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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Promoting Best Practices In Arbitration: The Case For Neutrality In Tripartite Arbitration Panels

Editor: You recently authored a chapter in the Aspatore/Thomson/Reuters book, The Role of Ethics in ADR, entitled "Promoting and Preserving Neutrality and Impartiality in ADR." Please tell our readers about your professional background and what led to your participation in this...

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Insurance Coverage & Recovery

Insurance Practice Takes A Comprehensive Business-Minded Approach

Editor: You have spent more than 18 of your 22 years of practice working in an in-house role. What prompted you to make the move to Stradley? Reeder: I imagine many in-house attorneys contemplate moving to private practice on a regular basis; and it is something I had often contemplated. Being...

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Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Exchange-Traded Funds: Navigating The Regulatory Maze

Editor: You joined Stradley recently after more than 13 years in the Division of Investment Management at the Securities and Exchange Commission. What prompted you to make the change? Mundt: I loved my work at the SEC. I was very committed to its mission of investor protection and...

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M&A Transactions: A Smaller Firm, A Better Fit

Editor: Ted, you joined Stradley recently after more than 25 years at a firm that became, by the time you left, the largest law firm in the world. What prompted you to make the change? Segal: I joined my prior firm in the mid-'80s. During my time there, the firm went from being a regional...

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Labor & Employment

Love Among The Cubicles

More than half of the employees in the United States admit to having a crush on a co-worker, with nearly 50 percent admitting they would consider an office romance, says a recent survey by Monster.com. From brief trysts to long-term relationships, office romances run the gamut and certainly are...

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Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

SEC Adopts Rules Implementing Amendments To The Investment Advisers Act of 1940

On June 22, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The new rules implement certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that removed the registration exemption on which many hedge fund and...

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U.S.

A Multitude Of Strong Resources Supports A State In A Soft National Economy

Editor: Bill, please tell our readers about your broad range of interests - your role as head of Governor Corbett's transition team, your position as a Commissioner of the Delaware River Port Authority, your many activities with the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and your role as...

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