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Trademark Lawsuits: The Price of Online Griping
The Internet serves as a haven of outcry for disgruntled customers who create "gripe sites" aimed at their company of choice. The companies have cried foul, and are calling their antagonists to court for trademark infringement. Critics of the lawsuits, like Paul Levy of the Public Citizen Litigation Group, say they're being used to "suppress perfectly legitimate, noncommercial speech."Tenet Healthcare fended off a $4 billion hostile takeover bid last year in part by accusing Community Health Systems, its would-be acquirer, of bilking Medicare out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Almost exactly a year later, Tenet's lawyers at Latham & Watkins and Arnold & Porter have helped the company resolve nearly identical claims leveled by the Justice Department.
Attorney Ineligibility Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2(a)
Notice to the bar.Ex-Judge, FBI Alum, Three Others Join Meadows
A former Cobb County, Ga., Superior Court judge and an alumnus of the FBI's anti-terrorism group joined Atlanta's Meadows, Ichter & Trigg's white-collar criminal defense practice. The law firm already includes several criminal justice heavyweights, including former Georgia AG Michael J. Bowers. As a former judge, G. Grant Brantley says he "brings a perspective from the bench."Burr & Forman Rejects Merger With Memphis' Baker, Donelson
After two weeks of merger discussions, attorneys at Burr & Forman voted against joining Memphis, Tenn.-based Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell. William C. Knight Jr., managing partner of Birmingham, Ala.-based Burr & Forman, says the firm decided not to continue discussions because of potential client conflicts.Getting Fired: Don't Deal With the In-House Counsel and Deal With It Publicly?
Heaven forbid, IF you get fired, don't talk with the in-house counsel and deal with it in a public manner? Uh oh, that's not what an in-house lawyer wants to hear ...As Chinese Investment in U.S. Heats Up, M&A Lawyer Carves Out a Niche
Womble Carlyle's Guanming Fang is carving out a niche with Chinese companies setting up shop in the United States. But when she started practicing law in 1998, she had no idea China would become so hot. "There is a much better opportunity for people like me who understand Chinese businessmen and can provide hand-holding for exploiting this market," says Fang, who majored in English lit at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, her hometown, and covered the United States and Europe as a journalist in Beijing.Trending Stories
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