Delaware has long been considered the premier center for corporate litigation. But plaintiffs’ attorneys have been avoiding the state in droves. What’s going on? David Marcus is on the case in this week’s Safe Harbor, “
State of Denial.” Over in Washington, the Dems are taking control of Congress, which could signal tough times ahead for FCC chief Kevin Martin’s campaign to relax limits on local media ownership. Read all about it in Ron Orol’s Rules of the Road, “
Waivers Goodbye?”. And across the pond in London, Richard Branson wants to put the Virgin name on Britain’s oldest commercial broadcaster, ITV. Is Branson the next Rupert Murdoch? See Jonathan Braude’s
View from the City for the answer. Meanwhile, bankruptcy remains a truly global phenomenon. In this week’s
Hard Times, Matt Miller examines the best places to go belly up. Would you believe Singapore, Finland, or even Japan?
—Yvette Kantrow
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