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Premier International Practice with Strong Community Focus
Editor: Please tell our readers about Jones Day’s recent Dallas conference on “Getting the Deal Done When Governments Stand in the Way: The New Deal-Making Paradigm.” Galvan: In the current economy, companies large and small are doing business all over the world. Since a...
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Once The Whistle Has Sounded: Courts Should Aggressively Enforce The False Claims Act's First-To-File Bar
The False Claims Act's ("FCA") first-to-file bar – 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(5) – encourages a race to the courthouse to reward a qui tam relator who promptly discloses fraud. In essence, the rule creates an incentive for relators to alert the government to the essential...
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Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer: Supreme Court Rejects "Presumption of Prudence" For Stock Drop Cases
On June 25, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer, a decision that had been highly anticipated by the ERISA bar. The question before the Court was whether the so-called Moench presumption of prudence applied to a motion to dismiss. Rather than...
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Jones Day’s New York Office Includes Busy False Claims Act Practice
Editor: Please tell our readers about the kind of work you do in Jones Day’s New York office. Wendel: I am a litigator, working predominantly on False Claims Act cases. Ninety percent of my practice for the past ten or so years has been False Claims Act work both federal and state. I...
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The Supreme Court Takes The Laboring Oar
Editor: Before we discuss the Canning decision, please tell our readers something about your background. Francisco: I grew up in Oswego, NY, on Lake Ontario. From there I went off to the University of Chicago for both college and law school, then onto clerkships here in DC. I...
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Making A Difference: Pro Bono At Jones Day
Editor: We have had the good fortune to interview you for our pro bono pages since you became Jones Day’s firm-wide Partner-in-Charge of Pro Bono in 2008. What experience over this five-year period stands out as the one that has brought you the greatest gratification? Parcher: There ...
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2014 Proxy Season Highlights
The 2014 proxy season reintroduced many traditional corporate governance topics to corporate ballots, and also generated new calls for reforms to the shareholder proposal process generally. In addition, activist investors continued their robust efforts to change corporate strategies and...
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