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February 16, 2006 |

FOR RAINMAKER, HOSPITAL FIGHT TRUMPS PLANS

MEREDITH HOBBS [email protected] When Regina S. Molden left Alston Bird almost a year ago to start her own firm with four other big-firm refugees, she was fulfilling a long-held dream. Molden, a former associate in Alston's securities litigation group, billed the firm, Molden Holley Fergusson Thompson Heard, as the city's first African-American firm devoted exclusively to high-end corporate work.
9 minute read
September 17, 2008 |

The power of one

On a crisp sunny day in late March, lawyers from 39 law firms gathered at the corporate headquarters of Pfizer Inc., a nondescript office building a couple of blocks east of Grand Central Station in New York. The collective mood was cheerful. After all, each of the firms still had a piece of Pfizer's U.S. litigation work.
14 minute read
May 13, 2008 |

Verdicts & Settlements: Judge drops $54M verdict to $10.6M

The husband and estate of a woman killed when the car in which she was riding was crushed by a tractor-trailer was awarded $54.4 million by a Fulton County State Court jury Friday. The verdict included $44 million, which a judge since has reduced to $250,000, according to a defense attorney. The truck driver had "a history of speeding tickets," said lead plaintiffs' attorney Peter A.
11 minute read
January 25, 2008 |

Citigroup trial may double Enron creditors' payout

Enron Corp. creditors could see their original payout more than quadruple to as much as $31 billion after a trial against Citigroup Inc. Enron Creditors Recovery Corp., the entity winding up the defunct energy trader's affairs, distributed $13.3 billion, or 36 cents on the dollar, since a bankruptcy plan was approved in 2004.
5 minute read
June 20, 2007 |

Nike Sues Promoter for Failing to Pay or Play

Nike USA is suing a Miami promotions company and the owner of a Miami Beach mansion for allegedly failing to deliver on a promise to host Super Bowl week parties and events. Oregon-based Nike brought suit in Florida's Miami-Dade Circuit Court last month for the return of $200,000 paid for use of the house, plus attorney fees and damages. The suit claims the defendants knew or should have known when they signed a contract with Nike that the mansion could not be used for commercial purposes.
2 minute read
December 03, 2009 |

Discovery fight lands CEO in jail

The founder and CEO of a once well-connected company that provided compliance and technical services for international businesses was eligible to leave the Fulton County Jail on Wednesday after spending 15 days there for contempt of court rather than divulge information about his finances sought in pursuit of a judgment of about $2.
5 minute read
Chinese Automobile Distributors of America LLC v. Bricklin, 07 civ. 4113
Publication Date: 2009-01-14
Practice Area: Legal Profession
Industry:
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
Judge: Louis Stanton
Attorneys:
For plaintiff:
For defendant:
Case number: 07 civ. 4113

District Judge Louis L. Stanton U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Charles T. Lee Esq. Joseph J. Cherico Esq. McCarter & English

April 24, 2000 |

Big Raises, Big Worry

At least one Miami law firm office acknowledges it will have to raise billing rates to pay for the hike in associate salaries. "It will probably be a combination of all three," says Matthew Gorson, vice president of Greenberg Traurig, referring to the three options law firms face when figuring out how to fund the raises: boost billing rates, cut into partners' profit margins or force associates to work -- and bill -- more hours.
4 minute read
April 12, 2013 |

Master of the mock trial

Making and winning a case is challenging enough for a professional litigator. Add a math test, an English paper, peer pressure and prom to the mix and it becomes much more complicated. Carl A. Gebo, a partner at Gordon & Rees in Atlanta, has dealt with the distractible minds of teens with remarkable success during the past 18 years as coach of the Henry W. Grady High School Mock Trial Team, the state champion four years running and the No. 2 team in the nation in 2012.
9 minute read
August 05, 2009 |

Suspended Attorney Target of Mortgage Lender's Lawsuit

A former candidate for Miami-Dade public defender is accused of misdealings in a complex foreclosure lawsuit spearheaded by JPMorgan Chase Bank based on more than $10 million in alleged serial mortgage fraud on a single Miami Beach property. Washington Mutual Bank, which was acquired by JPMorgan last September, alleges that Gabriel Martin, whose law license has been suspended since 2006, prepared loan documents as its closing agent but failed to properly carry out his duties.
7 minute read

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