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Litigation Should The Iqbal Pleading Standard Be Overruled? The Editor interviews Gregory Katsas , Partner in Jones Day's Washington DC office and former Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the Justice Department and Acting Associate Attorney General. Mr. Katsas recently testified before Congress on federal pleading standards under Ashcroft v. Iqbal . December 2009 [P. 16] ECA: Perspectives Of Members Of CPR's Corporate ECA Commission
The Editor interviews Lawrence Chanen , Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel in the Litigation Department and Head of the Workout and Bankruptcy Practice Group, JP Morgan Chase, and Duncan MacKay, Deputy General Counsel, Northeast Utilities.
November 2009 [P. 18] ADR vs. Litigation And In-House Expertise vs. Outside Counsel The Editor interviews The Hon. William A. Dreier , Member, Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. (Presiding Judge, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, Retired), Ryan Hamilton , President, Resolute Systems, LLC, and Brian Rauer, General Counsel, Metro NY Better Business Bureau serving the Mid-Hudson/New York State region.
August 2009 [P. 26] The Importance Of A Well-Planned Cross-Examination The Editor interviews Richard Strassberg , Partner in Goodwin Procter's Litigation Department and Chair of its White Collar Crime and Government Investigations Practice and David Pitofsky , Partner in the firm's Litigation Department and Member of its White Collar Crime and Government Investigations Practice and its Securities Litigation and SEC Enforcement Practice.
August 2009 [P. 42] The Case For Outsourcing Document Review
The Editor interviews Jean Weir, Director in the Forensic & Dispute Practice of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP. She specializes in the management of electronic and hard copy discovery projects involving document collection, review and production for law firms and law departments. March 2009 [P. 30] ABA Urges FASB - U.S. Litigation Differs. Don't Amend SFAS 5 The Editor interviews R. William "Bill" Ide , Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. Mr. Ide is Chair, ABA Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege (Task Force), a former President of the ABA and the former Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Monsanto Company. October 2008 [P. 05] SFAS 5 Tilts The Playing Field Against Defendants - LCJ And The Defense Bar Speak Out The Editor interviews Richard B. Phillips, Jr ., Associate, Thompson & Knight LLP in its Dallas office. His practice focuses on appellate matters. He has represented a variety of clients in appeals before the Texas courts of appeal, the Texas Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Phillips was named a Texas Rising Star by Texas Monthly. Mr. Phillips drafted the Comments of the Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ Comments) on the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) exposure draft titled "Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies: An Amendment of FASB Statements 5 and 141(R)" (Exposure Draft or Amendment). October 2008 [P. 09] The Aviation Industry: Storm Clouds In Sight The Editor interviews James E. Robinson , member of law firm Cozen O'Connor, whose practice includes products liability, aviation and commercial litigation matters. June 2008 [P. 38] Preserving Our Collapsing Judicial Function: DRI Officers Speak Out DRI-The Voice Of The Defense Bar deserves great credit for making defense of our judicial function a major goal and for marshaling the resources of DRI and of national, state and local defense organizations in support of judicial independence, including, as a principal emphasis, support for adequate funding for our court systems. We have asked each of the officers of DRI, representative of defense firms across the sweep of this country, for their comments about the current underfunding crisis. April 2008 [P. 13] A Study In Contrasts: The Canadian And U.S. Judiciaries The Editor of The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel interviews John Lorn McDougall , Q.C., Partner Emeritus with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP in Toronto providing our readers with a comparative view of the court systems in the U.S. and Canada. April 2008 [P. 15] Using A Project Management Approach To E-Discovery The Editor interviews Bryan Melchionda, Client Services Manager, Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc. Bryan currently leads a team of project managers who manage e-discovery projects for Fortune 500 companies and major law firms. April 2008 [P. 53] The Menace And Promise Of The Independent Monitor The Editor interviews R. William "Bill" Ide , Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. Mr. Ide is a former President of the ABA and the former Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of the Monsanto Company. February 2008 [P. 31] Trial Advocacy: Feeding The Pipeline The Editor interviews Hayes Hunt , Member, and Benjamin E. Zuckerman , Of Counsel, Cozen O'Connor. Both conceived and developed Cozen O'Connor's Inaugural Trial Academy. August 2007 [P. 49] Sentencing A Corporation To Death - A Death Sentence For Self-Regulation? The Editor interviews R. William "Bill" Ide , Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. Mr. Ide is Chair, ABA Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege (ABA Task Force), a former President of the ABA and the former Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of the Monsanto Company. March 2007 [P. 29] Clicking With New E-Discovery Rules The Editor interviews David Walton , a member of Cozen O'Connor's labor and employment practice group and electronic discovery disputes practice area, who works out of the firm's West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania office. Two multinational conglomerates retained Cozen O'Connor as national counsel to develop e-discovery and electronic records retention policy programs. March 2007 [P. 37] Experts Compare The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Litigation And ADR The Editor interviews Curtis Brown , Vice President, National Arbitration Forum; Kevin R. Casey , Partner, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP; Jennifer Coffman , Senior Vice President, the American Arbitration Association; The Hon. William A. Dreier , Partner, Norris McLaughlin & Marcus P.A.; Jeanne C. Miller , who is a neutral with JAMS, The Resolution Experts; Michael S. Simon , Shareholder, ADR and Construction Law Practice Groups, Flaster/Greenberg P.C.; Peter J. Smith , Partner, Connell Foley LLP; Patricia Tilton , Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; and Mark A. Welge , President, Welge Dispute Solutions LLC. August 2006 [P. 34] A National Litigation Practice Picks Up The Pace The Editor interviews Cozen O'Connor's Lawrence T. Bowman , Chair, General Litigation Department, and Ann Thornton Field , Vice-Chair, General Litigation Department, and Chair, National Commercial Litigation Practice Group.
July 2006 [P. 28] Preparing For And Surviving The New Class Actions Game - Part II The Editor interviews Edward F. Mannino and David L. Comerford , Partners, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. The firm has prepared a 61-page booklet entitled "Preparing For And Surviving The New Class Actions Game," which is available upon request. April 2006 [P. 12] Building On A Record Of Succcess In Complex Commercial Litigation And Securities Matters The Editor interviews Claude E. Salomon , Associate, St. John & Wayne LLC. Ms. Salomon received a B.A. from Vassar College and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She co-chairs the Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Committee and chairs the Women in the Profession Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. April 2006 [P. 42]
Preparing For And Surviving The New Class Actions Game - Part
I
The Editor interviews Edward F. Mannino and David L.
Comerford , Partners, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. The firm has
prepared a 61-page booklet entitled "Preparing For And Surviving The New Class
Actions Game," which is available upon
request. March 2006 [P. 09]
Energizing A Litigation Group - Results - Part
II The Editor interviews Lisa Martinez Wolmart , Lauren
Freeman-Bosworth , Elizabeth Hall , Beth
Trent , Jonathan Wasserman and Paul Weissman ,
Litigation and Conflict Management, Schering-Plough. March 2006 [P. 48] No Place To Hide? The Editor interviews Henry W. Asbill , Co-Chair of Cozen O'Connor's White Collar Crime and Complex Criminal Defense Practice Group. He may be reached at hasbill@cozen.com . July 2005 [P. 39] Multijurisdictional Litigation: A London Perspective The Editor interviews Simon Cockshutt , Partner, Coudert Brothers LLP, London. This is the fourth in a series of interviews with the firm's partners that addresses the issues that arise in multijurisdictional litigation. March 2005 [P. 19] Meeting The Multi-jurisdictional Litigation Challenge In The Global Arena In an effort to assist our readers in understanding the issues that arise in multi-jurisdictinal litigation, we spoke with Stephen M. Hudspeth , chair of Coudert Brothers LLP's worldwide litigation practice. This is the first of a series of articles and interviews that will address this emerging subject. December 2004 [P. 18] Jury Reform And The Business Community The Editor interviews The Hon. Judith S. Kaye , Chief Judge of the State of New York, past President of the Conference of Chief Justices and past Chair of the National Center for State Courts. November 2004 [P. 01,71] Confronting Qui Tam: Defending The Corporation In False
Claims Act Litigation The Editor interviews Glenn V. Whitaker , Partner,
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP in Cincinnati. Mr. Whitaker has recently
extended his litigation, white-collar defense, and False Claims Act practice to
Washington, D.C. Vorys is one of the few law firms that has tried and won a
False Claims Act case. The firm successfully defended a government contractor
client in a $60 million False Claims Act case.
September 2004 [P. 23] A Rare Occurrence: Willkie Attorney Wins Recusal Motion To Disqualify Judge The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel interviews Richard Mancino , Partner in the Litigation Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York City. Mr. Mancino recently led a successful effort to disqualify a federal judge overseeing various high-profile asbestos-related bankruptcy proceedings because of an appearance of bias and partiality in his administration of the cases. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ordered the removal of the U.S. District Judge Alfred M. Wolin from the Chapter 11 cases of Owens Corning, W.R. Grace & Co. and USG Corp. "A federal appeals court yesterday ordered the judge overseeing five important asbestos-related bankruptcy proceedings to withdraw from three of these cases because of the appearance of bias." New York Times, May 18, 2004 © 2004 New York Times Company. July 2004 [P. 17] Roundtable - Litigation Management: Doing More With Less The Editor interviews Jim Barry , Chief Counsel, Business and Employment Litigation, International Paper Company; Brackett B. Denniston, III , Vice President - Senior Counsel for Litigation and Legal Affairs, General Electric Company; and John Sabine DeGroote , Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, BearingPoint, Inc. January 2004 [P. 34,55]
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