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BP to pay $4.5 billion in oil spill settlement
BP said Thursday that it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the massive 2010 oil spill and will plead guilty to felony counts related to the deaths of 11 workers and lying to Congress.DEALS IN BRIEF: Shaken and Stirred
Consolidation in the beverage industry.Resolution of Cases Reliant on Successful Case-Management System
Current wisdom holds that trials, as a method of resolving disputes, are disappearing. Indeed, a number of distinguished scholars and jurists have been making this point in a variety of publications and speaking out on the subject in various fora.Pro Bono Skills Are Transferable
James A. Grayer, co-hiring partner with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, writes: I am sometimes asked if I get nervous running a board meeting, asking an important client a difficult question or disagreeing with a more senior partner. My response is, not really. I have been practicing law now for almost 20 years, but when I stop to think about what really got me over my nervousness, it's the pro bono work I have done, particularly the year I spent assisting low income individuals living with HIV.Abortion Fight Hits the Highways
In Florida, a special state license plate exhorts "Choose Life" in a childlike scrawl. Louisiana, too, has a "Choose Life" plate. The abortion debate has taken to the highways, and the plates have prompted lawsuits about state-sponsored speech and the use of taxpayer dollars. Money from sale of the plates is generally earmarked for crisis pregnancy centers where women can learn about adoption but not abortion.Slover, four others start new plaintiffs firm
Jack Slover Jr. is leaving defense firm Hall Booth Smith & Slover to start a plaintiffs firm with another Hall Booth partner, Jonathan Marigliano, and three plaintiffs lawyers. Michael Prieto and his brother Daniel Prieto - both of Perrotta, Cahn & Prieto in Cartersville - will join Slover and Marigliano along with William Holbert, a Hall Booth alumnus with a plaintiffs practice in Douglas, Ga.Only The 'Brave' Dare Challenge Mascot Lunacy
Isn't it terrible that the Mohegan Sun casino in southeastern Connecticut is called "Mohegan?"Trending Stories
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