Kaye Scholer Partner Jan Dodd Named to 'Top 20 Under 40' By Daily Journal Extra
PR Newswire - April 12, 2004
LOS ANGELES, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Jan E. Dodd, 39, a partner with Kaye Scholer LLP, has been selected by Daily Journal Extra, a legal publication serving both northern and southern California, as one of the state's top 20 lawyers under the age of 40 in the April 5, 2... (Read More)
Bad faith
The Daily Deal - April 8, 2004
Byline: Matt Miller
For pink sheets-traded V-Net Beverage Inc., a Jan. 29 press release began with news that the company had appointed Robert Corr as new president. Corr brought to the job, the release offered, a storied career in "the functional beverage market." Among... (Read More)
Movers & shakers: Week of March 29, 2004
The Daily Deal - March 29, 2004
Byline: Dennis Fitzgerald and Heidi Moore
Black and Bill
At J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., two bankers with complementary talents have been deputy co-heads of its investment bank since May 2002. Now the pair, Steve Black, 51, and Bill Winters, 42, are about to become the in... (Read More)
Judge: No grace for Grace
The Daily Deal - March 24, 2004
Byline: Soma Biswas
A bankruptcy judge has refused to extend by six months W.R. Grace & Co.'s exclusive right to file a reorganization plan, according to lawyers involved in the case.
Grace, which filed for Chapter 11 on April 2, 2001, requested its sixth extension at... (Read More)
The tenant commandments - Commercial Sales & Leasing
Real Estate Weekly - March 10, 2004, by Robert C. Epstein
There are certain key items, in addition to rent, that a tenant and its advisors should consider as they begin the leasing process. Failure to properly address such items could be disastrous, and it may be too late or expensive to fix the problem once the lease is signed.... (Read More)
When mold knocks, what do you do? - Insiders Outlook
Real Estate Weekly - February 11, 2004
Noted environmental lawyer, Daniel J. Sitomer, did not become New York's leading mold expert overnight.
In fact, it took 25 years of hard work and dedication to develop the capability necessary to solve diverse environmental problems and to achieve his current level of ... (Read More)
Victory at Hand for GOP Tort Reform? Tort reform and a national asbestos settlement might top the GOP agenda, but some conservatives worry that limits
Insight on the News - February 2, 2004
Byline: Christopher Whalen, SPECIAL TO INSIGHT
There are few issues that generate as much political heat in Washington as tort reform, both pro and con, and equally few on which so little progress occurs year after year. During 2003 the Republican leadership promised ac... (Read More)
Halliburton hopes settlement will spur others
The Daily Deal - February 2, 2004
Byline: Soma Biswas
Despite insurers' resistance to the bankruptcy filings of two of its subsidiaries, Halliburton Co. is confident that a $575 million settlement payment from Equitas, the reinsurance company for Lloyd's of London, which was announced last week, could p... (Read More)
A case of battery?
The Daily Deal - January 29, 2004
Byline: Soma Biswas
The reorganization of Exide Technologies should have been pretty straightforward. After all, few bankrupt companies have the kind of positive cash flow that the industrial battery maker has -- not to say a value of nearly $1 billion in a worst-case s... (Read More)
DIP Dimensions: Halliburton Co
The Daily Deal - January 22, 2004
Byline: Jonathan Berke
Halliburton Co. has cleverly deflected its asbestos liabilities onto two subsidiaries without having to enter bankruptcy itself. It has also shown plenty of savvy when providing to those subsidiaries without causing a ruckus with creditors.
In ... (Read More)
Family is still reeling from quake - Northridge—10 Years Later - earthquake insurance case
Los Angeles Business Journal - January 12, 2004, by Laurence Darmiento
TEN years after the Northridge earthquake, the Hong family is reminded of it every single day. They see it in their cracked walls. They feel it in their uneven flooring. They know it when they watch the television placed strategically in front of their crumbled, useless f... (Read More)
The President's news conference - Week Ending Friday December 19, 2003
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents - December 22, 2003
December 15, 2003
The President. Thank you all. Please be seated. Thank you for coming to this, the last press conference of the year 2003.
Before I begin, I do want to talk a little bit about a meeting I just attended. Rend al-Bahim is here--she's the representative ... (Read More)
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