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IBM buyout ends summer of takeover rumors for ISS
THE ANNOUNCEMENT that IBM will buy Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems, Inc. culminated six weeks in which a buyout was rumored-and ISS' stock price rose from a 52-week low of $17.63 to $27.62 at the end of trading Wednesday.The deal values ISS at $28 per share, or $1.3 billion for a company that was once operated out of the founder's grandmother's house.SC governor tries to recover amid ouster calls
COLUMBIA, S.C. AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admits he used taxpayer money to see his mistress in Argentina and plans to repay the cash.But the Republican still faces questions about the way he dismissed state law officers assigned to protect him and whether he should have transferred power to his lieutenant while he was away and out of touch.Conn. land vacant 4 years after court OK'd seizure
NEW LONDON, Conn. AP - Weeds, glass, bricks, pieces of pipe and shingle splinters have replaced the knot of aging homes at the site of the nation's most notorious eminent domain project.There are a few signs of life: Feral cats glare at visitors from a miniature jungle of Queen Anne's lace, thistle and goldenrod.Robbins Freed doubles space, adds lawyer
Gary S. Freed has left Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams Martin after seven years to return to his small-firm roots. Freed joined Robbins-Law on July 23, and the firm changed its name to Robbins Freed Ross.Richard L. Robbins launched the firm in May 2008 after a career at Sutherland, along with Alexa R. Ross, who'd practiced at Sutherland for 14 years before launching a solo practice in 2004.Fired U.S. attorney says he felt leaned on' in Democratic corruption case
Lawyer Discipline: Georgia high court disbars four lawyers
The Supreme Court of Georgia issued the following decisions disciplining Monday members of the State Bar of Georgia:S09Y0289. IN THE MATTER OF MARTHA F. DEKLEPER CURIAM.This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the Reports and Recommendations of the Special Master Dennis Mullis, who recommends that Martha F. Dekle be disbarred.Marbury v. Madison had predecesors in Virginia
Dennis J. CallahanThe common perception is that John Marshall wrote on a clean slate in crafting judicial review in Marbury v. Madison. He didn't. The great chief justice was on familiar ground when he pronounced that it "is of the very essence of judicial duty" to determine when "the constitution, and not such ordinary act of the legislature, must govern the case to which they both apply.Firms see regulatory role in China
The Food and Drug Administration's plans to post employees in the People's Republic of China presages both a new spirit of regulatory cooperation between the two countries and a new growth area for law firms with a foothold in China. The FDA announced plans to post eight full-time, permanent FDA employees in China within the next 18 months, plus five local Chinese nationals to work with FDA staff.As Gadhafi deal goes south, should Trump be fired
BEDFORD, N.Y. AP - Did The Donald and the dictator made a backdoor deal If so, the plan to pitch a tent in this suburb for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi went south pretty fast. Maybe someone should be fired.A tent erected by the Libyan government on Donald Trump's estate in Bedford was dismantled Wednesday, and both Trump and the Secret Service said Gadhafi wasn't coming.Trending Stories
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