Commentary

February 17, 2012

Maximizing one's chances of landing a dream position requires plenty of skill and an undeniable element of good luck--for lawyers in any form of transition. Make that luck quotient higher if you are seeking a position as a business executive after 20 years as a partner  with a blue-chip law firm...

January 19, 2012

In today's article Wendeen H. Eolis addresses the departure of Gabi Campos, the Chief Executive Officer of Poker Stars. His resignation became bigger news than it might have been,  because it follows other recent and curious personnel changes and the company's efforts to keep...

November 22, 2011

In today's article Wendeen Eolis addresses the DOJ civil forfeiture case against Full Tilt Poker and the prospect of repayment of player funds that have been unavailable to them since the DOJ's crackdown on FTP's online gambling operations.  The disintegrating value of Full...

October 14, 2011

The fourth quarter of every year is invariably rife with gossip as to the anticipated year-end  fortunes for law firms and the fate of their lawyers--up and down in the food chain.

There is no other time during the year, in which the flow of information is...

September 27, 2011

NEW YORK (September 27, 2011) In a stinging denouncement of Full Tilt Poker’s business principles, the United States Department of Justice has significantly raised the stakes in the company’s bid to extricate itself from the government’s grip and escalating financial woes.

In a press...

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