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Recent Posts from Forward Movement

• EVERYTHING Bank of America produced to Cuomo and Congress goes to plaintiffs in the S.D.N.Y.

  Bad week for BofA. For several reasons, but in the case of this post: S.D.N.Y. Judge Denny Chin ruled earlier this week that plaintiffs proceeding before him against BofA are entitled to whatever documents BofA…

• In Case You Missed It This Week

  Don't cut the cat's claws. No, really; there's a law. HuffPo. EU attacks financial pay at banks and insurance companies. Dealbreaker. Licensed NYC attorneys at $15 per hour? TempAtty. "I've decided to stop in cities…

• How Attorneys Can Represent Their Guilty As Charged Clients In Good Conscience by Keyana Jones

  As an aspiring criminal defense attorney, the moral dilemmas that I will inevitably face trouble me. Especially in the arena of litigation, it seems to me all attorneys experience some degree of moral conflict at…

• Wells Fargo repaying its clients $1.3 Billion over auction rate securities ("ARS")

  I wrote over the summer regarding New York Attorney General Cuomo's continuing campaign for state governor, that then was taking the form of threatening litigation against Charles Schwab for refusing to take responsibility or pay…

• Bank of America's CEO Search Does Not Look Like Fun …

  So we now know GMAC's Molina is out of consideration, and evidently so is Prudential's Demchak. It is rumored Demchak pulled himself out of contention due to government restraints on BofA: both in terms of…

• The alleged exodus of talent in light of Czar Feinberg's rulings

  If I saw some mass exodus, which I do not anticipate, that would require me torethink some of the basic assumptions that have entered into my determinations. Kenneth Feinberg, Monday's Reuters Conference. This blawg's discussion…

• Goldman Sachs' and Blankfein's $500 Million Apology

  Numbers people should stick to numbers, and leave the talking to attorneys ...I wrote last week regarding Goldman Sachs' CEO Blankfein's comments that were understood to mean: our workers are more productive than other workers,…

• Tom Petters' Ponzi Scheme: $3.65 Billion

  It has been speculated that the Petters ponzi trial (and conspirator trials) are getting less attention from the media and financial community in light of contemporaneous ponzi schemes: Bernie at $50 Billion and Stanford at…

• Joining a Non-Profit Board Can Boost You and Your Practice, by Vlad Frants

  Sir Winston Churchill once said, "You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give." But, I think that volunteering on a Non-Profit Board can help attorneys with both.Citing…

• Vlad's Post on Russian Corruption was Picked-Up by Blawg Review!!

  Well done, Vlad! You can see the original post here. Blawg Review # 237 is here (Vlad's reference is in the sixth paragraph below the Smokey the Bear picture).All work is original to the blawg…