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October 16, 2007 |

In emotionally revealing book, Justice Thomas is most critical of himself

Clarence Thomas' brutally self-critical autobiography, "My Grandfather's Son," bears little resemblance to most early accounts of the book's contents, legal scholar David Garrow writes. To call "My Grandfather's Son" "emotionally revealing" would be the understatement of the year, Garrow says, and fatuous op-ed columnists who insistently declare that Thomas is just bitterly wallowing in self-pity have either failed to read the book or possess an undeclared bias that overwhelmed their critical faculties.
12 minute read
May 09, 2007 |

Fire Department Becomes Burning Issue at Supreme Court

When the town of Union, Ohio, was considering whether to establish a fire department, the Union City Council put up a banner over Main Street in support of the ballot initiative. The Supreme Court will consider the resulting legal dispute in its private conference this week. As the 6th Circuit -- which held that the city's actions did not violate the Constitution -- wrote, it is the "rare case" that involves private citizens attempting to curb the speech of the government, rather than the other way around.
6 minute read
July 28, 2006 |

Sidebar

Workin' a '70s theme, Public Defender Jeff Adachi had an election fundraiser on Thursday, though he's running unopposed so far.
4 minute read
May 05, 2005 |

Willie Gary Loses Support Fight

Steven H. [email protected] Fulton County judge has ordered prominent trial lawyer Willie E. Gary to pay his former paramour $6 million in child-support payments.Gary, who claimed in court papers to have a net worth of $60 million, had former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell by his side through most of the depositions and March's trial.
4 minute read
June 17, 2013 |

Lawyer in High Court Gene Patent Case Grabs Headlines

Advances in genetic science collided with entrenched ideas about nature and unsettled questions in patent law in recent Supreme Court cases, all brought by the same person: 38-year-old IP lawyer (and newly litigious investor) Daniel Ravicher of the Public Patent Foundation.
4 minute read
October 27, 2003 |

Pandora's High-Tech Boxes Hit the Courts

As the law struggles to keep pace with technology, a battle is emerging that could eventually drown out the music copyright wars. The battleground is cars, and the issue is privacy.
11 minute read
February 01, 2011 |

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Additions Katherine N. Franke and Mark C. Merkel have joined Deeb Petrakis Blum & Murphy as associates in the firm's Philadelphia office.
6 minute read
November 03, 2010 |

Rug importer wins $9.12M

The jury's first two notes to the judge were mundane. First they wanted all of the "picture boards" from the trial. Then they asked for Post-It notes to mark documents.But the jury's third note-during six hours of deliberation over two days-signaled to King Spalding attorneys representing the plaintiff, Gwinnett County rug importer Trade AM International, that their client had likely won.
7 minute read
April 13, 2009 |

Tainted Chinese drywall shows up in Katrina homes

CHALMETTE, La. (AP) ? Thomas Stone and his wife rebuilt after their home was flooded by six feet of water during Hurricane Katrina, never dreaming they would face the agony of tearing it apart all over again.
5 minute read
September 27, 2004 |

High Court Sidesteps Sophisticated-User Issue in Silicosis Case

After a wait of almost two years, the Texas Supreme Court ruled 6-2 in a silicosis case that a flint supplier had no duty to warn a company whose workers engaged in abrasive blasting of the risks of working around silica dust because those risks had been commonly known for years.
7 minute read

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