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Homeless Man Seeks $2.4 Million From Lawyer Over Nuisance Suit
Houston lawyer Harry C. Arthur touched a nerve in one homeless man when Arthur filed a suit seeking to shut down a church-sponsored operation that provides meals and services for homeless people, on the grounds that the center is a "private nuisance." Louis Charles Hamilton II filed a pro se suit seeking a minimum of $2.4 million in damages, alleging that Arthur "unflinchingly, courageously" and with an "audaciously bold potty mouth" accused people who are fed at the center of being "derelicts," among other things.A New Angle Emerges in Copyright Dispute Over Obama 'Hope' Image
A new party has entered the high-stakes copyright skirmish over a photograph that served as the basis for the most ubiquitous image of the 2008 presidential campaign: the man who took that photograph. So far, the dispute has pitted The Associated Press against artist Shepard Fairey, but freelance photographer Mannie Garcia, represented by Boies, Schiller & Flexner, says he is the rightful owner of the photograph copyrights.Intel Picks WilmerHale Vet as New GC
The night before announcing its massive settlement with AMD, the Silicon Valley chipmaker hired D.C. antitrust specialist Douglas Melamed.Top Law Firms Undergo a Rainbow Revolution
Am Law 200 firms are putting out the lavender welcome mat to gay attorneys, with perks that seemed radical just 10 years ago. "It used to be the love that dare not speak its name," says Morrison & Foerster managing partner Keith Wetmore about being gay at law firms. "Now it's the love that cannot keep its mouth shut." Wetmore, who joined MoFo as an openly gay associate in 1982, says being gay is neither a liability nor a novelty nowadays. "There are so many of us that we don't have to like each other."Some Midsize Firms Believe Now Is the Time to Expand
Denver-based Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck announced this week that it will open a new office in Reno, Nev. In some respects, the news is atypical. The number of law firm office openings has slowed significantly along with the economy, particularly for new domestic locations. In other ways, Brownstein is representative of the relatively small number of firms still expanding in the United States right now: midsize and based outside of major financial centers such as New York and Chicago.Class-Action Antitrust Suit Wins OK
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has greenlighted a class-action antitrust suit brought by purchasers of corrugated paper products that accused paper manufacturers of conspiring to decrease their production so that supply would plummet and prices would rise.Growth strategy depends on laterals
SONNENSCHEIN NATH Rosenthal partner Kara Baysinger is on the road. Every week since July, she has landed in an airport far from her San Francisco Bay Area home, climbed into a cab, and headed for one meeting or another. When she's in a city with a Sonnenschein office, she sets up shop in a nondescript room reserved for visiting partners; otherwise she makes do however she can.Trending Stories
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