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Pro Bono

Pro Bono: Helping To Instill Confidence In The Legal System And In Society

Editor: Please describe your professional background and your practice. How did you become interested in pro bono matters? Crotty: After graduating from Cornell Law School, I came to New York and worked for the Law Department in the City of New York and then clerked for the Hon. Lloyd F....

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Compensation

Current Issues In Employee Benefits And Executive Compensation

Mr. Chargar represents clients in all aspects of executive compensation. He has extensive experience advising on the employee benefits of mergers and acquisitions and on the implementation and administration of tax-qualified employee benefits plans. Highlights of Ms. Zerjav's experience...

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U.S.

What's Happening In The Heartland: Business And Law In The Midwest

Editor: What key factors have contributed to the nine percent growth in manufacturing and overall job growth in the Midwest? Do you expect this growth to be sustained over the long term? Pillsbury: The job market in the Midwest appears to be benefiting from continuing improvements in the...

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Governmental Impact On Internal Investigations

Editor: Are there more internal investigations today than say, 10 years ago? Solotorovsky: There are far more. Editor: Do you attribute this to the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley ("SOX")? Solotorovsky: Certainly, the requirements of Section 404 of SOX have led to an increase...

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The Narrowing Safe Harbor Of CERCLA Liability Protection For Prospective Purchasers

Introduction In the nine years following enactment of the Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act ("BRERA"), Public Law 107-118, which amended the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. ("CERCLA" or "Superfund") to...

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Basic Steps In E-discovery Continued: Legal Hold Policies Where Information Is Within The Company, In A Cloud Or On A Social Media Site

This is the third in a series of articles providing our thoughts on how to reduce costs and bring some rationality to e-discovery. We have discussed the e-discovery plan, the e-discovery team, ESI systems analysis, record retention policies and triggering event guidelines in prior articles.1This...

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Basic Steps In E-discovery Continued: Knowing Where "Stuff" Is And Planning To Retain It

This is the second in a series of articles intended to provide some thoughts on how to reducecosts and bring some rationality to e-discovery. We have advocated creating an overall e-discovery plan before litigation begins that might include the following: designated e-discovery teams; ESI systems...

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