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Booth Remembered: An 'In Person' Guy
Dean Booth of Miller & Martin died Wednesday at age 74 of cancer. Jason W. Graham, a longtime friend, wrote this piece in Booth's memory.
Mohawk settles class action for $18 million
After six years of intense and complex litigation, Mohawk Industries and employees who claimed the carpet maker had depressed wages by hiring undocumented workers have agreed to settle for $18 million.Judge Harold W. Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in Rome granted the parties' motion to preliminarily approve the settlement and certify the class on Monday afternoon.
$1.6M deal ends Columbus suit with Expedia travel site
Attorneys for the city of Columbus have reached a $1.6 million agreement with Expedia Inc. and its affiliate, Hotels.com, to conclude a six-year legal battle over hotel occupancy tax reimbursements for online bookings.Billions Lavished on 'Pork'Could Have Saved a City
Prepare law grads for all options
Arriving back at work following the annual NALP-The Association for Legal Career Professionals conference, I always feel an incredible amount of positive energy. This was especially true this year. I enjoy catching up with old friends, picking up takeaways from the various sessions and, perhaps most importantly, glimpsing the future of legal hiring.Galaxy S is a reasonable alternative to iPhone, Droid
In technology, there's a lot to be said for being everywhere. Just ask Google Inc., which has managed to grab 13 percent of the smartphone market in a year and spawn a flood of increasingly polished devices by giving away its Android operating system. Now South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. is trying the ubiquity game too.Let Them East Cake- for the 11th Circuit's Birthday
Jonathan [email protected] the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is a formal place-quiet as a monastery, except in the courtrooms, where black-robed judges pick at lawyers' arguments until their suits unravel.But on Tuesday, the first-floor lobby was filled with staffers and judges eating slices of red velvet and chocolate birthday cakes-to celebrate the 11th Circuit's 21st birthday.Guilty Plea Closes Door on Macabre Murder Case
R. Robin [email protected] day after his lead defense counsel abruptly withdrew from the case, a man Fulton prosecutors have described as a wannabe drug dealer pleaded guilty to a grisly 1997 murder. Michael B. LeJeune, 27, sidestepped a possible death penalty sentence by pleading guilty to one count of malice murder in the slaying of Ronnie A.In The Trenches: Ex-big firm partner blooms in his own shop
Simon H. Bloom handled a mediation recently that he couldn't have taken on as a big firm lawyer. He's representing three Clayton County homeowners in an ongoing suit against a developer who bought the golf course bordering their homes and plans to build luxury homes that would destroy their view.It's a case that would have been too small for a big firm, said the real estate litigator, a former partner at Powell Goldstein.Trending Stories
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