Donald W. Kiel

Donald W. Kiel, Robert F. Pawlowski | K&L Gates LLP

American Law Generally Forbids Awarding Attorneys' Fees American common law mirrors English common law in many respects. However, they are polar opposites when it comes to the awarding of attorneys' fees to a successful litigant. Under American common law, the prevailing litigant ordinarily is...

Donald W. Kiel, Faisal M. Zubairi | K&L Gates LLP

The headlines are packed with references to high profile corporate scandals, including the recent Enron, Tyco, and Martha Stewart scandals. Couple this media frenzy with the enormous increase in securities class actions, and the directors and officers of corporations appear to have become some of...