Recently, Mark Krudys has worked to advance inmates’ civil rights claims: On August 13, 2014, Mark Krudys led a nationally broadcast webinar entitled, “Jail and Jailer Liability: The Trial of a Jail Death Case.” The course covered both practical and substantive aspects of inmate death cases. The course covered the preliminary steps an attorney must take to […]
Attorneys should be aware that they risk waiving attorney-client privilege by asserting an advice of counsel affirmative defense. In an antitrust litigation, the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho recently granted plaintiffs’ motion to compel certain defendants to produce documents identified on their privilege logs because they had waived attorney-client privilege by asserting […]
A company hires a software engineer, or a stock broker, or perhaps a bio-chemist. This company, knowing the newly hired employee could in the future use his or her knowledge against them, requires the employee to sign a contract agreeing not to look for a job at a rival company for a set period of […]
The Washington Post reports that law firms and in-house counsel are increasingly using alternative fee arrangements, such as flat fees, for litigation. When the economic downturn prompted corporate clients to scale back their outside legal spending several years ago, law firms responded by experimenting with alternative fees. Alternative fee arrangements can be anything that is […]
Mark J. Krudys has been recognized by Super Lawyers Business Edition 2013 as a top attorney in commercial litigation. According to its publisher, the Business Edition “features the top attorneys in commercial practices across the nation and in London.” Each attorney featured in this Super Lawyers publication “exhibits excellence in the practice of law and has been […]
The local press reported on the shareholder derivative complaint filed against Star Scientific, Inc. by Kahn Swick & Foti, a La.-based law firm, and Phelan | Krudys | Petty as follows: Embattled drug firm sued by shareholder New investor suit filed against Star Scientific
Mark J. Krudys has been selected by Legal Leaders as a Top Rated Lawyer in the field of Securities Law. Mark and other lawyers so selected will be honored in in a special section highlighting Top Rated Lawyers in Securities Law, which will be presented in The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, and the National Law Journal.
Our Securities/Brokerage Firm litigation team, led by Mark Krudys, achieved several recent victories on behalf of our clients in front of the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (FINRA) Panel. In March 2013, our securities team obtained a $300,000 award from FINRA on behalf of a former executive of Anderson & Strudwick, a former Richmond brokerage firm, against five guarantors of a […]