By Staff Writer | January 31, 2006
The hedge fund industry operates in a notorious shroud of secrecy. Investors and government regulators know little about hedge funds' practices, activities and leadership, in stark contrast to the strict regulations and public scrutiny to which mutual funds and other investment vehicles are subject. Since June 2004 the SEC has...
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By Staff Writer | January 31, 2006
A few days before Christmas I received a thin, white envelope from my mortgage company, ABN AMRO. I thought it was a holiday greeting card. It wasn't. The envelope contained a two-page letter from the CEO explaining how his company had lost a computer tape that contained my social security...
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By Staff Writer | January 31, 2006
On Dec. 12, 2005, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit stayed an injunction against Boston Communications Group Inc. (BCGI) giving the company and its millions of customers a much needed breath of fresh air after months of uncertainty. The U.S. District Court of Massachusetts ordered BCGI to...
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By Staff Writer | January 31, 2006
Investing time in choosing foreign law firms pays off in the long run.
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By Staff Writer | January 31, 2006
Porn distributors Robert Zicari and Janet Romano thought they had finally reached an end to their long legal battle when Pittsburgh U.S. District Judge Gary L. Lancaster dismissed a 10-count criminal indictment charging the couple with violating federal obscenity laws, ruling the laws unconstitutional. However, a three-judge panel of the...
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By Julius Melnitzer | January 31, 2006
Most of the defense bar applauded the Supreme Court's April 2005 decision in Dura Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Broudo because it significantly tightened the reins on securities fraud cases. Dura rejected the notion that simply alleging the stock price was inflated at the time of purchase due to misrepresentation gives rise...
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By Keith Ecker | January 31, 2006
Move over Madison and St. Clare counties. There's a new judicial hellhole in the state of Illinois. According to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), Cook County, which includes Chicago, tops its neighboring jurisdictions on the 2005 list of judicial hellholes, coming in at No. 2. Formerly the reigning king...
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By Steven Seidenberg | January 31, 2006
Supreme Court re-evaluates controversial diagnostic-process patents.
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By Julius Melnitzer | January 31, 2006
European judges demand the creation of a unified patent court.
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By Staff Writer | January 31, 2006
Corporate litigators adjust their strategies to deal with Generation-X and -Y jurors.
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