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May 03, 2000 |

You Can't Pay Me Enough

In law, the road to financial prosperity is hardly free or easy. For most new attorneys, graduating from law school not only starts their career, but also their responsibility to pay back significant debt.
6 minute read
December 01, 2011 |

Chilean Judge Seeks Extradition of Former U.S. Military Officer in Murder Case

A judge investigating abuses during Chile's dictatorship is seeking the extradition of former U.S. Navy Capt. Ray E. Davis on murder charges in the 1973 killing of two Americans, including one whose disappearance was the focus of the film "Missing," court officials said Tuesday.
3 minute read
June 01, 1999 |

Facing the Big Five

A closely watched American Bar Association commission is expected to recommend that attorneys be allowed to share fees with nonlawyers. The proposal would allow law partnerships to add accountants, consultants, and other professionals. It thus drills to the core of a crucial strategic issue facing law firms: how to hold their own against the major accounting firms, which are increasingly grabbing business from lawyers by offering consulting and quasi-legal services to their clients.
5 minute read
June 21, 2004 |

Firms eye 'nanotech' cautiously

As many law firms anticipate a boom in the business of nanotechnology, some suggest a base level of knowledge must be acquired before they delve into this lucrative practice.
5 minute read
August 02, 1999 |

Shootings Overshadow ABA Panels Gun Violence Debate

Thursday's shooting rampage in metro Atlanta occurred just a week before the ABA comes to town to hear, among other things, a debate on gun suits. Though no details had emerged late Friday of any possible liability surrounding the shootings in Buckhead that left as many as nine dead, those involved in gun suits say it will be impossible to avoid reference to the massacre at the ABA's panel discussion.
6 minute read
October 26, 1999 |

James C. Diggs, PPG Industries Inc.

James C. Diggs is senior vice president and general counsel of Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries, a manufacturer of coatings, glass, fiberglass and chemicals. The world's largest producer of vehicular coatings, PPG operates about 120 manufacturing plants and employs more than 32,000 workers worldwide.
5 minute read
September 10, 2012 |

Whistle-blowing incentives for lawyers?

The Second Circuit weighs whether conflict-of-interest rules bar attorneys from suing ex-employers under False Claims Act.
4 minute read
May 16, 2013 |

Proposed $1.6 Billion Deal Has Its Critics

Potential class members in the sudden acceleration litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. have filed objections to the proposed settlement reached on behalf of consumers asserting claims for economic damages.
4 minute read
July 30, 2007 |

Financing problems dim 'golden era' for buyouts

THE ''GOLDEN ERA'' for leveraged buyouts proclaimed by Henry Kravis two months ago is losing its luster. Kravis, co-founder of New York-based Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co., said May 29 that there was ''plenty of capital'' to finance acquisitions. On Thursday, Chrysler and Alliance Boots failed to find buyers for $20 billion of loans to pay for their buyouts.
4 minute read
April 19, 2010 |

Superfund defies a call to clean up GE claims toxic threat from Superfund orders

Next month, General Electric Co. will try to convince a federal appeals court to put limits on the U.S. government's most powerful legal prod to push corporations to clean up toxic waste sites.
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