The National Law Journal 1995 KAren Donovan - Abstracts

The National Law Journal 1995 KAren Donovan
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A new era for the ABA: bar group's first female president to take office faces a decline in membership. (American Bar Association)LawKaren Donovan, Harvey Berkman
A risk-taker faces an unimpressed judge: Norbert A. Schlei's character witnesses couldn't save him from a five-year sentence.LawKaren Donovan
Bond counsel now face new pressures: SEC is asking about LeBoeuf, Lamb,, Orange County's bond adviser.LawKaren Donovan
Broker in court over secret report; recommendations of consultant - hired as part of SEC pact - are at issue. (penny-stock broker Stratton Oakmont Inc.)LawKaren Donovan
Class actions curtailed; but the Senate's version of securities bill has a more moderate 'safe harbor.'LawKaren Donovan
Congress returns to legal, regulatory reform.LawMarcia Coyle, Karen Donovan, Harvey Berkman, Claudia MacLachlan, Marianne Lavelle
Delaware court hears takeover case third time; the 13-year-old suit, stemming from the acquisition of Technicolor, may lead to a big change in corporate law.LawKaren Donovan
Effort to protect investors irks muni-bond lawyers: SEC regulators confront a critical audience at the National Association of Bond Lawyers' conference.LawKaren Donovan
FCC's competition unit swims against the tide; a new 'SWAT team' ferrets out media monopolies as a GOP-dominated Congress clamors for deregulation.LawKaren Donovan
For Kidder's top lawyer, caseload cleanup looms. (John M. Lifton of Kidder, Peabody and Company Inc)LawKaren Donovan
Getting reinsurers to pay: do the Brits do it better? U.S. lawyers for American creditors of the KWELM insurance liquidation are pleased with the payout plan.LawKaren Donovan
GOP threatens securities suits: House bill would kill 'fraud on the market' theory behind class actions.LawKaren Donovan
House, Senate reach pact on securities bill.LawKaren Donovan
Inside trading is still big, but traders 'average Joes'; the SEC brought a record 45 insider trading cases in 1994, but few of them involved market professionals.LawKaren Donovan
Just one tiny share can make a difference; they're battling over the family fortune, and the brother has the upper hand. (Helen Ziegler Steinkraus and William Ziegler III)LawKaren Donovan
Lawyers blamed for lies; admitted New York scam artist is betting on the advice-of-counsel defense. (Steven N. Hoffenberg)LawKaren Donovan
Media megamergers: no problem? Time Warner's bid to buy Turner may draw enforcement scrutiny of the FTC. (Turner Broadcasting System Inc., Federal Trade Commission)LawKaren Donovan
Move over, Ms. Bingaman; new trustbuster is in D.C.; new FTC chairman Robert Pitofsky's theoretical views may clash with Anne Bingaman's pragmatism at Justice. (Federal Trade Commission)LawKAren Donovan
NASD weighs investment in due process guarantees; small brokerage firms, their lawyers and an SEC-inspired panel say the association's disciplinary hearings are unfair. (National Association of Securities Dealers)LawKaren Donovan
Pension managers speaking up: institutional investors ready for role in class action securities suits.LawKaren Donovan
Poison pills redux: what shareholders don't know: a federal judge in Delaware says directors of companies targeted for takeover can override stockholders' wishes.LawKaren Donovan
SEC general counsel calls it quits. (Simon Lorne)LawKaren Donovan
SEC, lawyers spar over derivative restrictions. (Securities and Exchange Commission)LawKaren Donovan
Securities bill leaves Senate panel. (Senate Banking Committee)LawKaren Donovan
Securities defense finds a safe harbor.LawKaren Donovan
SEC wins 10-year battle to snare stock promoter; Robert Brennan hoped to outlast agency, victors say. (Securities and Exchange Commission case against First Jersey Securities Inc.)LawKaren Donovan
The arbitration question: why no punitive awards? The high court hears arguments over whether a federal act pre-empts a N.Y. statute limiting arbitrators' powers.LawKaren Donovan
The Brothers Winston fight for $100M prize; the heirs of Harry Winston, 'King of Diamonds,' bicker over his glittering legacy. (New York)LawKaren Donovan
The upending of a Camelot knight: the Los Angeles lawyer became embroiled in a Japanese bond racket. (former assistant attorney general Norbert A. Schlei)LawKaren Donovan
When does a shareholder class settlement settle? The high court is to decide whether a pact approved by a Delaware judge precludes related federal litigation.LawKaren Donovan
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