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Last week Ralph R. Cioffi and Matthew M. Tannin, both former hedge
fund managers for Bear Stearns, surrendered to federal agents and were
charged with nine counts of securities, mail and wire fraud. Law.com bloggers and
co-hosts, J.
Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi
welcome
Attorney Rich Strassberg, a partner in Goodwin Procter’s
Litigation Department and chair of its White Collar Crime & Government
Investigations Practice, to discuss the details of this criminal case. They will
explore the Bear Stearns scandal, look into the criminal charges against
the ex-managers, the state of the mortgage market, the evidence in their email
correspondence, tackle the topic of white-collar crime and look at what
criminally can happen to these once successful fund managers.
Medicare set-asides and the new CMS rules regarding the liability side of the
house will take effect in July 2009.
Ringler Radio host,
Larry Cohen and co-host,
Joan Pagnano, head of the Braintree, Massachusetts Ringler offices,
revisit this hot topic with Peter Foley, Vice President of Claims
Administration for the American Insurance
Association, to explore next steps after the new rules take effect. They
will discuss Peter’s role as liason to CMS, how these new rules may affect
settlements and the insurance industry and get a structured settlement
perspective on how to educate plaintiff attorneys about these new rules.
Data Privacy, Multilingual Discovery & Text Messages
Want to know more about data privacy and protection in cross border litigation?
In this edition of The ESI Report, host Michele Lange, Attorney and Director of
Legal Technologies at Kroll Ontrack,
opens the Buzz with experts, Tracey Stretton, Legal Consultant with Kroll
Ontrack’s UK office and Mark Surguy, a UK solicitor specializing in large
scale multiparty litigation, to tackle this hot topic in the e-discovery world.
In the Bits & Bytes Legal Analysis segment, Kelly Kubacki, Kroll
Ontrack Legal Correspondent, will take a look at the text messaging review and
production protocol issued in Flagg v. City of Detroit.
Every manager's and leader's mission is to positively influence.
Ringler Radio host,
Larry Cohen welcomes guests, William
Oncken, III and Alan Boal to describe The William Oncken
Corporation’s leadership seminar, Managing
Management Time™ (MMT), and proprietary techniques, which provide the
road map and process for accomplishing that mission. They will take an in depth
look at the Oncken philosophy, discretionary time, controlling your events, the
Oncken professional, and the professional versus the amateur in today’s
workplace.
Vioxx litigation is always upredictable. A $26 million jury verdict against
Merck was overturned in Texas. Separately, an appeals court in New Jersey
sharply reduced a verdict in another Vioxx case. Law.com bloggers and
co-hosts, J.
Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi
welcome
Attorney Tommy Fibich, partner in the firm of Fibich, Hampton &
Leebron, LLP out of Houston, Texas and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys,
reporter from
Texas Lawyer, to explore the reversal of these verdicts. Join us to hear
a plaintiff attorney and news reporter’s perspective and see what the future
holds for the verdicts of those affected by Vioxx.
In today's competitive legal environment, it's not enough to just offer the best
lawyers, you must also offer the best technology. From "client-facing" tools,
such as extranets, collaboration tools and e-billing to your firm's
infrastructure, the technology you use can be the "differentiator" that helps
you win and keep clients. Join Monica Bay, Law Technology Now host and
editor-in-chief of ALM's Law Technology
News along with guest,
Doug Caddell, CIO of Foley & Lardner, talks about how his firm has
exploited technology to improve client relationships, in a preview of the "Sell
Your Tech" panel that will be part of our FutureTech track (sponsored by BlueArc) at
LegalTech West Coast. Also joining us: Special guest Henry Dicker,
head of
LegalTech, with news about special offers for bloggers who plan to "live
blog" during the LTWC Los Angeles sessions June 26 & 27.
In the world of settlement trusts, one of the advantages is finding a trustee
who fully understands the benefits of using structured settlements in trusts and
can accommodate the needs of both the claimants and the defendants in each case.
In this follow-up to the
Trusts and Structured Settlements show,
Ringler Radio host,
Larry Cohen and co-host,
William D. Wakelee, settlement annuity specialist in Ringler’s
Philadelphia office, welcome back David J. Cover,
Senior Vice President and Senior Settlement Advisor for the Trust and Investment
Services Division of
PeoplesBank, to look inside the settlement trust arena. They will discuss
common issues associated with settlement trusts, common reasons for people to
put settlement monies into these trusts, how the trust handles the upfront cash
that goes into the trust and the structured payments coming in and the education
of individuals on the importance of settlement trusts.
One of the most challenging problems facing litigators is how to work with the
massive volume of digital documents produced during discovery. In the past, each
piece of paper was stamped with a "Bates" number -- to help manage exhibits. But
with digital files, no "pages" and no "Bates" number! Now files may be anything
from Excel spread sheets to Word files, to e-mail, to iPod downloads! What to
do? Listen as Monica Bay,
editor-in-chief of Law Technology News talks with
Tom O'Connor, director of the Legal Electronic Document
Institute (and a long-time member of Law Technology News' editorial
advisory board) who says it's time to rethink how we process and review files.
Hear about a simple step that controls costs, improves accuracy and could
dramatically change the face of e-discovery. O'Connor also discusses this
month's
Louisiana Bar Solo and Small Firm Technology Conference in New Orleans
-- designed to help practitioners affected by Hurricane Katrina and its
aftermath. Both O'Connor and LTN's Monica Bay speak at the two-day event.
Join host and Attorney
Alan S. Pierce at the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance
Section (TIPS) conference in Chicago recently for a candid discussion of
the AMA Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 6th Edition in this
Workers Comp Matters. Join Alan with special guests, Dr. Christopher
Brigham, board certified in Occupational Medicine, President of Brigham and Associates
and Senior Contributing Editor to AMA Guides effective now in 2008 and Attorney
Todd McFarren, partner at Rucka, O'Boyle, Lombardo
and McKenna and past president of the Work Injury Law and Advocacy Group
(WILG). What's the importance of the Guides in workers comp cases as a standard
to define the impact of an injury or illness? And hear the recent criticism from
some lawyers in the plaintiff bar across the U.S. Hear the issues and answers!
In this edition of
The ESI Report, host Michele Lange, Attorney and Director of
Legal Technologies at
Kroll Ontrack, jumpstarts the Buzz with Karen Andersen, a
technical consultant in Kroll
Ontrack’s ESI Consulting Group, as they discuss common IT issues facing
in-house counsel. In the Bits & Bytes segment, Kelly Kubacki, Kroll
Ontrack’s Legal Correspondent, takes a look at the discovery order issued in
Diabetes Centers of America, Inc. v. Healthpia America, Inc. Want
to know what goes on in a day in the life of a corporate electronic discovery
counsel? On the Spotlight, Allison Brecher, senior litigation counsel and
e-discovery coordinator, for
Marsh & McLennan Companies, focuses on a corporation’s e-discovery legal
team.
The work of a paralegal is never done. Although paralegals cannot offer legal
advice to clients like attorneys, they are considered the backbone of the law
practice. Join Law.com
bloggers and co-hosts, J.
Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi
as they explore the important role of a paralegal. Lawyer2Lawyer welcomes
Tita A. Brewster, Current President of the National Association of Legal
Assistants (NALA) and Chere
Estrin, CEO of Estrin LegalEd,
to discuss a paralegal’s importance to a firm, the hurdles paralegals face, the
Richlin Security Service Co v. Chertoff case and the growth of this legal
profession.
A huge victory
in the case of Joe Salvati, of Boston, an innocent man who spent nearly 30
years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Legal researchers say this
case is the longest intentional wrongful imprisonment in U.S. history. Now a
Federal Judge's ruling in Boston confirms the government's wrongdoing,
awarding Joe Salvati and three others over $101 million dollars!
Listen to this LegalTalkNetwork Special Report with Joe Salvati, his
attorney, Victor Garo, who has led the long legal journey for justice, and
Dan Rea, the Boston reporter whose investigative reports brought this story
to light. You'll hear about legal twists and turns that include FBI coverups,
mob informants and hidden evidence as well as details of Federal Judge Nancy
Gertner's recent ruling lambasting the government for intentional misconduct
and the framing of innocent men! Don't miss this extraordinary story!
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Historic Legal Cases: A Conversation with Atty Joseph F. Rice about Big Tobacco
LegalTalkNetwork’s first in a series of special reports about important
legal cases that changed the course of U.S. history. Kicking off the series
with one of the largest cases against Big Tobacco and a landmark settlement
that changed how tobacco companies operate today, we’re thrilled to bring
you a conversation with one of the most well-known attorneys in the country,
Joseph F. Rice from the prominent law firm ofMotley Rice, LLC.
Attorney Rice, who penned the historic tobacco settlement, brings us
first-hand stories of that incredible case and how he and a cadre of
courageous lawyers and whistleblowers made an impact.
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