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How To Qualify As "One Of The Best Companies To Work For In America"
Gibbons P.C., a 230-attorney law firm headquartered in Newark, NJ, with additional offices in New York, Philadelphia, Trenton, and Wilmington, DE, has just been named one of the "25 Best Medium-Size Companies to Work for in America" by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Great...
Read MoreGo Forth And Infringe No More?: Dischargeability In Bankruptcy And Willful Patent Infringement
Intentional patent infringement has always been, at best, a problematic business model. Intentional infringers presumably have more frequent resort to the bankruptcy courts than other entrepreneurs, particularly smaller operators with the misfortune to get caught. Even where a corporate entity is...
Read MoreDirectors And Officers Liability Insurance And Subprime Mortgage Crisis Related Litigation
The inevitable, and presently occurring, increase in litigation arising out of the subprime mortgage crisis will have wide-ranging effects on many businesses. One way a company can properly brace itself for this litigation onslaught - or any risk of litigation - is to understand the nature and...
Read MoreThe SEC Acts - Modest Regulatory Reform And Improved Access To Capital For Smaller Businesses
Recent rule-making activity by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") to benefit capital formation by smaller businesses has eased the resale restrictions on non-registered securities, expanded the availability of the "short form" registration process and "scaled"...
Read MoreMaking History: The Repeal Of The Death Penalty In New Jersey
Editor: Would you tell our readers about your background? Pascrell: I have been a registered lobbyist on the state and federal levels for almost 12 years now. After law school, I clerked for a chancery court judge, Judge Amos Saunders. I have worked in government affairs for the lion's...
Read MoreHow Bar Associations Are Agents Of Change
Editor: Would you please tell our readers about your background? Millett: I have a combined fifteen years of experience in environmental law, and ten years in law enforcement with state and municipal governments. Before joining the firm, I was General Counsel to the Interstate Environmental...
Read MoreInvestments By Governmental Pension Plans In Private Equity Funds
Defined benefit pension plans are a world unto themselves. The plans generally provide for an annual benefit equal to a percentage of an employee's compensation multiplied by the employee's years of service. The amount of the annual benefit and the annual compensation considered in calculating the...
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