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January 22, 2010 |

11th Circuit: 'Sex specific' profanity could win harassment case

In an opinion remarkable for its unanimity-and free use of profanity-the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a landmark decision favoring plaintiffs in sexual harassment cases.At issue was whether the use of words such as "bitch" in the workplace could support a sexual harassment lawsuit.
7 minute read
August 06, 2007 |

Pace of Business Deals May Drop Along With Stocks

The stock market's recent downturn could slow the rapid pace of deals in attorneys' pipelines -- or perhaps shift acquisitions away from private equity funds, two Atlanta lawyers said. Two factors seem to be causing the turmoil, according to analysts and economists: ongoing woes in the subprime mortgage market and a worsening market for the cheap debt that has fueled the boom in private equity acquisitions. One attorney predicts that if the private equity market cools, more strategic deals will occur.
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November 10, 2010 |

The Effect of Mandatory Arbitration on Class Actions

When the U.S. Supreme Court builds a decisional wall around a subject, it usually does so a brick at a time, forcing attorneys to squint and strain, and sometimes squirm, as they attempt to envision the ultimate dimensions of the structure.
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January 03, 2003 |

Shuffling the Deck at Appeals Court

Jonathan [email protected] new year brings big changes to the Georgia Court of Appeals: a new judge, a new chief judge, new three-judge panels and the absence of now-retired Judge Marion T. Pope Jr.On Dec. 30, outgoing Gov. Roy E. Barnes swore in A. Harris Adams, the former chief judge of Cobb County State Court and the officemate of Barnes when the two were young Cobb prosecutors.
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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
June 28, 2010 |

Texas Supreme Court Justices 1985-2010

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April 19, 2010 |

The Efficiency equation

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