Sign in to follow
Search Results

0 results for 'Vorys'

You can use to get even better search results
November 19, 2007 |

National Rankings

18 minute read
November 10, 2004 |

Abercrombie Agrees to Settle Discrimination Suits for Nearly $50 Million

Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to settle a trio of employment discrimination suits for nearly $50 million, the firm disclosed Tuesday in SEC filings. Employment lawyers say the settlement is significant not so much for its size as for the precedent it sets for plaintiffs making unconventional claims. "It's the new face of discrimination," said attorney Brad Seligman, who noted that the litigation looked at the retailer's entire branding practice.
3 minute read
May 30, 2008 |

The A-List (51-200)

Lawyers like to lament the passing of their fabled past, when partners knew each other on sight, firms contented themselves to operating in one ZIP code and junior associates were not a menacing anonymous horde threatening to take out their frustrations via the blogosphere. As it happens, in the big-firm world those days aren't gone, they've just moved to the Am Law Second Hundred ranks, where firms are prosperous and growing steadily but retain the possibility of old-fashioned cohesion.
28 minute read
November 19, 2007 |

National Rankings

18 minute read
January 23, 2012 |

A Toxic-Tort Causation Question at the Supreme Court

As courts have shifted their focus from trying to deal efficiently with toxic-tort litigation to guarding against unreliable science, litigating causation has become exceedingly difficult. As a result, Texas now has three forms of causation: general, specific and substantial factor, writes David A. Oliver.
5 minute read
June 01, 2007 |

Hospitals Fear Privacy Claims Over Medical Records

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is raising new legal fears for health care providers concerning privacy suits. Labor and employment attorneys are concerned that courts have begun to let plaintiffs use HIPAA standards to prove liability in privacy suits, even though the law doesn't currently provide a private right of action. And a new federal crackdown on HIPAA violators is also causing concerns for health care providers.
4 minute read
March 13, 2003 |

Outsourced legal writing

7 minute read
April 27, 2000 |

Names Behind the News

Who's coming and going at firms across the country.
4 minute read
August 05, 2002 |

ABA Adjusts to Role on Judges

A look back at how judicial nominations have played out since the Bush Administration bounced the ABA from its formal role in the vetting process.
4 minute read
October 13, 2009 |

Malpractice Suit Against Buchanan Ingersoll Stayed

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has stayed the malpractice lawsuit filed against Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney by the two name partners of Virginia-based lobbying firm Alcalde & Fay. Lawyers for Buchanan Ingersoll and for Hector Alcalde and Kevin Fay filed a joint motion to stay the suit, saying it was in the interest of "judicial economy" to await the findings of an Internal Revenue Service administrative proceeding that could render the malpractice suit moot.
2 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources

  • Good Legal Technology is Good Business: A Case for Bringing Employment Issues In-House

    Brought to you by LexisNexis®

    Download Now

  • Insights and Strategies for Effective Succession Planning in AM Law 100 Firms

    Brought to you by Gallagher

    Download Now

  • State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024

    Brought to you by LexisNexis®

    Download Now

  • 2024 ESI Risk Management & Litigation Readiness Report

    Brought to you by Pagefreezer

    Download Now

NEXT