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Ex-Partner's Lawsuit Highlights Title VII Issues
A sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Susan Hickman, a former equity partner at Chicago's Hinshaw & Culbertson, again calls into question whether partners can use federal workplace discrimination laws against their firms. Similar to the pending age discrimination case brought by 32 of Sidley Austin's former partners, the suit alleges that the firm violated discrimination laws that apply to employer-employee relationships. The outcome may hinge on the amount of management control Hickman had as a partner.This Time Around, Court May Accept Congress's Internet Restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court may have finally been presented with a federal law restricting the Internet that passes First Amendment muster, in its view. During oral arguments Wednesday over the 2001 Children's Internet Protection Act, which requires public libraries receiving federal funds for Internet access to install software that blocks pornography, the Court seemed more accepting than usual of congressional enactments in this area.View more book results for the query "*"
Judge: Firm Can't Solicit Clients in Securities Case
U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte blocked a controversial approach to bringing securities fraud suits that began when two firms lost out on their bids to become lead counsel in stock-drop suits targeting McKesson HBOC Inc.GM threatened by China, industry analyst says
Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., the fastest-growing carmaker in China, may have its success to blame for the failure to buy General Motors Corp.'s Opel unit. "Beijing Auto is on the rise and GM has no interest in strengthening a rival in China," said Zhu Xuedong, an analyst at Industrial Securities in Shanghai.Baker Botts Brushes Off Moore Film's Attack on Firm
Within the first seven minutes of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," a news clip appears of Baker Botts partner and former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker III. In the clip, Baker, who led a team of lawyers representing President Bush during the Florida recount battle in 2000, defends the president's triumph in that fight saying, "I think all this talk about legitimacy is way overblown." But Baker Botts seems unconcerned by its portrayal in the film.Commonwealth v. Ragland, PICS Case No. 10-1447 (Pa. Super. March 9, 2010) Stevens, J. (8 pages).
The trial court did not err in refusing to grant a mistrial based on alleged prosecutorial misconduct where the district attorney's comments during closing argument constituted "permissible oratorical flair" when viewed in the context of defense counsel's contention that the victim was not believable. Affirmed.Trending Stories
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