http://www.reedsmith.com/index.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.news_show_feed{ts '2010-09-03 04:15:09'}Reed Smith Update http://www.reedsmith.com/whats_new.cfm?cit_id=28716 As a military intelligence officer in the Mekong River Delta region of Vietnam in the late 1960s, where U.S. forces battled both the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong, Chris Walters had no trouble identifying enemy soldiers. 2010-08-31 17:58:27.583 http://www.reedsmith.com/whats_new.cfm?cit_id=28714 Reed Smith LLP has joined with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area to file a lawsuit on behalf of Latino voters against the City of Tulare, charging that the City's at-large system that governs the selection of its City Council members is plagued by racially polarized voting, and violates the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA). 2010-08-31 16:30:52.347 http://www.reedsmith.com/whats_new.cfm?cit_id=28713 James Thoma, who for more than 20 years has represented leading financiers, funds and banks in the motion picture and television industry, has joined the firm's growing Entertainment/Media Finance Team in the Corporate & Securities Group in Los Angeles. Thoma's practice will continue to focus on media fund formation, major investments in media companies, and tent pole picture financing, with a strong emphasis on international co-productions and investment. 2010-08-31 16:23:56.38 http://www.reedsmith.com/whats_new.cfm?cit_id=28702 On August 18, 2010, Judge Wettick held a status conference to receive reports on progress related to the County-wide reassessment process currently underway in Allegheny County, Pa., and which is scheduled to take effect in 2012. As we reported previously, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered Allegheny County to perform a reassessment of all 500,000-plus properties in the County under the watch of Judge Stanton Wettick. 2010-08-26 21:33:59.207 http://www.reedsmith.com/whats_new.cfm?cit_id=28700 When it comes to securing enforcement, it is worth thinking outside the box, and looking at what can be done overseas: the French procedure code offers to litigants the ability to obtain the Court's authorization to perform conservatory measures which freeze your debtor's assets, by way of security, for the ultimate enforcement and performance of judgments made in substantive proceedings. 2010-08-31 15:43:41.537 http://www.reedsmith.com/whats_new.cfm?cit_id=28699 One of the most important questions that parties should ask before concluding a contract is what should the "settlement of disputes" clause in our contract be? Which is preferfable: a clause providing for international arbitration, through a body such as the LCIA or ICC,1 or a clause referring any disputes to the national court? There are strong reasons in favour of each forum including, most compellingly, the enforceability of an Award or Judgment in the paying parties' country. However, costs are almost always an important factor. 2010-08-26 20:03:15.08 http://www.reedsmith.com/whats_new.cfm?cit_id=28690 One hundred lawyers from Reed Smith LLP have claimed 129 positions on the 2011 list of The Best Lawyers in America. Nineteen were listed in more than a single practice area for the year; all but six have been honored by the publication in prior years. Thirty-four of the firm's attorneys were first named to the list at least a decade ago. 2010-08-24 21:21:46.74 http://www.reedsmith.com/whats_new.cfm?cit_id=28684 Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of leading IP strategist Marc Kaufman as a partner in its firmwide Intellectual Property Group. The former Nixon Peabody IP patents partner will be resident in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. 2010-08-23 18:48:24.13 http://www.reedsmith.com/whats_new.cfm?cit_id=28683 Where clouds form, rain follows. Insurance should be there to protect you. This article outlines steps to consider so that coverage holds when the rain hits. 2010-08-23 15:42:33.05 http://www.reedsmith.com/whats_new.cfm?cit_id=28682 Energy Client Alert 2010-08-20 21:54:43.317