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Orrick Herrington's Levinson on Municipal Bankruptcies: BLAW
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Marc Levinson, partner at Orrick,
Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee
Pacchia about municipalities that file for bankruptcy protection
under Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. For additional
information on this podcast, please contact Lee Pacchia at
apacchia1@bloomberg.net.
Fried Frank’s Vartanian Discusses U.S. Banking Regulation: BLAW
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Thomas Vartanian, partner at Fried
Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP and chairman of its
financial institutions transactions group, talks with Bloomberg
Law's Lee Pacchia about the challenges facing regulators of the
U.S. banking system. For additional information on this podcast,
please contact Lee Pacchia at apacchia1@bloomberg.net.
Stroock’s Cohen, Bernard Discuss Legal Ethics: BLAW
Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Joel Cohen and James Bernard,
partners at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP and professors at
Fordham University Law School, talk with Bloomberg Law's Lee
Pacchia about professional responsibility and ethics in the
legal profession. For additional information on this podcast,
please contact Lee Pacchia at apacchia1@bloomberg.net.
Mayesh Sees a `Litigation Explosion' for Toyota: BLAW
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Jay Mayesh, co-chairman of the
product liability group at Kaye Scholer LLP, talked with
Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia on Feb. 3 about the legal
implications of Toyota Motor Corp.'s mass recall of vehicles
related to reports of unintended acceleration. For additional
information on this podcast, please contact Lee Pacchia at
apacchia1@bloomberg.net.
Hoey Discusses Online Employee Conduct, Liabilities: BLAW
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Barbara Hoey, partner and co-chair of
the Labor & Employment practice group at Kelley Drye & Warren
LLP, talked with Bloomberg Law's legal analyst Spencer Mazyck on
Feb. 1 about the Federal Trade Commission's new ``Guides
Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in
Advertising.'' Hoey discusses how employers could face
enforcement actions should their employees use social media to
promote company products and services in violation of the new
guidance.
Strossen Discusses Citizens United, Federal Election Case:Audio
Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Nadine Strossen, professor of
constitutional law at New York Law School and former president
of the American Civil Liberties Union, talks with Bloomberg
Law's Lee Pacchia about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the
case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. For
additional information on this podcast, please contact Lee
Pacchia at apacchia1@bloomberg.net.
Stuart Saft Discusses Commercial Real Estate Law (Correct)
Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Stuart Saft, chairman of the global
real estate practice at Dewey & Leboeuf LLP in New York City,
talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about recent case law in
commercial real estate and prospects for the market in 2010. For
additional information on this podcast, please contact Lee
Pacchia at apacchia1@bloomberg.net.
Lawsuit Addresses NY Judicial Compensation: BLAW Podcast
Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Judge George Bundy Smith, partner at
Chadbourne & Parke LLP and a former judge of the New York Court
of Appeals, talks with Bloomberg Law's Frank Quinn about
lawsuits brought by New York judges against legislative leaders
over judicial compensation. Judge Smith represents four judges
in one of the cases in which the Court of Appeals heard an oral
argument on January 12th.
Ohio Attorney General Cordray Discusses Pension Suit: Audio
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Ohio State Attorney General Richard
Cordray talked with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia on December 11
about the lawsuit he filed against credit-rating companies on
behalf of five Ohio public employee retirement funds in November
2009.
Lee Buchheit Discusses Sovereign Debt, Default: Audio
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lee Buchheit, a law partner at
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York, talks with
Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about sovereign debt in the midst of
the global economic slowdown. This is the third installment of
the BLAW series on governmental insolvency.
Gordon Smith Discusses Revision of Bankruptcy Laws: Audio
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Gordon Smith, a former senator from
Oregon and currently president of the National Association of
Broadcasters, an attorney at Covington & Burling LLP, and
chairman of Smith Frozen Foods, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee
Pacchia about financial crises facing many state governments.
This is the second installment of the BLAW series on
governmental insolvency.
Giacovas Discusses FINRA Arbitration Strategies (Correct)
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Giacovas, a partner at Lazare
Potter & Giacovas LLP, talks with Bloomberg Law's legal analyst
Spencer Mazyck about new defense strategies for Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority arbitrations in light of recent
changes to FINRA Rule 12504, Motions to Dismiss, of the Code of
Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes.
Eliot Spitzer Discusses States’ Budget Gaps: Audio
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Eliot Spitzer, director of Spitzer
Enterprises LLC and former New York State governor, talks with
Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia and Bloomberg News editor-at-large
Tom Keene about state government budget gaps.
Fried, Stein, Rubock Discuss Securitization, Real Estate: Audio
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Fried, managing director at
Traxi LLC, Joshua Stein, partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, and
Daniel Rubock, senior vice president at Moody's Investors
Service, talk with Bloomberg News editor-at-large Tom Keene and
Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the future of securitization
and real estate. Pacchia's father, Anthony J. Pacchia, is a
principal at Traxi.
Fried Frank’s Scheler Discusses Pre-Packaged Bankruptcies:Audio
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Brad Scheler, senior partner at
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP and chairman of its
bankruptcy and restructuring department, talks with Bloomberg
Law's Lee Pacchia about recent so-called pre-packaged Chapter 11
bankruptcy cases.
Myers Analyzes Bilski Oral Argument in Patent Case: Audio
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- James R. Myers, a partner in the
intellectual property litigation practice at Ropes & Gray in
Washington, DC, talks with Bloomberg Law's Frank Quinn about the
case of Bilski v. Kappos argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on
November 9. Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw have appealed the
Federal Circuit's rejection of their attempt to patent a
method of hedging risks in commodities trading.
Kokalas Discusses U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Audio
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Thomas Kokalas, an associate attorney
at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP in its Litigation and White Collar
Criminal Defense practice groups, talks with Bloomberg Law's
legal analyst Spencer Mazyck about U.S. federal sentencing
guidelines in recent landmark Supreme Court cases including
United States v. Booker, Gall v. United States and Kimbrough v.
United States.
Myers Discusses Patentability of Business Methods: Audio
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- James R. Myers, a partner in the
intellectual property litigation practice at Ropes & Gray in
Washington, DC, talks with Bloomberg Law's Frank Quinn about
Bilski v. Kappos, a case dealing with the patentability of
intangible business methods, scheduled to be heard by the U.S.
Supreme Court on November 9. A federal appeals court last year
rejected Bernard Bilski's attempt to patent a method of hedging
risks in commodities trading.
Karen Gross Discusses Consumer Financial Agency: Audio
Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Karen Gross, president of Southern
Vermont College and author of ``Failure and Forgiveness:
Rebalancing the Bankruptcy System,'' talks with Bloomberg Law's
Lee Pacchia about the Obama administration's efforts to
establish a consumer financial protection agency.
Aschenbrener, Lohmann, Wu on Second Life Lawsuit: Audio
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Aschenbrener, associate at
KamblerEdelson LLP, Fred Von Lohmann, senior staff attorney at
the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Stephen Wu, partner at
Cooke, Kobrick & Wu LLP, talk with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia
about the recent class action lawsuit filed against Linden Labs
for allegedly failing to protect the intellectual property
rights of players in its online video game known as Second Life.
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