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Boston Law - Probate Practice and More
Editor: Tell us about your background and professional experience. Swirbalus : I was born and raised in Boston, traveled two hours north to attend Dartmouth College, and then came back to Boston to attend Boston College Law School. I'm now a partner in the Boston office of Day Pitney. I do a...
Read MoreDoes The Employee Free Choice Act Do What Its Name Implies?
Editor: As background, could you please describe each of your careers and your practice with Day Pitney? Rogers: I've been practicing law since 1975 with about 25-plus of those years devoted exclusively to the practice of traditional labor law and employment discrimination. I joined Pitney...
Read MoreEnterprise Risk Management Provides Protection Against S&P Credit Rating Downgrade
During the latter part of 2008, enterprise risk management ("ERM") "got real" for corporate America as Standard & Poor's ("S&P") began incorporating ERM analysis into the credit-rating process for nonfinancial companies.1 While senior management and boards of directors are generally aware...
Read MoreKeys To Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights In China
Editor: Please describe your background and your practice at Day Pitney. Lieberstein: I specialize in Intellectual Property Litigation and counseling, including patent, copyright and trademark litigation, as well as licensing, mark clearance, and trademark prosecution. Working in both litigation...
Read MoreTaking A Government Investigation Seriously Is The First, And Most Important, Step
Editor: Would each of you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Twardy: My professional life has been divided between public service and the private practice of law. From 1985 to 1991, I served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, following which I served as...
Read MoreAn Integrated Team Approach To Distressed Company Issues: The Ideal Solution For Buyers And Sellers
Editor: Would you describe the formation of Day Pitney's Distressed Assets Practice Group? Siegel: We created the Distressed Assets Practice Group for the purpose of having a multi-disciplinary team to deal with issues that arise in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, restructurings, and...
Read MoreDistressed Asset Acquisitions - A Roadmap To Strategic Advantage
Distressed acquisitions are neither for the faint of heart nor the linear strategist. Opportunities in this arena are founded upon external and internal forces: business cycles, poor management, precipitous market changes, fair-weather lenders, undercapitalization and all too often, fraud. These...
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