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June 24, 2013 |

Covington Repping Top Tech Companies Amid NSA Data Push

Covington & Burling is advising AOL and Microsoft in response to the National Security Agency's secret surveillance data requests, as the ex–government contractor who leaked details about the government's top secret spying program earlier this month to a former Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz associate seeks asylum in Ecuador with the aid of lawyers from WikiLeaks.
12 minute read
June 02, 1999 |

Court Strikes DUI Law for Marijuana Users

Georgia's Supreme Court Monday set aside a law that punishes marijuana-using motorists for even trace amounts of pot. The law violates constitutional equal protection rights by exempting presciption users of the drug, even though the effect of the drug is the same on them and on public safety as it is for recreational users, the unanimous court ruled.
8 minute read
March 29, 1999 |

Court Hears Key Patent Case

Last week, the Supreme Court was asked to determine how much deference the appeals court should give to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and whether the board's determinations should be reviewed under the clear error standard that the Federal Circuit uses or under the abuse of discretion standard mandated by the Administrative Procedures Act. But the case may be more about agency politics than patent law.
4 minute read
August 08, 2006 |

Goodwin Procter's Fight Over Court Fees

However the case of Joseph Heard is classified, there's no question that Goodwin Procter lawyers did important work for him. Deaf and mute, Heard suffered for nearly two years in a D.C. jail, trying to tell officers he was not guilty of any wrongdoing. But his pleas were ignored or laughed at. Now, due to the efforts of Goodwin Procter, Heard has collected $1.7 million in compensation for his unlawful detention. The law firm is seeking $962,097 in attorney fees and $71,000 in expenses.
5 minute read
April 12, 2005 |

Verizon Assembles Legal Dream Team

How many antitrust law firms does it take to smooth the way for a multibillion-dollar telecommunications merger? John Thorne, senior vice president and deputy general counsel for Verizon Communications Inc., is betting on the number four.
5 minute read
November 01, 2004 |

Decision from 1912 May Have Impact In Presidential Race

If a legal dispute over the presidential election rushes headlong toward the Supreme Court this week, there's an important new precedent that one side or the other can cite to keep the justices out of the fray.
5 minute read
June 01, 1999 |

Microsoft Team May Need a Big Second Half

The final presentation of evidence in the Microsoft antitrust trial is set to begin this week. Before the recess, Microsoft's witnesses had fared so poorly under cross-examination by David Boies, lead attorney for the Justice Department, that Microsoft's competitors began pressing for aggressive remedies -- namely, the breakup of Microsoft. But the fact remains: There's no liability finding yet. Can New York's Sullivan & Cromwell stage a comeback for Microsoft?
5 minute read
August 08, 2006 |

Goodwin Procter's Fight Over Court Fees

However the case of Joseph Heard is classified, there's no question that Goodwin Procter lawyers did important work for him. Deaf and mute, Heard suffered for nearly two years in a D.C. jail, trying to tell officers he was not guilty of any wrongdoing. But his pleas were ignored or laughed at. Now, due to the efforts of Goodwin Procter, Heard has collected $1.7 million in compensation for his unlawful detention. The law firm is seeking $962,097 in attorney fees and $71,000 in expenses.
5 minute read
January 24, 2001 |

Novel View of Election Money

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says there will be "blood all over the floor of the Senate" if opponents block his campaign finance reform bill. This means the return of a familiar debate involving questions of preventing corruption and restricting speech. Law Professor John Hasnas says these issues are beside the point; and the relevant question is whether legislative mandates are necessary in the first place.
4 minute read
November 15, 2006 |

Campaign tactics hurt Chamber

6 minute read

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