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If we go by television’s fictional world of law and order and CSI ingenuity at cracking cases, we may think that the criminal justice system is foolproof and that the presumption of innocence is merely a formality. Unfortunately, the system...

On November 4, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that credit card holders may pursue statutory damages for alleged violations of Regulation Z’s short-form credit card notice requirement, even though the short-form...

Every business has an accountant or finance resource. This resource spends 150% of his or her time handling the cash flow, paying the bills, and filling out the requisite federal income tax returns. What is usually missing is time to focus on state...

While adverse environmental conditions may be unavoidable, appropriate due diligence can help both real estate buyers and sellers avoid a liability mess. The conveyance of commercial or industrial real estate often involves allocation of...

In 2009, Stephen Jenkins, chair of the Council of the International Center for Research on Income and Wealth, confirmed what many suspected — that divorce makes women poorer and men wealthier. The study showed that the divorced men surveyed showed an...

Everyone should have one. If you need more convincing, please read my post, or any post for that matter, about the record $14 million award the SEC recently made to a whistleblower who helped to uncover investment fraud. Violations of securities...

If you are confused about the difference between a will and a trust, you are not alone. Both documents help protect families and indicate who will receive certain assets and make decisions upon a family member’s death. However, wills and trusts...

In this opinion, the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware affirmed the Court of Chancery’s judgment granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, rejecting a claim by a stockholder...

One of Philadelphia's best-known law firms has planted its flag in Silicon Valley. Pepper Hamilton announced Tuesday that three intellectual property partners from Goodwin Procter have opened the firm's new Redwood City, Calif., office, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.

Although the 2012 and 2013 proxy seasons saw increased (and highly publicized) shareholder activism across a range of industries, that trend has not yet made its way to the U.S. banking industry. Over the last two proxy seasons, aside from Nelson...

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