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November 17, 2004 | Law.com

NASD Blasts Salomon Smith Barney in Ruling for WorldCom Employee

In an unusually sharp ruling, a National Association of Securities Dealers arbitration panel has awarded damages against brokerage firm Salomon Smith Barney for breach of fiduciary duty to Janet Naples, a former WorldCom employee. Naples' attorney said the ruling may clear the way for as many as 1,500 other WorldCom workers who participated in the company's employee compensation plan to win awards. The ruling, which blasts Salomon for its conduct, may be the first to establish any duty by the firm.
6 minute read
August 03, 2001 | Law.com

Sanctions Send Shock Waves Through Florida Employment Law Community

The respected Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based employment discrimination firm of Amlong & Amlong was hit with stiff sanctions by a federal judge for "bad faith and willful disregard for the judicial process" for pursuing a suit against a Denny's restaurant on behalf of a client who says she was raped by the managers there. The total amount of sanctions against the husband-and-wife firm could top $500,000.
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December 13, 2006 | Law.com

Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection - Lists

Notice to the bar.
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February 12, 2001 | Law.com

A Piece of the Action

Stanley and Susan Rosenblatt are famous for lawsuits bringing Big Tobacco to its knees, first on behalf of flight attendants, then for Florida smokers. But Peter Schwedock says that had he not referred those flight attendants to the Rosenblatts, there would have been no class action and the two lawyers wouldn't have collected $49 million in attorney fees. Schwedock says he is entitled to a piece of the pie.
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February 01, 2007 | Law.com

Lateral Market Cools Slightly

The number of partners moving in and out of the biggest U.S. law firms dipped 11 percent in 2006 -- after a prior year that found the lateral market inundated by lawyers escaping the collapses of Coudert Brothers and Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault. Even so, The American Lawyer's annual Lateral Report -- a survey of partner moves among The Am Law 200 -- shows some national firms still hungry for new talent. Read on to find out which firms gained or lost the most partners.
4 minute read
November 26, 2007 | Law.com

Keeping Up With EDD Blogs and Tools

No lawyer today can afford to ignore electronic data discovery. No matter the case, digital data are apt to be implicated, making it imperative that lawyers understand EDD and keep abreast of breaking news, key verdicts, judicial rulings and articles in the field. Attorney Robert Ambrogi surveys blogs about e-discovery from analysts, consultants and practitioners in the trenches and looks at some vendor sites with useful resources, including case summaries, model forms and white papers.
6 minute read
December 21, 2005 | Law.com

Florida Drug Firm Awarded $48 Million in Trade Secrets Case

A federal jury has found that a California-based drug company stole trade secrets concerning a new drug from a Florida rival and must pay that company $48 million in damages for tortious interference and unfair competition. The case arose after two founders of a drug company had a bitter split. The dramatic trial featured evidence of documents pilfered from the trash, a corporate mole, the secret involvement of a former FBI agent, and a frantic race to get a "miracle" drug on the market.
5 minute read
December 06, 2007 | Law.com

GrayRobinson Opens Another Florida Office

Expansion-minded GrayRobinson has opened a new eight-attorney office in Miami's financial district. The move boosts the Orlando, Fla.-based firm's roster of attorneys to 210. The firm's growth has occurred through a combination of mergers with other firms and the hiring of small groups of lawyers and individuals from other firms. A full-service corporate law firm, GrayRobinson touts litigation, government relations, real estate and land use, employment and health care as specialty areas.
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September 04, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Sunshine state firm bucks trend, raises pay

As other major law firms order layoffs and pay cuts, GrayRobinson is giving an average 8 percent raise to its associates. Pay raises were as high as 15 percent Tuesday, and 90 percent of associates received raises, said law firm president Byrd "Biff" Marshall Jr. The merit-based increases were decided on an individual basis.
4 minute read
July 02, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Some Law Firms Reach Out to Gay Attorneys

Gay lawyers always have made important contributions in the legal profession, whether they are out or not. In today's cutthroat recruiting environment for legal talent, however, more large firms are aggressively reaching out to talented gay lawyers just as they do with racial and ethnic minorities and women.
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