Its trust accounting features make it useful for family law and estate planning practitioners, and its practice management and workflow automation also make it useful
for litigation firms.
Not exact matches
Mr. Siegal, who
for nine years served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, joins Mintz Levin from Haynes and Boone, where he co-chaired the
firm's Government Enforcement and
Litigation Practice Group.
The
firm's attorneys have extensive expertise and experience representing investors in securities
litigation, and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars
for aggrieved shareholders.
«The need to repay TARP capital is what depresses [community banks»] lending ability,» says Rob Klingler, an attorney
for Bryan Cave, a global business
litigation firm, in Atlanta.
«It is not very easy
for parties to recoup the cost of
litigation in patent cases,» says Brad Caldwell, a principal at Caldwell, Cassady & Curry, a law
firm in Dallas.
A former assistant US attorney
for the Southern District of New York, Hendon is a partner at Spears & Imes, a boutique
firm focusing on white - collar criminal defense and civil
litigation that has a staff of just 14 attorneys, according to its website.
«The compliance bar
for companies to go public is much higher than in previous years, so things like pending
litigation and accounting irregularities need to be clean,» says David Zilberman, partner at venture capital
firm Comcast Ventures.
The key issues
for the over 2.5 million Hispanic - owned businesses would appear to be the same as
for all the other small
firms out there: «less regulation, tax relief, lower health care costs, and
litigation reform.»
The securities
litigation firm of Powers Taylor LLP plans to investigate the sale and file a lawsuit to block its progress until a higher price can be obtained
for shareholders.
«
Litigation is great
for people who like to fix certain types of problems,» says Paul Saguil, thinking back on his time as a litigator
for Bay Street law
firm Stockwoods.
But the revelation this week that Mr. Thiel was covertly backing Mr. Bollea's case as well as others has raised a series of new questions about the First Amendment as well as about the role of big money in the court system — specifically the emerging field of
litigation finance, in which third parties like hedge funds and investment
firms pay
for other people's lawsuits.
Mr. Hernandez has a law degree from Harvard Law School and practiced as a
litigation attorney
for four years with a large law
firm in California, which provides him with additional insight on risk management issues.
Hagens Berman is one of the most successful auto
litigation law
firms in the U.S. and is presently leading nationwide cases against Volkswagen, GM, Mercedes and Fiat Chrysler
for use of diesel emissions - cheating software.
When news broke in 2015 of Volkswagen's massive diesel emissions - cheating scandal, Hagens Berman was the first
firm in the nation to file suit against the automaker
for its egregious fraud, going on to represent thousands of owners in
litigation and take a leading role on the Plaintiffs» Steering Committee that would finalize a $ 14.7 billion, record - breaking settlement
for owners.
He joined Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a 13 - attorney law
firm specializing in civil rights
litigation and neighborhood economic development, where he was an associate
for three years from 1993 to 1996, then of counsel from 1996 to 2004.
Smaller
firms in particular face a thicket of
litigation by competitors and «non-practising entities» — the polite term
for patent trolls.
These skills have enabled him to sign numerous institutional clients
for litigation and portfolio monitoring services, including public and private pension plans, investment management
firms and sponsored investment vehicles, from both the U.S. and abroad.
Anyone versed in the industry will be able to tell that increased
litigation threats arising from portfolio company bankruptcies, dissatisfied investors, regulatory investigations and employment practices suits are now forming new levels of risk
for venture Capitalists and venture capital
firms, as well as the personal assets of their managers and employees.
Co-counsel
for the plaintiffs are from three law
firms with extensive experience in class - action
litigation: Trief & Olk, in New York; Higer Lichter & Givner, in Miami; and Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf, in New Jersey.
In 2002, Sheldon Silver began working
for the Weitz & Luxenberg
firm, which specializes in asbestos
litigation and paid him $ 120,000 a year «based on his official position rather than any work he was expected to perform
for clients of the
firm,» said Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara.
He said in the interview he plans to focus on his business
litigation work
for the Akerman
firm in its West Palm Beach office.
The term is fancy way of claiming Silver sold his influence
for millions, pushing legislation and secretly funneling
litigation clients to a law
firm in exchange
for massive fees.
BLB&G is one of the largest law
firms in securities
litigation, and recently negotiated a $ 730 million settlement out of Citigroup,
for which they requested $ 146 million in fees.
It rode the Sheldon Silver gravy train
for years, reaping a steady stream of asbestos -
litigation clients from referrals fed to him in an illegal quid pro quo, but since the former Assembly speaker's January arrest, the law
firm of Weitz & Luxenberg has seen a 17 percent drop in new cases, The Post has learned.
When questioned by the Inspector General
for Fiduciary Appointments, Schlesinger produced a client list that showed his law
firm represented the Nassau Democratic Committee in 65 separate
litigations over a five - year period.
And according to the state comptroller's office, another state agency acting on behalf of the now - defunct Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption requested $ 200,000
for a Buffalo - based «
litigation support»
firm for «data collection and analysis, to assist the federal government.»
The complaint alleges that Silver was credited with referring more than 100 clients to his law
firm, the majority
for potential asbestos
litigation.
Spitzer later used a perch at Constantine's successful anti-trust
litigation firm to run
for governor, and brought Constantine into his administration as a senior adviser with a special responsibility
for a cherished project, higher education.
However, the majority of recent patent
litigation is driven by nonpracticing entities (NPEs),
firms that generate no products but amass patent portfolios
for the sake of «enforcing» IP rights (2).
«These cases and court decisions are unfortunately a regular feature of the legal landscape,» says Drew Caputo, vice president of
litigation for lands, wildlife and oceans at environmental law
firm Earthjustice.
July 14, 2017 — / PR NEWSWIRE / - Ruby Corp. and Ruby Life Inc. (ruby), and a proposed class of plaintiffs, co-led by Dowd & Dowd, P.C., The Driscoll
Firm, P.C., and Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC, have reached a proposed settlement agreement resolving the class action lawsuits that were filed beginning July 2015 following a data breach of ruby's computer network and subsequent release of certain personal information of customers of Ashley Madison, an online dating website owned and operated by Ruby Life Inc. (formerly Avid Dating Life Inc.) The lawsuits, alleging inadequate data security practices and misrepresentations regarding Ashley Madison, have been consolidated in a multi-district
litigation pending in the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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For Marshall, that place included working at two Boston
firms: Csaplar & Bok and Choate Hall & Stewart, focusing on civil
litigation.
I soon contacted the American Center
for Law and Justice, a public - interest law
firm that specializes in religious liberties
litigation.
This program will provide participants with a
firm understanding of the legal exposure that results when school climate is neglected, and provides practical, proactive strategies
for litigation prevention.
Characterizing its practice as a «general practice
for a specialized clientele,» the
firm provides legal advice and expertise to handle any and all needs of a school district, including fair dismissal personnel issues, allegations of employment discrimination and EEOC complaints, other personnel disputes, student discipline issues, student tribunal hearings, civil rights claims, personal injury actions, federal and state constitutional claims and other
litigation, special education and other legal issues involving disabled students, contracts, leases and other business needs, policy and rule development, construction disputes, bond and SPLOST issues and other financial matters.
Corey was also a
litigation associate
for the law
firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where she represented a broad range of corporate clients.
The
firm has offices in Boston, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Founded in 1993, HBSS continues to successfully fight
for investor rights in large, complex
litigation.
He served as chief
litigation counsel
for a Fortune 50 company, and later as the founder and managing partner of his own law
firm.
Prior to working as an information professional, she worked as a paralegal
for various large law
firms in entertainment, corporate and business
litigation.
I worked several years as an inspector
for an engineering
firm specializing in construction defect
litigation support.
Apparently, their company «provides
litigation & matter management, compliance & governance services, domains and trademarks, entity management, and trustee services
for law
firms and companies worldwide.»
Curated by
litigation associate Michael O'Donoghue and art intern Lucy Cox, Multiple Choices 2016: Editions in support of not -
for - profit institutions is the
firm's first client - facing selling show.
Before moving to the Upper Valley in 2002, Tom worked as an attorney both in a small
litigation and government practice
firm, and
for the Homeless Advocacy Project with the Bar Association of San Francisco.
A formula can not be given, at least insofar as I can tell,
for how to do this and I still face the problem from the most mundane (our
firm has a forensics service line where we'll provide expert witness testimony with respect to construction defect
litigation and the opposing side has their experts as well) to the most impactful (climate disruption), to the most woo infested (ESP, UFOs, «free energy,» etc.), to the politically pragmatic (do guns really prevent crime?).
In one case, it appears that the Chinese government may have targeted several Canadian law
firms in an apparent effort to derail a $ 40 billion acquisition.11 In another, a
firm's managing clerk is alleged to have accessed inside information about the
firm's clients as part of an insider - trading scheme.12 Also, it recently was revealed that hackers working
for the Chinese military targeted one company
for information useful in ongoing
litigation.13 Failure to secure such data from malicious employees, cyber-attacks, or carelessness can cause drastic reputational damage as well as liability.
Docket Alarm's advanced analytical capabilities, customizable real - time
litigation alerts, case prediction indicators, and technology - driven research tools complement Fastcase's quest to add unique, must - have content
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firm partners across the country.
Lex Machina says this app is useful
for law
firms in business development, allowing them to understand a prospect's
litigation profile and to evaluate the track record of the prospect's current
firms.
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firms; their consideration of
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litigation and major M&A; as well as their use of
firms for high value and inbound work.