Finance Law

NEW YORK PRINCETON, N.J. ATLANTA, Jan 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – –Builds on Company’s Strong Legacy and Commitment in Virology –Enhances Company’s Broad HCV Portfolio with Addition of INX-189, a potent NS5B Nucleotide Bristol-Myers Squibb Company /quotes/zigman/220498/quotes/nls/bmy BMY +0.18% and Inhibitex, Inc. /quotes/zigman/92379/quotes/nls/inhx INHX +2.49% announced today that the companies have signed a definitive agreement [...]

Newt Gingrich’s position paper, “Bringing the Courts Back Under the Constitution,” is a timely and thoughtful exposition on the proper role of the judiciary and the perceived need to rein in the power of the courts to make unconstitutional judicial rulings that, he contends, the Legislature and Executive are too willing to accept as binding.  [...]

See the results » View previous polls » NASHVILLE — The Tennessee legislature reconvenes Tuesday for four months of debate over cutting Hope Scholarships, cutting taxes, altering the public meetings and records laws for local government, broadening gun laws and selling wine in grocery stores. Other top agenda items will include a new $7 million [...]

SNB Chairman Hildebrand listens during a news conference on monetary policy assessment in Zurich (Christian Hartmann Reuters, REUTERS / January 7, 2012)

NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Cadwalader, Wickersham Taft LLP, a leading counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, today announced that long-time partner George Davis will join John Rapisardi and Deryck Palmer in leading the Financial Restructuring Group, effective January 1, 2012. “George’s commitment to the law and the restructuring practice [...]

A study led by a University of Virginia law school professor indicates that Virginia community college students lack access to important mental health services. Richard Bonnie, chairman of the Virginia College Mental Health Study, worked alongside higher education officials from across the state to examine mental health programs in higher education institutions following the 2006 [...]

Print E-mail By Misty Williams and J. Scott Trubey The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Bank of America Plaza, the tallest building in metro Atlanta, is a step closer to going back to its lender. AJC file, AJC Bank of America Plaza is a step closer to foreclosure, but negotiations continue on a deal to try to prevent [...]

REDWOOD CITY, CA, Jan 06, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – A.P. Pharma, Inc. /quotes/zigman/7850385 APPA +4.17% , a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that the Company will present at the OneMedForum San Francisco 2012 Finance Conference on January 11, 2012 at 10:45 a.m. PST. The conference will be held at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel [...]

My guest today is George Aaron, an alumnus and graduate of the 1976 class of the UCLA School of Law.  He practices Social Security disability law in Tarzana, California.  He is starting a public campaign for alumni to withhold donating money to the UCLA School of Law. Glazov: George Aaron, thank you for taking the [...]