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July 16, 2001 | Law.com

Georgia Supreme Court: Judges Can Drop Foreign Cases

Georgia's trial judges now can dismiss cases brought by nonresident aliens over injuries that occurred on foreign soil, according to a state supreme court opinion issued Monday. The ruling means Georgia will follow 47 other states which have adopted the doctrine of forum non conveniens, which allows trial judges to dismiss cases that would be tried best elsewhere on grounds of convenience, efficiency and justice.
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June 30, 2005 | Law.com

Recruiting in the Face of PR Disasters

Recruiting top talent can be competitive even during the best of times -- but for law firms that find themselves defending their reputations after bad news hits, wooing sharp lawyers can be an onerous, yet crucial, task for their survival. Whether the damage comes from a firm's own wrongdoing, the loss of a major client or the departure of key players, once word gets out, the problems can compound themselves as other clients and partners start eyeing the exits. How have law firms handled these challenges?
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September 23, 2002 | Law.com

Georgia Justices Refuse Cert for Time Warner in Six Flags Case

The Georgia Supreme Court refused last week to hear Time Warner Entertainment's appeal of a $257 million punitive damages award it must pay to former investors of Six Flags Over Georgia. The award was part of the largest civil jury verdict in Georgia history -- $454 million -- that grew out of investors' claims that Time Warner systematically short-changed the theme park on capital investment, thereby lowering its sale value.
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July 19, 2007 | Law.com

Lawyers Get Back on Board

Scandals in the early part of the decade prompted Congress to pass a new law expanding the liability exposure of public company board members. Attorney-directors feared that investigations could look at whether they could have prevented a company's failure, either as a legal adviser or a director. But five years after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, an increasing number of corporate attorneys are deciding that the benefits of serving as directors of public companies outweigh the risks.
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September 01, 2000 | Law.com

Fowl Puns -- and a Real Beef

A trademark case has given W. Barry Blum a serious case of the puns. He's vice president and general counsel for Burger King, and he isn't happy about a suit Chick-Fil-A brought in Atlanta federal court over Burger King's ad campaign tie-in with this summer's popular movie "Chicken Run" by British animator Nick Parks.
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September 23, 2004 | Law.com

Looming Delta Bankruptcy Could Mean Millions in Legal Fees

With a potential Chapter 11 filing in the offing, Delta Air Lines' business woes could generate more than $100 million in professional fees, with more than half going to attorneys. But the question of just which lawyers will benefit depends on how Delta allocates its legal work and, to some degree, on where it files. "If we have a relationship with a firm, we would feel free to use them regardless of where the proceeding was," says Walter A. Brill, the airline's deputy general counsel.
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February 06, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

Yang et al v. Odom et al

Where venue and jurisdiction are proper in another district, the fact that the statute of limitations may have run on plaintiffs' claims in that district is immaterial in deciding a motion to transfer.
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April 22, 2010 | National Law Journal

High Court Hands Lawyers a Mixed Bag in Rulings on Fees, Errors

The U.S. Supreme Court had good and bad news for lawyers Wednesday in a pair of decisions, one on attorney fee awards, and the other on lawyers' liability for errors in debt-collection cases. In the fees case, which has been highly anticipated by civil rights and public interest groups that depend on fee-shifting statutes when they win, the Court said judges may award fee enhancements above the "lodestar" amount to lawyers for superior performance -- but only in rare and well-documented circumstances.
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March 04, 2008 | New York Law Journal

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July 07, 2004 | Daily Report Online

Tusan Foe StirsFuror Over Moveson Campaign Trail

Steven H. [email protected] J. Ford III has spent quite a bit of time explaining himself in his bid to unseat Fulton Superior Court Judge Gail S. Tusan. The judge, who has run for re-election twice without opposition after being appointed in 1995, sees a conspiracy in the foes she and other female, African-American judges face.
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