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Law Firm Investigated Potential Claims Agsint Board of Astex Pharmaceuticals Inc (ASTX)

[wp_ad_camp_3] BALA CYNWYD, Pa., Sept. 6, 2013 LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm Marketing Newswire — Law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that it is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Astex” or the “Company”) ASTX +2.11% relating to the proposed acquisition by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Otsuka”). […]

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Law Firm Investigates Securities Violations by Active Power Inc (ACPW)

[wp_ad_camp_3] SAN DIEGO, Sep 06, 2013 LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm Newswire & Marketing — Shareholder Rights Law Firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP is investigating if a securities violation was committed by Active Power, Inc., ACPW +2.65% when it misrepresented material facts about a partnership agreement they had entered into on April 30, 2013. On

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US Industry Market Research Report Shows Decline in Revenues for Law Firms

Los Angeles, CA LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm Newswire Service September 05, 2013 [wp_ad_camp_3] Operators in the Law Firms industry range from sole practitioners to full-service legal firms serving mostly corporate clientele. The industry experienced declines in revenue-generating activities as a result of the recession. Several factors contributed to a drop in industry revenue in

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The Top 10 Policies for Every Employee Handbook

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An Employee Handbook is a critical communication tool that sets forth corporate goals, policies and objectives as well as the expectations demanded of employees. [wp_ad_camp_3] An effective Employee Handbook also ensures fair treatment for employees and, when drafted correctly, limits an employer’s exposure to liability.  In this post, we address our top ten list of

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Mid-Level Associates Happier than Ever – Except the Ladies

The American Lawyer midlevel associate survey saw those associates at third-to-five years giving their firms the best composite scores the survey has seen in a decade.  But the women are less than happy. While law jobs have declined and the profession has seen major challenges in the wake of the GFC, those who have retained

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I Thought I Went to Law School to Avoid Math: Calculating Recovery in a Chapter 7 Liquidation in the Context of a Preference Action

Katherine Doorley is an associate with Weil law firm and wrote on August 26, 2013, published in the Bankruptcy Blog ·   Preference actions have been a frequent topic here at the Bankruptcy Blog. In the past, we have discussed releases that saved creditors from preference actions, whether assumption and assignment of an executory contract

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Thinking Like a Lawyer

Geoffrey R. Stone, a  professor at the University of Chicago Law School, was the school’s dean from 1987 to 1993 and was the provost of the university from 1993 to 2002. This column appeared in the New York Times. There is nothing inevitable about the three-year program of legal study, any more than there is

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