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Metadata Not Public, AZ Judge Rules
A divided Arizona appellate court ruled Tuesday that hidden electronic data that indicates how and when documents are produced with word processing computer programs aren’t themselves public records. The
Continue readingSharp climb in governments across globe regulating mergers, acquisitions
A record 115 countries and government entities across the globe are regulating mergers and acquisitions, a 69% spike from the 68 jurisdictions that monitored mergers five years ago, according to a new
Continue readingMadoff Mania: Swiss Suits, Spanish Prosecutors, and Possible Pleas
It’s a mad Madoff world out there, from UBS getting sued by a French financial firm in Luxembourg to a Swiss affiliate of Reed Smith considering a similar suit. Now news comes that Spanish prosecutors
Continue readingO’Melveny Bankruptcy Co-Chair Leaves for Dechert
From: The American Lawyer, January 13, 2009 Michael Sage, the co-head of restructuring at O’Melveny & Myers, joined Dechert on Monday. Sage, who joined O’Melveny in 2007, has represented
Continue readingContract lawyers: cheaper by the hour
Today’s National Law Journal has as its lead article a story about contract attorneys. To read it, click here:
Continue readingE-Discovery and Digital Information Management: A Glossary
The best e-discovery/digital information management glossary is provided by the Sedona Conference which you can access by clicking here.
Continue readingFCPA … the beat goes on
As we mentioned in our “Trends” posting last month, FCPA cases were at a high in 2008 and will continue upward in 2009. Contract attorneys in DC, NYC, LA, Chicago, etc. have seen 2009 open
Continue readingIndia has fraud, too: Indian Outsourcing Chief Admits Huge Accounting Fraud
Satyam Computer Services, a leading Indian outsourcing company that serves more than a third of the Fortune 500 companies, significantly inflated its earnings and assets for years, the chairman and co-founder
Continue readingLegal market in North Carolina continues to grow
This will be the first in what we plan to be a series of briefs on legal markets throughout the country but those markets viewed from the perspective of contract attorneys. As we discussed in our
Continue readingCravath’s Presiding Partner Says “Time to Kill the Billable Hour”
As we have reported in various articles on our web site, we have seen a changing legal landscape this past year. One of the major discussion points has been on law firm billing practices and the
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