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January 11, 2000 | Law.com

Boom Time in the North

Silicon Valley continued to pump a cascade of cash into the Bay Area's biggest law firms in 1999. "Silicon Valley is the mecca of the high-tech world and local firms are benefitting from the truly explosive business growth in the Valley," said Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison chairman Tower Snow Jr.
16 minute read
December 29, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Newsmaker of the Year: Richard Hyde

Tuesday, Dec. 7, was not a good day for two South Georgia judges. They met Richard L. Hyde. Within hours of each other, Amy Bagwell, Seminole County's chief magistrate and probate judge, and Julianne E. James, an associate magistrate judge in Webster County, submitted resignation letters to Hyde for delivery to Gov. Sonny Perdue.
22 minute read
December 15, 2000 | Law.com

Circuit Court ADR Survey

This year the courts ruled on important issues involving alternative dispute resolution. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal decided a case in which the attorneys were not just advocates, but parties. Other courts addressed overbroad arbitration clauses, claim preclusion and who picks up the check when an employer and employee submit a discrimination claim to arbitration.
16 minute read
March 01, 2001 | Law.com

New York Lawyers, Communities Waged 'Battle of IKEA'

The fate of the furniture retailer IKEA's controversial plan to build a 309,000-square-foot "big box" superstore in New Rochelle, N.Y., was settled in the court of public opinion before it ever reached a court of law. However, lawyers played a significant role in the landmark environmental fight.
11 minute read
September 08, 2003 | Law.com

Georgia Supreme Court Finds AG Trumps Governor in Redistricting Fight

Georgia Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker has won a redistricting fight with Gov. George E. "Sonny" Perdue III, courtesy of a state high court that split over questions of power within government. In the case, in which Perdue demanded that Baker stop his battles to revive a Democratic-leaning state Senate map, the court held that the parties "have joint responsibility to protect the State's interest in litigation."
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May 01, 2005 | The American Lawyer

High-Tech, Low Tech

he CASE against American Tobacco Company, Inc., was built on hard work and clever legal argument, but, as is so often true, it also was held together with technology that helped the lawyers both with preparation and presentation. Herman, Herman, Katz & Cotlar created two databases prior to trial to house discovery, relied on both PowerPoint and Sanction software to present exhibits in court, and maintained a team of paralegals to edit video depositions and index transcripts. Russ Herman even hired a con
9 minute read
October 13, 2005 | National Law Journal

Miers and the Supreme Court: Getting Down to Business

Although critics bemoan the fact that little of Harriet Miers' law firm work dealt directly with the constitutional questions she would face as a Supreme Court justice, others view her background in the practical minutiae of business as a boon and perhaps a counterweight among justices whose careers have been based more in the esoteric and intellectual walks of the law. As one of Miers' former corporate clients sees it, commercial litigators are "people who understand the real world."
10 minute read
September 18, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

In re Electrical Carbon Products Antitrust Litigation

In this action alleging antitrust violations in the sale of electrical carbon products, the proposed settlement class is certified, the four proposed settlements are approved, and the requested attorneys' fees, costs and incentive awards are granted.
7 minute read
December 28, 2004 | Law.com

Feds Turn Up Heat on Riggs Executive

Prosecutors' recent filing of a civil forfeiture action against a former Riggs Bank executive for property and $1 million in cash constitutes the government's first court case to grow out of a scandal surrounding the bank's handling of international accounts. The former senior vice president was fired after an internal investigation alleged that he stole thousands of dollars from an embassy account. The Senate has also scrutinized Riggs for possible ties to former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
8 minute read
July 10, 2003 | Law.com

Electronic Arts GC Helps Set Moral Tone

Ruth Kennedy, Electronic Arts's principled GC, helps keep the company's games "clean." But will edgier rivals vanquish it?
16 minute read

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