Thacher Proffitt Announces New Partner George R. Talarico.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP announced today that George Talarico has been admitted to the partnership in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group, resident in the Summit, New Jersey office. George, previously a counsel at the Firm, specializes in commercial litigation with...

With my sister as my business partner, I have twice the marketing power.
My CLNC[R] business is a bit unusual because my sister is my business partner. This arrangement gives us a unique marketing point: Our attorney-clients get "two CLNC[R]s for the price of one." More important, our diverse nursing backgrounds and expertise mean we can handle any case. Often our attorney-clients...

Class action foodborne-illness claims.
Editor's note: The Journal recognizes the importance of providing readers with practical and relevant legal information through Legal Briefs columns. In every other issue of the Journal, this information is presented by one or more of several insightful and dedicated columnists: Bill Marler, Denis Stearns, Drew Falkenstein, Patti Waller,...

Corporate crisis: the readiness is all; Does your board have the competencies to meet the most common dangers? A board assessment can prepare you for these potentially ruinous 'turning points.'.
COMPANY CRISES come in all shapes and sizes--defective products, hostile takeovers, executive misconduct, natural disasters that threaten operations, and many more. But from the point of view of directors, they all have one thing in common: They threaten the stock price and sometimes the continued existence of the company....

Objection, your honor: it's not litigious citizens who are causing America's lawsuit glut, argues labor lawyer Thomas Geoghegan. It's the dismantling of the regulatory state.
See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation by Thomas Geoghegan The New Press, 256 pp. For years, authors like Philip K. Howard, Walter Olson, and ABC's John Stossel have churned out books declaring that lawsuits and the liberal...

The 9/11 cover-up: first the people in the towers died. Then hundreds of rescue workers. Now more first responders are succumbing to a 9/11 illness. The next victims: tens of thousands of ordinary citizens who worked and lived in Lower Manhattan--all of whom were told that the air was safe.
In the aftermath of the first explosion, the air over Lower Manhattan transformed instantly. "The sky was glittering with glass," says Nina L., a Tribeca resident who asked not to be further identified. She ran to her window and saw a shower of flaming jet fuel cascading...

Got a cease-and-desist letter? Call your patent attorney today.
Imagine this scenario: You run a medical supplies company. Business is good until one day, this letter comes in the mail: "We represent the Mammoth Medical Company in its intellectual property rights. It has come to our attention that your product infringes our client's Patent No. 7,654,321." The letter...

ADR and the image of lawyers: lawyer-warrior or lawyer-peacemaker - what's the better public image for our profession?
"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser--in fees, expenses and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good [person]. There will still be business enough."...

Federal judge orders 3rd trial in Vioxx case.
A federal judge ordered a third trial in a lawsuit by a woman who blamed Merck's painkiller Vioxx for the heart attack that killed her husband, Associated Press reported May 30. A cardiologist who testified for Merck misrepresented his qualifications in the second trial last year, U.S....

Cryptosporidiosis: a recreational water threat that hasn't gone away.
Editor's note: The Journal recognizes the importance of providing readers with practical and relevant legal information through Legal Briefs columns. In every other issue of the Journal, this information is presented by one or more of several insightful and dedicated columnists: Bill Marler, Denis Steams, Drew Falkenstein, Patti Waller,...