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Institutional investors are increasingly taking an activist approach to investing by trying to influence how corporations self-govern, but panelists at a business law event agreed that more involvement by such groups will pay off in the end.

Payday lending has become a big business and the subject of much controversy in Virginia, pitting industry supporters against consumer advocates, and leaving state legislators with a decision to make regarding regulation. 11.6.2006 Va. Payday Lending Business Growing, Panel Reveals MP3 | Related Story Payday lending has become a big business and the subject of much controversy in Virginia, pitting industry supporters against consumer advocates, and leaving state legislators with a decision to make regarding regulation.

Kevin Anderson, an attorney from Wiley, Rein, & Fielding (WRF), explained their strategy in prosecuting Research in Motion (RIM), makers of the Blackberry wireless platform, for patent infringement against their client, NTP.

Attorneys from McGuireWoods discussed how to succeed as a summer associate.

Increasing cooperation between nongovernmental organizations and multinational corporations is creating a new type of diplomacy, attorney Owen Pell '83 explained during a lecture Feb. 6 at an event sponsored by the Career Services office.

Guy Carmi LL.M. '05 discusses the FCC's relinquished Fairness Doctrine and its reinstatement prospects from a comparative perspective.