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The proxy is the most misunderstood and mischaracterized of all instruments. For the record, a “proxy” is “a written authorization signed or an electronic transmission authorized by a shareholder or the shareholder’s attorney in fact giving another...

A disbarred lawyer who represented himself at his shoplifting trial was unable to persuade jurors with an emotional closing argument that quoted the Bible and Teddy Roosevelt.

Lawyer jobs are disappearing. Every day, law firms across the country reduce their ranks of associates and partners, removing more and more table settings as their revenue pie keeps shrinking.

The percentage of minority associates in law firms has increased slightly over the last three years, but those numbers don’t tell the whole story.

Missouri inmate Herbert Smulls was executed Wednesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay of execution amid questions about the execution drug and its source.

Disgraced former New York Police Department commissioner Bernard Kerik and his high-profile defense attorney, Joseph Tacopina, are officially at war.

Are we ready to concede that the newspaper– and print media in general, is finally dead? I am, and so is Jeff Bezos– but we almost missed it. Do you remember that time, right after Jeff Bezos purchased the Washington Post for $250 million, when we all said the same two things: (1) I wonder...

With increased attention to transparency in corporate political spending, disclosure of so-called “dark money” and a new rule for municipal advisors, corporations and other organizations active in government affairs or government procurement will...

As we have noted in prior Bulletins, pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) and state securities laws, any offer and sale of a security must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and any...

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