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January 05, 2004 |

Change Could Do You Good

Career Advice: When you don't fit the culture of your practice group or firm and it's affecting your career, it may be time to consider moving.
9 minute read
February 10, 2005 |

Former Qwest Exec Gets Fine, Probation

A federal judge has sentenced former Qwest Communications executive Thomas Hall to probation and a $5,000 fine and said no one charged in the government's highly touted investigation of fraud at the telecommunications giant will go to prison. Hall was the first person sentenced in a case then-Attorney General John Ashcroft had held up as an example of the government's intolerance of white-collar crime.
3 minute read
June 05, 2007 |

Growth Biz for IP Lawyers: Policing the Net

The rise of the Internet as a commercial medium has been a curse and a boon to content owners. Online business sales are booming, but so is Internet piracy. As a result, Internet policing has become a major cost of doing business for many companies.
8 minute read
April 20, 2006 |

Gear Up for Great War Rooms

A properly planned litigation war room can become a respite from the day-to-day grind of a trial -- a place where you can brainstorm new ideas and strategies with your fellow attorneys and a sanctuary where you can deal with last-minute details. But battlefront parallels and metaphors aside, your war room doesn't have to be warlike. Corporate counselor Stacy Jackson offers some planning tips for your nexus of operations, including the real estate mantra "location, location, location."
8 minute read
May 25, 2009 |

An Unusual Vacation That's Easy To Book

By the time you read this, I should be in heaven. This is not to say that I expect to be dead. Were that the case, the destination is far from certain. In my case, I suspect sweet death to be followed by a locale with enormous and eternal heating bills. No, I expect to be in Wales, attending one of my all-time favorite events: The Hay-on-Wye Festival. The festival has been around for several decades. Hay-on-Wye has been around forever. Indeed, the castle at the town's center is crumbling and in disrepair. But this does not stop the structure from being used. Richard Booth sells used books out of the usable portions of the castle. You can find some real bargains there if you are willing to overlook the cobwebs.
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November 14, 2005 |

Venue Battle Brewing in DeLay Indictments

Criminal defendants are supposed to be judged by a jury of their peers, but should they also be judged by a jury of their political constituents? It's a question that Pat Priest, a retired San Antonio state district judge, will address on Nov. 22 in an Austin hearing, as he considers the request of conservative Republican and former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to move the venue for his conspiracy and money-laundering case out of Travis County.
5 minute read
April 15, 2005 |

Will the French Say 'Oui' to U.S.-Style Class Actions? Maybe

Just as the United States is taking steps to rein in class actions, the lawsuits are arriving in Europe. French lawmakers began this week to prepare a new law that will allow U.S.-type class actions but ideally without the litigation "abuses" they say occur in the United States. Stanton Anderson, chief lawyer for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, says the new law will make it easier for American lawyers to press frivolous claims against U.S. companies on behalf of French consumers.
3 minute read
December 18, 2006 |

Not BlackBerry-Treo

Profile of Mary E. Doyle, senior vice president and general counsel, Palm Inc.
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