when occupational licensing laws conflict with free speech? The U.S. Supreme Court has not addressed this issue in nearly 30 years, and even then no majority opinion emerged.
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