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August 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Health Care Reform Battle Heating Up

The battle over health care reform will continue this fall, with three key challenges under way in the federal courts and several states considering ways to block the new law.
8 minute read
January 10, 2005 | Law.com

The Tech Evolution: Change or Die

In the new year, we can expect new forecasts of doom -- for law departments and firms that have turned to dust after failing to adapt. Cisco Systems attorney Laura Owen offers nine resolutions, from commoditizing routine legal transactions to measuring the success of tech innovations, that could keep your department from joining the other fossils.
7 minute read
December 29, 2000 | Law.com

4th Circuit Surprise

Roger Gregory is no ideologue. And that could make all the difference when the dust settles on his controversial appointment to the famously conservative 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Named last week as a recess appointee by President Clinton, Gregory is as levelheaded and scholarly as his appointment was political. And that may be his best weapon for securing life-tenure confirmation by the Senate.
8 minute read
September 15, 2006 | Law.com

Hunton & Williams Launches Office in Los Angeles

Richmond, Va.-based Hunton & Williams is launching a Los Angeles office by swallowing the majority of what was formerly trial boutique O'Donnell & Mortimer, a union spurred by shared client Pfizer Inc. "You cannot be a truly national firm unless you have a significant presence in California," said managing partner Walfrido Martinez. "Our hope is to build a strong presence in California, starting in Los Angeles and hopefully moving up the state." The L.A. location is the 850-lawyer firm's 18th office.
3 minute read
January 26, 2001 | Law.com

The Feds Come to Fox for Intelligence

Fairfax, Va.-based BTG Inc. began in 1982 with 15 employees as a company providing computer and technical assistance for defense and intelligence information systems. Today, BTG' s General Counsel Deborah Fox handles the legal affairs of a company with more than 1,600 employees in 19 offices nationwide, and a roster of clients that includes the U.S. Army, the Office of Naval Intelligence and the National Security Agency.
6 minute read
October 19, 2012 | Law.com

Protecting Your Brand and Image with a Well-Built Morals Clause

Endorsement agreements between companies and celebrities or athletes like Lance Armstrong can be high-risk, high-reward propositions. Cue the morals clause.
4 minute read
April 11, 2007 | Law.com

State Is Pre-empted in Railroad Employee's Lawsuit Over Fatal Asbestos Exposure

The family of a Long Island Railroad employee who claimed he contracted a fatal illness from inhaling asbestos dust on the job cannot seek compensation in state court, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Helen E. Freedman has ruled. Freedman granted summary judgment for American Standard and its Westinghouse Air Brake division, finding that the state common-law claims were pre-empted by federal law. The family's attorney said the federal laws are not being used as intended, to give manufacturers immunity.
4 minute read
April 23, 2007 | Law.com

Chart: Diversity Scorecard 2007

38 minute read
November 15, 2000 | Law.com

Antitrust Furor for Smithfield's IBP Offer

Smithfield Foods Inc.'s unsolicited $4.1 billion bid for meat-packer IBP Inc. is eliciting howls of protest from farm and antitrust advocates. Efforts in Congress to crack down on agribusiness mergers include one bill giving the U.S. Department of Agriculture power to block mergers and another bill imposing daily fines on companies that complete anticompetitive deals.
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