"What was found in that courtroom, and what a jury found, is what I felt five years ago when I first encountered Tom Girardi," attorney Leslie D. Corwin of Duane Morris told Law.com.
"It's not something we were doing before. It was a whole piece of the market that we really weren't doing until this group joined us," said Carolyn Alford, co-leader of the firm's finance and restructuring practice group.
The lawsuit alleges that Branson made over $1.1 billion by selling Virgin Galactic shares at a price artificially inflated by safety issues not being publicly known.
"The overarching flaw in plaintiff's case is that her breach of contract claim is premised upon a contract she alleges [...] is itself hopelessly flawed," the judge wrote.
Appellate lawyers from Harris Beach say that this pre-payment requirement is unfair to corporations , and they're asking the New York Court of Appeals to accept the case, and then declare the legislative requirement unconstitutional.
"This is a big win for the candidates and the voters, both of whom deserve fair elections," said prevailing petitioner counsel Jake Evans of Greenberg Traurig in Atlanta.
Andrew Boutros has longstanding relationships with clients in the telecommunications, food and beverage, engineering and government contracting industries, he said.
Declaring he "found retirement boring," former Geico legal chief Seth Ingall returned to the game, becoming chief legal officer of the Crash Champions chain of body shops.
Plans to fire the country's judges and replace them via popular vote could lead to a deterioration of legal protections and are likely to discourage foreign investment in Mexico, lawyers say.
The firm's Cyber Civil Rights Project receives an average of 33 requests for help involving revenge porn each week. "The behavior has not gone away. People are still doing the same thing," said program co-founder David Bateman.
"Respect the past and make careful but decisive change to improve all aspects of your firm. And lastly, learn to be both comfortable and confident in your decisions, especially when it comes to saying no."
"What resonates longer is the way that people will feel about Disney, not the recollection of why they feel that way," said Aaron Davis, a partner at Davis Goldman.
Waterbury Superior Court Judge W. Glen Pierson ruled that defendants, having registered to do business in Connecticut, consented to the jurisdiction of the state's courts.
