Firms wary of challenging asbestos claims
The Daily Deal - November 12, 2001
Byline: Terry Brennan
The strategy of challenging the veracity and value of asbestos claims that bankrupt Babcock & Wilcox Co. is attempting in two New Orleans courtrooms was a tactical failure almost 20 years ago and lawyers watching the case don't think it has much ch... (Read More)
Troubled Economy Leaving Few in L.A. Untouched - people describe how businesses are coping in wake of attacks - People
Los Angeles Business Journal - September 24, 2001
RARELY have the so-called experts seemed so useless.
As the likelihood of recession and the prospect of war became real to Americans last week, no one had the answers to what lies ahead. There only have been guesses -- and those are usually just good for a few hours at ... (Read More)
Making a mint - La Monnaie opera house, Belgium
New Statesman - September 10, 2001, by Tom Rosenthal
TOM ROSENTHAL on how the Belgians have struck gold on a modest budget
Imagine what it must be like running an opera house with a governing body of 13, six of whom are by statute Flemish-speaking, six Francophone and one German. On top of that, when you perform Mozart i... (Read More)
The Post-Columbo Era: How the courts killed good detective work - how laws limit methods of criminal investigation
National Review - September 3, 2001, by William Tucker
Think the cops are having a tough time cracking the Chandra Levy case? Try this one on for size.
Samiya Haqiqi, a 24-year-old law student at Quinnipiac College in Connecticut, drove to New York City on a Friday night in November 1999 to meet her boyfriend for dinner. Sh... (Read More)
Institutions and innovation: The legal environment of innovating firms
Organization Studies - September 1, 2001, by Frans van Waarden
Abstract
The literature on 'national systems of innovation' emphasizes that the innovative capacity of nations depends on their institutions. This paper investigates the influence of an ideal-typical institution, law and regulations, on innovation, both directly and ind... (Read More)
Willing to run through a brick wall - bankruptcy lawyer James Sprayregen
The Daily Deal - August 27, 2001, by Terry Brennan
Byline: Terry Brennan
Bankruptcy battles do not suffer shrinking violets. But even among the most outspoken and aggressive in the bankruptcy bar nowadays, the head of Kirkland & Ellis' bankruptcy and restructuring practice, James Sprayregen, 41, stands out for his ca... (Read More)
Cash Bar - How trial lawyers bankroll the Democratic party
National Review - August 20, 2001, by Kate O'Beirne
The Democratic party has come full circle on tobacco. In 1988, Al Gore boasted that he had "raised tobacco": "I've hoed it. I've dug in it. I've chopped it, I've shredded it, spiked it" and so on. Then he waged a ferocious anti-tobacco campaign. Now, Democrats once again ... (Read More)
Patton pending - attorney James L. Patton, Jr
The Daily Deal - August 9, 2001
Byline: Shanon D. Murray
Calling James L. Patton, Jr. the father of the Delaware bankruptcy bar isn't a stretch. He staked a claim for bankruptcy lawyers in general, and law firm Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor llp in 1990 in particular, when United Merchant & Manufactu... (Read More)
Attorney Daniel J. Sitomer resuming New York practice - at Jenkens and Gilchrist Parker Chapin L.L.P - Brief Article
Real Estate Weekly - July 11, 2001
After two years of working on technology related projects in California, nationally prominent construction and environmental attorney, Daniel J. Sitomer, has returned to New York to resume his law practice. In addition to construction and environmental matters, he will al... (Read More)
The Layoff Payoff - Company Operations
Industry Standard, The - July 2, 2001, by Elizabeth Wasserman,
Lessley Anderson
AS JOB LOSSES MOUNT, SEVERANCE HAS BECOME THE HOT TOPIC IN CUBICLELAND. HOW GREEN IS YOUR PARACHUTE?
When SpinRecords, a San Diego online music company, shut down in October, 40 employees lost their jobs. Among them was managing editor Craig Combs, who had logged 16 mon... (Read More)
Going Under - Week of June 25, 2001 - bankruptcy reorganizations
The Daily Deal - June 29, 2001
Byline: Matthew V. Haas
New twists and turns involving Washington regulators, murder intrigue and mergers-of-bankrupts marked a busy week in bankruptcies.
Indeed, Washington regulators had a big hand in two major events last week. The U.S. Court of Appeals handed dow... (Read More)
Jeffords Turns Into Leapin' Liberal - James Jeffords
Insight on the News - June 18, 2001, by Jennifer G. Hickey
Deciding that he no longer is tailor-made for the Republican Party, Vermont Sen. James Jeffords dons a `jump' suit, leaving Democrats in control of the Senate and the GOP searching for a silver lining.
Since 1993, more than 500 Democrats holding office at either the sta... (Read More)
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