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Southern District Civil Practice Roundup
Thursday, April 2, 2009
By Edward M. Spiro and Judith L. Mogul

"Edward M. Spiro and Judith L. Mogul, principals at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, ask: Just how far does the work product doctrine go in shielding an attorney's thought processes from discovery in federal litigation? Courts, they say, have recognized an aspect of the work product doctrine that goes beyond protecting documents which were themselves prepared in contemplation of litigation, to protect, in some instances, documents from other sources that have been selected and compiled by the attorney in such a way as to reflect the attorney's litigation strategy"

OUTSIDE COUNSEL:

Free With Registration: Counseling Charities Experiencing The Effects of the Recession
Thursday, April 2, 2009
By David G. Samuels

" David G. Samuels, a partner at Duval & Stachenfeld and an adjunct professor at New York Law School, writes that during distressed economic times, the the need for charities' assistance becomes ever greater while their resources diminish, causing institutions to rethink their financial commitments. Attorneys may be called on to assist their not-for-profit clients with combining their programs and finances with similarly situated groups, liquidating assets, revisiting investment decisions, reducing their workforce, or if necessary, dissolving."

CORPORATE UPDATE: 

Credit Crisis Spawns Arbitration Claims
Thursday, April 2, 2009
By Marcia Coyle

"Accused of lax oversight in the wake of recent financial frauds, FINRA, the largest nongovernmental regulator of securities firms, is now facing an explosion of arbitration claims stemming from troubles in the capital markets. Lawyers who represent customers and industry members generally believe that FINRA will be able to manage the dramatic increase in its arbitration workload, but they are divided on whether its arbitration panels - charged with industry bias in the past - now provide a level playing field."