Litigation

Civil Justice

Heath P. Tarbert | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Editor: What is the importance of the recent decision by the D.C. Circuit in Business Roundtable v. SEC? Tarbert: The Business Roundtable decision is important as the proverbial shot across the bow of agencies undertaking rulemaking under the Dodd-Frank Act or any other analysis that...

Technology

Thomas J. Svoboda | Evidence Exchange

Moderator: Why do we invest time and money in document review? Svoboda: In a recent news article, a legal industry reporter described discovery as “the nettlesome aspect of litigation.” The reporter went on to describe the lawyer’s work as “sleuthing” and...

Finance | Private Equity

Edward P. O’Keefe, Timothy A. Pratt, Bradley E. Lerman, Jeffrey W. Jackson, Jackie Robinson | Bank of America Corporation

The Editor attended the Lawyers for Civil Justice 2011 Membership Meeting on November 30, 2011 – December 2, 2011. The following report covers a roundtable discussion on regulatory and document preservation challenges, including some proposed solutions. The panelists were Edward P. O’...