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January 18, 2000 | Law.com

Taking a Legal Poke at Pokemon

When Attorney Alan S. Hock hears "Pokemon," he thinks blackjack and dice. Hock says the real lure of Pokemon is in collecting the "premium" cards randomly inserted into packs. The odds of getting such a card are stated at 1 to 33. It is "gambling," charges Hock. In September, he filed a federal class action against Nintendo, its licensing agency, 4Kids Entertainment, and Wizards of the Coast under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
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February 06, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Amicus Brief to High Court Shows DOJ No Friend of Baker's

R. Robin [email protected] U.S. Justice Department has challenged a legal tactic used by Georgia Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker. A DOJ friend-of-the-court brief, submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, maintains that a panel with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals erred in ruling that state attorneys can remove a suit against the state to federal court and then claim immunity under the 11th Amendment.
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February 06, 2006 | Law.com

A Scathing Indictment of Law Schools and Large Firms

Attorney and author Douglas Litowitz has written a book sure to incite debate: "The Destruction of Young Lawyers." Litowitz rails against the standard law school curriculum and the legal industry, claiming that young lawyers "shoulder most of the misery within the profession." The author, who works at a hedge fund yet quotes Karl Marx and socialist philosopher Herbert Marcuse in the book, believes that, "The difficult trick is to remain proud of your profession while also being a little bit ashamed of it."
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June 15, 2005 | Law.com

Appeals Court: Borders Must Pay Calif. Tax on Online Sales

An appellate court ruling against Borders Group Inc. sets a precedent that could enable California to force some major Internet retailers to start paying state sales tax for goods sold online to state residents. Whether California tax collectors use the precedent to go after not only Borders but other online retailers remains to be seen. But independent booksellers and other "bricks-and-mortar" retailers have been cheering, saying the ruling should remove their Internet competition's unfair advantage.
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August 02, 1999 | Law.com

The New Media Suits

Plaintiffs suing the news media might be better off forgetting about what the media said and concentrating instead on how they learned it. That's the message from a flurry of high-profile lawsuits against reporters and their employers that are surviving summary judgment motions and, in some instances, ending in multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements. The suits target not the content of news stories, but rather the conduct of the newsgatherers.
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May 05, 2000 | Law.com

Simpson Thacher Makes Par in Golf Suit

The golf competition at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's firm outing could get a boost if one of the firm's clients decides to make a surprise visit. A team of Simpson lawyers successfully represented the disabled professional golfer Casey Martin before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which in March affirmed a lower court ruling that forced the PGA Tour to allow Martin the use of a cart in competition.
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November 07, 2005 | National Law Journal

Whose equal access?

The FAIR litigation, a First Amendment challenge to the so-called Solomon Amendment, pits the nation�s law schools against the armed forces in the context of the latter�s efforts to hire attorneys�except for gays�for the Judge Advocate General Corps. Will the United States persist in denying a class of its citizens the opportunity to serve their country?
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August 21, 2007 | Law.com

Employment Cases Spur Congress to Act

Congress' swift reaction to reverse a recent pay discrimination decision by the U.S. Supreme Court and a legislative effort to eliminate caps on damages in workplace bias suits signal a major change in the political landscape for employers, agree counsel for employers and employees.
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August 23, 2004 | Daily Report Online

21 to watch

Christopher M. Carr was learning the alphabet when Georgia peanut farmer Jimmy Carter beat Republican Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election. The 4-year-old shed tears of disappointment upon learning of Ford's defeat. "My mom says she knew then that I was destined for politics," says Carr. For the past 20 months, Carr hasn't had a diet of much else.
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August 27, 2009 | Daily Report Online

The committee advising Georgia Democrats

MEMBERS OF the advisory committee and Georgia's Democratic congressional delegation: Thomas C. Bordeaux Jr., Savannah attorney, former state representative and former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Robert A. Burroughs, partner at Lithonia law firm Burroughs Johnson Hopewell. A law partner of U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-DeKalb, and Johnson's wife, Mereda.
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