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DRI: A Full Policy Agenda, Including Support For Civil Justice Reform
Editor: Please update us on the steps that have been taken by DRI to improve judicial compensation and to implement other objectives of the DRI's Judicial Independence Project. Martin: DRI is a national organization of defense counsel with over 22,700 members. As you know, DRI has long supported...
Read MoreSFAS 5 Tilts The Playing Field Against Defendants - LCJ And The Defense Bar Speak Out
Editor: Tell us about LCJ and the other organizations whose views were represented in the LCJ Comments. Phillips : LCJ is a national coalition of defense trial lawyer organizations and corporations which seeks to restore and maintain balance in the civil justice system for the benefit of the...
Read MoreReal Estate Workouts And Lender Liability
Editor: It is interesting that you are both in a "Workouts and Restructuring Practice." I understand that you have different backgrounds. Barrow : Technically, I am in the Trial Practice Group and Glenn is in the Real Estate and Banking Practice Group, but we have a multi-disciplinary practice...
Read MoreFCPA Due Diligence When Selecting A Contractor In A Foreign Country
Editor: Please give our readers some background on your practice at Thompson & Knight. Melsheimer: Thompson & Knight's international energy practitioners advise clients whose activities are primarily related to oil and gas exploration and production around the world. We typically represent...
Read MoreJudicial Independence - A DRI Effort That Merits Support
Editors Note: See page 10 for an article by John Trimble, chair of the DRI Task Force. See the version of this article on our Websites for a link to the Report of DRI's Judicial Task Force. Editor: You became president of DRI on October 13 with a goal of vigorously moving forward with...
Read MoreReinforcing General Counsel's Enhanced Role
Editor: Pete, tell us about your practice. Lodwick: My practice includes counseling in mergers and acquisitions and securities laws matters. I regularly advise boards of directors, audit committees with respect to Sarbanes-Oxley-related and governance matters, including SEC and Department of...
Read MoreUnmeritorious Lawsuits Identified As Deterrents To Foreign Investment - How DRI Works To Reduce Such Litigation
The Committee of Corporate General Counsel ("Committee") of the ABA Business Law Section presented a program on March 16 that included a panel entitled " New Commissions, New Recommendations: U.S. Capital Markets and Corporate Reforms." The panel discussed three reports ("the Reports") containing...
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