Two years ago, Alston & Bird partner R. Steve Ensor underwent successful surgery for kidney cancer. While he was under the knife for four hours, a federal appeals court in Pittsburgh decertified the class in a nationwide employee discrimination suit against United Parcel Service Inc.

When Ensor woke up, he grabbed his BlackBerry to check e-mail and saw the good news from the court. “One of the first things I did was call Rick,” recalled Ensor, referring to UPS in-house counsel Richard Rufolo. “I’m not a workaholic, but this was so important — and I was so excited.”

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