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Trade Group GC Helped Write Federal Appliance Standards Legislation
You've seen the little yellow-and-black FTC energy guide labels on products. That's what the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association's certification programs are all about. As GC of GAMA -- a trade group that represents the manufacturers of appliances, components and products used for space heating, water heating and commercial food service -- Joseph M. Mattingly deals with appliance efficiency standards as well as energy conservation, environmental protection, and health and safety issues.
Real Estate Attorneys Become Corporate Dealmakers
Real estate attorneys are adopting more of the deal-making skills of their corporate counterparts as they get pulled deeper into the real estate sector's surging M&A activity. Some say clients that buy and sell high-dollar, multiproperty assets increasingly want a lawyer who not only understands how to assess properties, but can also play a role in crafting a transaction. The buying and selling of real estate investment trusts, especially publicly traded ones, is at the heart of the increased activity.
Enron Report Scrutinizes Attorneys' Roles
Did Enron Corp.'s in-house and outside counsel willfully ignore signs that all was not right in the company's executive suite or did they just fail to notice altogether? Those are among the possibilities raised in Enron examiner Neal Batson's final report, particularly a 247-page appendix devoted to the role played by Enron's lawyers in the sham financial transactions that ultimately led to the company's collapse.
Class Action Over Car Seats Is Dismissed Absent Injuries
THE APPELLATE Division, First Department, has dismissed a proposed class action suit against major car manufacturers for alleged seat defects, in what appears to be the court`s first ruling on class actions in which plaintiffs had yet to sustain physical injuries.
The 2010 Lateral Report Starring Roles
When Laura Brank (photo at left), who was managing partner of Chadbourne's Moscow and St. Petersburg offices, defected to Dechert's new Moscow group last November, the departure caused something of a cold war. Brank is one of this year's star laterals, our picks for the most important partner moves of 2009.A Conservative Choice for Supporters of Calif. Ban on Gay Marriages
Gay marriage supporters in California got attention by hiring conservative stalwart Theodore Olson as their public face. But opponents' choice of Charles Cooper will likely play as large a role in shaping the momentous case. Like Olson, Cooper has a stellar reputation for advancing conservative constitutional positions. Unlike Olson, Cooper runs a small shop of only a dozen lawyers. Many conservatives see Cooper's hiring as evidence that, on this issue, the culture at large law firms is solidly against them.A Carton of New Tobacco Trials
As a 2-year-old tobacco class action grinds toward a conclusion in Miami, a New York federal judge is quietly pushing to trial a series of potentially multibillion-dollar tobacco cases. Tobacco defense lawyers are scrambling to derail or slow down these cases, arguing that they are legally indistinguishable from suits that have been thrown out of federal courts across the country.AMR's $11 Billion US Airways Merger a Boon to Big Firms
Almost a dozen Am Law 100 firms have landed lead advisory roles on the proposed $11 billion merger of American Airlines parent AMR and US Airways Group—a Valentine's Day deal that would create the world's largest airline. While several firms have already reaped millions in attorneys fees for their work on the AMR bankruptcy, navigating the looming regulatory approval process is likely to fatten at least some of those firms' coffers even more.IP Fight Turns Into Constitutional Tussle
A Connecticut entrepreneur's epic battle with General Motors over his futuristic engine-cooling design rests on a 190-year-old English court decision and whether it establishes a right to a jury trial in Connecticut trade secret disputes. For John Evans, CEO of Evans Cooling Systems Inc., such a right would clear the way for a new trial seeking $125 million in design royalties and interest that he claims he lost when GM allegedly stole his sleek design for cooling its high-performance cars.Bar Rules Stem Atlanta Firms' Recruiting of Foreign Lawyers
Whether foreign-trained lawyers should be allowed to take the Georgia bar is a hot-button issue. Two Atlanta lawyers say opening the bar to foreigners would make permanent recruitment of foreign talent easier. The current system, they say, is born of fear that foreign lawyers will invade U.S. turf and steal clients. But others say it's a matter of valuing a U.S. legal education.Trending Stories
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