• January 2, 2001 | Law.com

    Movers & Shakers

    NEW HIRESPhiladelphia's Blank Rome Comiskey & McCauley has opened a new office in Cincinnati, which will be led by Michael Cioffi. Cioffi, 47, was previously the vice presid

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  • April 10, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Repercussions of the Wal-Mart Settlement

    Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the world's largest retailer, agreed to pay $11 million to settle a case in which it was accused of knowingly using hundreds of undocumented workers hired by contractors

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  • September 30, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    New York City Law Department Announces Incoming Class

    The New York City Law Department has announced that 27 attorneys and 12 volunteer attorneys have joined the agency. The 27 permanent appointees include John Buhta, Brooklyn Law School, gener

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  • November 14, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Plevan Nominated as Next City Bar HeadProskauer Rose partner Bettina B. Plevan has been nominated to become the next president of the Association of the Bar of the City of New Y

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  • December 15, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Court Rebuffs FTC Regulation of Lawyers

    A lawyer is not a financial institution. That may seem obvious, but it took the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia to make it clear to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),

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  • November 5, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    City Bar Report Urges Increasing Number of Lawyer Town Justices In its final report on the state's Town and V

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  • August 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    FOOTNOTES: Blood on The Tracks

    Hedge funds love secrecy. They don't want the world to know how much money they control, how they invest their trillions, or how much profit they pocket. As private entities, they're lar

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  • March 23, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Whistleblower Protections

    In 2011, employers need to be aware of the new whistleblower protections available to employees as part of the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Dodd-Frank

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  • February 18, 2008 | National Law Journal

    The world's his court

    Name and title: Rick Buchanan, executive vice president and general counsel. Age: 44 Company profile: From 10 tall men running up and down the court,

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  • July 1, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Dodgers, in Delaware Bankruptcy, Tap Hedge Fund for Loan

    The Los Angeles Dodgers received permission from a bankruptcy court judge in Delaware on Tuesday to access $150 million in debtor-in-possession financing provided by JPMorgan Chase hedge fund affil

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