David Hechler

February 16, 2004 | National Law Journal

It doesn't pack the decibel power of other reform initiatives. But softly, unobtrusively, it has swept through 25 states in the last four years. It is state laws that cap the bond that must be posted to appeal a civil judgment.

By David HechlerStaff reporter

9 minute read

July 19, 2004 | National Law Journal

Successful trial lawyers admit that they've sometimes learned more from the cases they've lost than from those they've won — including don't get too angry, always make the jury feel good, and never let a know-it-all take control of the blackboard.

By David Hechler

11 minute read

June 16, 2003 | Law.com

The following articles are less profiles of the lawyers than stories of how they won their big cases. The cases themselves varied dramatically, from a murder trial in Texas to a patent infringement suit in New York. In spite of this diversity, a few common threads can be teased from these texts.

By David Hechler

5 minute read

May 18, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Want to reduce your company's costs for document review by 60 percent of what you're used to paying big firms — without shipping docs to India? Well, maybe you want the lawyers who work for you to see red ...

By David Hechler

4 minute read

May 21, 2007 | Daily Report Online

DID PAUL WOLFOWITZ lose his job as president of The World Bank Group because he didn't listen to its top lawyer Roberto Daino, the bank's former general counsel, thinks so.Daino says that Wolfowitz prevented him from reviewing an employment contract for the president's girlfriend that was more lavish than what the bank's ethics committee had actually approved.

By David Hechler

8 minute read

October 12, 2004 | Daily Report Online

David [email protected] YORK-"My client has no comment. We don't try our case in the media." That's the way defense lawyers handle press inquiries by the book. And it's still the bible to some lawyers-especially those who don't represent high-profile clients. But increasingly in cases with well-known defendants, that book has been consigned to the remainder bins.

By David Hechler

9 minute read

June 02, 2003 | National Law Journal

Attorney: Philip S. Beck

By David Hechler

7 minute read

December 03, 2008 | National Law Journal

Rutgers University GC Jonathan Alger has built a reputation as a legal expert on affirmative action and an ardent champion of diversity. He also has a long-standing interest in employment law. As Alger recently told in-house lawyers at a seminar, their companies' new employees may request accommodations on a smorgasbord of issues: mental conditions, religious beliefs, sexual orientation and emotional well-being. "These are the claims that are coming your way," he warned, "if they haven't already."

By David Hechler

12 minute read

May 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

The Federal Communication Commission's report on Google's Street View project finds the search giant singing an old tune—one penned by News Corp. and the Murdochs.

By David Hechler

4 minute read

June 02, 2003 | National Law Journal

Attorney: Kelly R. Siegler

By David Hechler

7 minute read