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Four Potter Anderson Attorneys Recognized in The International Who's Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers 2009
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2009/01/08 14:24
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Attorneys of the law firm of Potter Anderson amp; Corroon LLP have been selected as among the top corporate governance lawyers in the country by Law Business Research Limited.nbsp; Partners Michael D. Goldman, Michael A. Pittenger and Donald J. Wolfe Jr. and of counsel Robert K.nbsp; Payson, were selected for the Who’s Who Legal publication, The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers.nbsp; The attorneys are members of the firm’s Corporate Group.
The publication identifies private practice lawyers with a proven track record in providing corporate governance advise to boards of directors and substantial privately held entities in connection with corporate disclosure governance and policy issues, as well as dealing with new laws, regulations, stock exchange rules and governance principles.
Research is conducted by Law Business Research Limited, a publisher of research, analysis and reporting on international business law and policy and the business of international law. In 2004, Law Business Research Limited became the official research partner of the International Bar Association, in 2006 it won the Queen's Award for Enterprise and in 2008 it became the strategic research partner of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law. |
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John Q. Kelly on Natalee Holloway Case - Fox News
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2009/01/05 14:18
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a href=http://www.kellygrouppc.comNatalie Holloway /aAttorney John Q. Kelly
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: And, finally, the Aruban prosecutor Hans Mos, responds. John Q. Kelly, the Holloway family attorney, has been trying to get Aruban prosecutor Hans Mos on the phone. Mos did leave him a rather nasty voicemail the other day. But now Hans Mos has responded to a letter from Kelly.
So what did Mos say in this response? a href=http://www.kellygrouppc.comJohn Q. Kelly/a joins us. John, what did he say?
a href=http://www.kellygrouppc.comJOHN Q. KELLY, HOLLOWAY FAMILY ATTORNEY/a: It's basically two-fold. One is that Joran [van der Sloot] has given different versions of the same event, so they can't be bothered with it.
And, two, they have no interest in any evidence or information that might assist him at this point.
VAN SUSTEREN: That is cute. The key is if you want to commit a crime, go to Aruba and tell three stories, because they will not investigate you and they won't look to corroborate. That's lesson number one. That's good advice.
You ask to have him arrested. What happens about that?
KELLY: He said we have no basis for it. This is the first time we have had any information that has been corroborated. He says he father was engaged in a cover-up, and it turns out that the chief of police and Paulus [van der Sloot], it has been confirmed that they hindered the prosecution. We have taped conversations that confirmed the boys talking about hoping that Natalee, or fearing that she may be alive. There are cell phone pings as to locations of Joran down by the fisherman's hut. There are all kinds of things independently that confirm what Joran is saying now, and they just won't listen.
VAN SUSTEREN: I know that he doesn't like us here at On the Record. And I will make this promise tonight-we will stop being the monkey on his back if he does any investigation at all.
But I can tell you one thing. We have learned new information that a member of the Dutch parliament, Hero Brinkman, he is about to raise holy hell on Hans Mos. He is going down to Aruba in early January.
And if Hans Mos does not like us, wait until he gets a hold of this member of parliament, because he says that Aruba is corrupt as hell I think were his words, not mine.
KELLY: Greta, can I take you to the woodshed on one thing? I think people have to understand that even thought it was five months before your aired your interview with Joran that Hans Mos was made aware of it and the substance of it in great detail almost immediately, and he had no interest in following.
span style=font-weight: boldRead the entire interview at Fox News/span - a href=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465291,00.htmlClick Here/a |
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Grocery Wholesaler in Federal Antitrust Action
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2009/01/05 08:48
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The nation's two largest grocery wholesalers, Supervalu and Camp;S Wholesale, conspired to allocate territories, restrain competition and inflate prices, according to a federal antitrust class action. Gary's Foods claims the defendants competed until 2003, when Vermont-based Camp;S decided to go after Supervalu territory in the Midwest.
nbsp; nbsp; Rather than extend their competition to the Midwest or continue to compete in New England, the Defendants conspired to allocate territories: Supervalu agreed to
nbsp; nbsp; exit New England in return for Camp;S's commitment not to enter Wisconsin, Iowa, and other states in the Midwest, the complaint states. This scheme has caused substantial harm to retailers: prices for wholesale sales and services have been inflated, fewer manufacturer discounts have been passed on to retailers, and the supply of wholesale sales and services has been artificially reduced.
The two defendants have combined annual revenue of $28 billion,according to the complaint. Gary's also claims the defendantsfraudulently concealed their conspiracy. Gary's demands treble damagesand punitive damages for the class. It is represented by Daniel Kotchenwith Kotchen amp; Low of Washington, D.C. |
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Judge Upholds Detention of Two Gitmo Detainees
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2009/01/02 09:27
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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. government is properly imprisoning two people as enemy combatants in Guantanamo - the first legal victory for the Bush administration in the issue for a long time, and the first of an expected 200 or more similar cases.
nbsp; nbsp; U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C., was the jurist who ruled about a month ago that the Bush administration had illegally imprisoned five Algerians at Guantanamo for nearly 7 years. He ordered the administration to release them.
nbsp; nbsp; The recent case involved a Yemeni, Moath Hamza Ahmed al Alwi, and a Tunisian, Hisham Sliti.
nbsp; nbsp; Judge Leon found that Sliti was an al Qaeda recruit who attended a military training camp in Afghanistan.
nbsp; nbsp; Judge Leon ruled that though there was no proof that al Alwi had made war upon U.S. forces, his ties to the Taliban were sufficient to justify his imprisonment as an enemy combatant. |
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Train Accident Attorney Jerome Ringler on Metrolink Crash
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2009/01/01 14:32
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It happened in just seconds. As hundreds of people aboard an LA commuter train headed home late on the afternoon of September 12th, the engineer at the throttle of a Metrolink commuter train ran a red light. In the blink of an eye, it collided head on with a Union Pacific freight train. Twenty-five people were killed and dozens of others were injured in the a href=http://www.rkallp.comChatsworth Metrolink accident/a.
Jerome Ringler was the worst commuter train disaster in the city’s history. That unprecedented disaster is now being followed by an unprecedented and extremely complex legal action. One of the lawyers at the center of the litigation is highly regarded southern California attorney a href=http://www.rkallp.comJerome Ringler/a of Ringler, Kearny and Alvarez. “These kinds of cases,” says Ringler, “require highly experienced civil trial lawyers with significant personal injury and complex litigation experience to do the work effectively.”
Time is Running Out
Ringler’s firm currently represents about approximately a dozen people involved in the a href=http://www.rkallp.com/metrolink-disaster-lawyers.htmlMetrolink crash/a. At lest four of the cases involve claims by families of people killed in the accident. The others are people who sustained serious, in some cases catastrophic, injuries. “We have a number of clients—but I still believe the vast majority of the individuals who have been harmed have yet to actually select counsel,” says Ringler.
For those who may have a substantial claim and not yet stepped forward, the clock is ticking and ticking loudly. “Some of the victims may know about the statute and some may not,” says Ringler. According to California laws, claimants have only 6 months from the date of the railway disaster to let their intentions be known to the courts. “It has been only 2 to 3 months since the accident,” says Ringler. “Traditionally many people don’t hire a lawyer for a year after a tragedy, but in this case it is important that everyone make a decision within six months because the statute is running.”
Ringler Knows Railway Disasters
Jerome L. Ringler has more experience representing victims of commuter rail and freight train disasters than any other lawyer in the State of California and is one of the most knowledgeable a href=http://www.rkallp.com/metrolink-disaster-lawyers.htmlrailway disaster lawyers/a in the US.
Ringler served as lead Counsel in the Burbank commuter train crash in 2003 and is also representing people injured in the 2005 Glendale commuter train crash litigation in California. In the Burbank case, Ringler won $12 million for a woman whose ability to walk was permanently affected by the accident. She also suffered post traumatic stress.
“You have to understand all the ramifications involved in a major rail disaster both technically and procedurally and from a a href=http://www.rkallp.compersonal injury/a point of view as well,” says Ringler.
Claims Capped
It could take years for the Chatsworth crash to be dealt with in the courts and choosing the right lawyer will be critical for those with claims.
As an attorney for 35 years, Ringler anticipates some major challenges in the Chatsworth Metrolink case. One of those challenges is overcoming the $200 million cap on liability. “We believe there is a $400 million or $500 million loss here.”
Ringler’s view is that legislative change will be required in Washington, D.C. “The cap needs to be lifted and that’s a decision that has to come from the United States Congress.”
“That’s the best option—so that those who have been tragically injured or lost their lives can be compensated, or at least the families who have lost a loved one can be compensated.”
The Ringler Philosophy
The Ringler firm is careful about the cases it chooses. “We don’t take any case where the award will be less than a million dollars and we are very selective,” says Jerome Ringler. “We attend to them all with great detail and great care.”
Ringler’s personal philosophy puts a high value on ethics and value work for his clients. “I believe in getting 100 cents on the dollar for every client that comes to me,” he says. “If settlement is the best way to achieve that then we settle, if trial if is the best way to achieve that we go to trial.”
“The most important thing to me is that I get every dollar for my client that they deserve and never compromise their rights in order to expedite any kind of resolution,” he adds. |
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