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Fulbright & Jaworski launches sub-prime, credit crisis groupMortgagePress.comfinancial institutions, brokerage firms, title companies, corporate directors Lawyers working within Fulbright & Jaworski's are addressing the needs of financial institutions, brokerage firms, title companies, corporate directors and officers, and public accounting firms through the international firm's recently formalized Global Sub-Prime and Credit Crisis Practice Group. A team of lawyers from disciplines across the firm will work proactively to guide clients through the vast array of issues the sub-prime crisis presents, including complex litigation, internal and governmental investigations, and bankruptcy, and it will examine clients' internal policies and practices. "Issues similar to those we now face with the sub-prime fallout date back to the late 1980s, when many of our lawyers were handling litigation involving the failed savings and loan industry," said Stephen C. Dillard, the head of Fulbright's global litigation department. "This is an area where we can offer our clients the advice and experience they need to successfully deal with the sub-prime collapse." Fulbright & Jaworski is a full-service, international law firm. For more information, visit www.fulbright.com.