Plaintiffs Lawyer’s ‘Reptile’ Strategy Bites Back
February 26, 2010
For $95, plaintiffs lawyers can buy a book that teaches how to appeal to jurors’ basic survival instincts, those that emanate from humans’ “reptilian” brains. “When the Reptile sees a survival danger, she protects her genes by impelling the juror to protect himself and the community,” write co-authors Don C. Keenan, an Atlanta plaintiffs lawyer, and David Ball, a North Carolina jury consultant
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Plaintiffs Lawyer’s ‘Reptile’ Strategy Bites Back
New York University Wins Fee Bid for Preserving Assets From Hedge Fund
February 26, 2010
New York University is entitled to recover legal fees for battling to preserve the remaining assets of a hedge fund from which a prominent New York financier pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, a Supreme Court justice in Manhattan has ruled. The judge found, over the opposition of the New York AG’s office, that the benefit NYU conferred on investors in the $1.3 billion Ariel Fund was “of such a great measure” that it would be “inequitable” not to compensate its attorneys.
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Step 4 for Legal Holds: Implementation
February 26, 2010
After a trigger event is identified and analyzed to find the scope of the preservation of evidence warranted under the circumstances, the organization needs to implement the hold with a written notice, say Howett Isaza partner John Isaza and Goldberg Segalla partner John J. Jablonski.
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Step 4 for Legal Holds: Implementation
Universal May Have to Pay the Piper Over Takedown of Dancing Baby
February 26, 2010
Universal Music might have to pay for pulling video of a dancing baby off YouTube. A federal judge ruled late Thursday that Stephanie Lenz can get some limited recompense from the music label for ordering YouTube to drop a 29-second video of her son dancing to the music of Universal artist Prince. Lenz still must prove her case before collecting anything.
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Firms Breathe Sigh of Relief Over NALP Change on Recruiting
February 26, 2010
In the end, a proposal to adopt a January kickoff date for law firm summer associate offers proved too controversial. The board of the National Association for Law Placement decided Friday to back off a plan that would delay the summer associate offer process by as long as four months.
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Rainier Pacific Bank seized; Umpqua buys
February 26, 2010
Regulators seized Rainier Pacific Bank of Tacoma Friday evening, marking the fourth community bank failure in Washington in less than two months and the seventh in a year.
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Rainier Pacific Bank seized; Umpqua buys
Abercrombie & Fitch Draws EEOC Complaint for Banning Islamic Head Scarf
February 26, 2010
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NALP Backs Down From Offer Prohibition Plan
February 26, 2010
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Possible Case: Abercrombie & Fitch Face Complaints of Discrimination
February 26, 2010
Abercrombie & Fitch Face Complaints of Discrimination
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PUC OKs Verizon transfer
February 26, 2010
The Oregon Public Utility Commission on Friday approved the sale of Verizon Communications Inc.’s landline phone service to Frontier Communications Corp. (FTR)
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