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GCs forced to do more with less
In-house corporate lawyers have not been hit by layoffs the same way as their outside counsel, whose firms have shed associates and even some partners to save money during the recession.This dynamic has a positive result-a handful of corporate legal offices are hiring more lawyers-but the financial pinch felt in corporate legal departments is real, as in-house lawyers have to negotiate lower outside counsel rates and take on more work.Anti-gay church's lawyer study in contradictions
Settlement won't end airport fight
A series of personal conversations between Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and the owner of an Atlanta billboard company whose firm won a $17.5 million verdict against the city and others last year were at the heart of the settlement of a nine-year legal battle over allegations that political favoritism governed contracts at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.Make honor the Measure of your success
Herbert E. PhippsOver the years, I have heard many good things about this program, and so I was honored when I received the invitation. When you hear more about my story, I hope that the interns will have a greater appreciation of how fortunate they are to have the opportunity to participate in this program.In reading about your Summer Law Internship Program, I was reminded of how I was drawn to the legal profession.Sweep of polygamists' kids raises legal questions
Georgia-Pacific Told To Hand Over Documents In N.Y. Asbestos Case
Atlanta-based paper company Georgia-Pacific must turn over internal communications related to studies it commissioned into the safety of its products for in camera review in the ongoing asbestos litigation against the company, a New York state appeals court ruled Thursday, holding that the documents may be subject to the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege.Business push to soften corporate governance laws
THE PUSH BY business interests for a softening of the laws enacted in response to the 2002 corporate scandals is advancing as an influential private group urges revisions in company accounting rules and reining in lawsuits against corporations.The campaign has gained traction with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson questioning whether regulations are hurting the competitiveness of U.Report Puts Longtime Fulton PD on Defensive
Steven H. [email protected] S. Pitts Jr., the longtime chief public defender for Fulton County, may be fighting to save his job in the wake of a recent report criticizing his management of indigent defense services. Firing Pitts is one option for the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, which prepared the 33-page report.Jackson's death thrusts three-man firm into spotlight
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