A conversation with H&K's Sandra Mayerson
The Daily Deal - May 29, 2001
Byline: Terry Brennan
THE DAILY DEAL: Could we start with a legal definition of fraudulent conveyance?
SANDRA MAYERSON: Well there's two kinds of fraudulent conveyance. The easiest one is where there is actual fraud and it means exactly what it says: A conveyance of s... (Read More)
'Killer Lawyers' Leave Trail of Blood - tort litigation - Brief Article
Los Angeles Business Journal - May 21, 2001, by Anthony Bell
THE real lesson to be learned from the May 14 Forbes article "Killer Lawyer" is that American business has a bull's eye painted on it, and L.A. business leaders are whistling in the dark.
The truth is, the killer lawyers are out there. They're talented, industrious, amb... (Read More)
Trim Your Legal Overhead
Ziff Davis Smart Business - May 1, 2001, by Carolyn Abate
If you don't start thinking about how the Internet can save your in-house counsel time and money, you can bet your competitors will. "Legal departments have absolutely no choice," says Mark Chandler, who as senior director of worldwide legal services and associate general c... (Read More)
Compaq's Legal Woes Grow
eWEEK - April 30, 2001, by Robert Bryce
Amid concerns about sagging PC sales and Dell Computer's growing dominance, Compaq Computer has yet another worry: Wayne Reaud.
This week, according to sources close to Reaud, the Beaumont, Texas, lawyer — who is already pressing a lawsuit against the computer maker fo... (Read More)
The Parasite
Ziff Davis Smart Business - April 1, 2001, by John Galvin
"I just got letters from Victoria's Secret and Penn State," says Dan Parisi in his rapid-fire New Jersey tongue. "I own Victoriassecretsucks.com and Pennstatesucks.com and they want me to transfer it over to them. All these letters are the same. They are from some lawyer an... (Read More)
Cut Loose - IBM, and other companies, appear to be breaking promises that were made in regard to health care for retirees
Progressive, The - April 1, 2001, by Anne-Marie Cusac
Companies Trick Retirees out of Health Benefits
Fran Asbeck worked for IBM for thirty-two years. He retired at age fifty-six in 1994, secure in the knowledge that IBM would cover health care for himself and his wife. "The thing is, we were promised all this would be fre... (Read More)
Starring Nohj Anyew - Short Story
Literary Review - March 22, 2001, by Irvin Faust
That Summer
I was a psychology major at CCNY on the GI Bill after the war--mainly to find out why I was so screwed up. I never did find out, but being a psych major was very helpful as the goalie on the soccer team. Using sociodrama and empathy whenever I dived to stop ... (Read More)
Warning
The Net Economy - March 5, 2001, by Meg McGinity
The wireless industry is facing a dilemma that tobacco companies can identify with all too well.
The source of the dilemma, of course, is product safety. A growing number of researchers and consumer advocates are pointing to evidence that suggests a direct link between use ... (Read More)
The lawyers' war on law - post-election analysis
American Enterprise - March 1, 2001, by Mark S. Pulliam
It didn't end with Florida
Now that the 2000 presidential contest is finally over, let's try to figure out how we reached the point where national elections are determined by a cadre of lawyers and judges. And more importantly, how we can restore the rule of law not onl... (Read More)
Profiles of the 50 Best-Compensated Lawyers in L.A
Los Angeles Business Journal - February 19, 2001
Highest-Paid Attorneys
Rand April
Jacob Bloom
John Branca
Brad Brian
Harry "Skip" Brittenham
Bruce Broillet
Terry Christensen
Morgan Chu
Bruce Clemens
Johnnie Cochran
Michael Diamond
John Donovan
Larry Feldman
Bertram Fields
Tom Girardi
Pat... (Read More)
Managing the unmanageable Co-Op City, the Scott way
Real Estate Weekly - January 31, 2001, by Natalie Keith
With high vacancy rates, a crumbling infrastructure and batting board members, Co-op City faced many of the same problems as other government-assisted housing developments Marion Scott Real Estate Inc. has managed.
"Co-op City was in a time warp," said company founder M... (Read More)
Benched
Washington Monthly - December 1, 2000, by Peter H. Schuck
The pros and cons of having judges make the law
IMPACT LITIGATION--LAWSUITS THAT seek to use the courts to effect widespread social changes--enjoys a very good press. Impact litigation is a weapon brandished primarily by groups on the political left, as in the cases aga... (Read More)
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