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August 13, 2003 |

Showing Your Client the Door

Firing your client should be a rare occurrence. But when counsel withdrawal is the last step in your attorney-client relationship, it needs to be done properly and precisely in order to avoid problems. It is critical to take reasonable steps to avoid foreseeable prejudice to the rights of the client. These steps are both ethical and mechanical.
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Class Action Defense Bar Licking Its Chops After Dukes v. Wal-Mart
Publication Date: 2011-06-20
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Labor and employment defense lawyers weren't the only ones celebrating on Monday. There's plenty to encourage a wide cross section of the class action defense bar in the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Dukes v. Wal-Mart.

Despite Supreme Court's Concepcion Decision, Judge Rules Goldman Sachs Can't Compel Arbitration with Plaintiff in Sex Discrimination Class Action
Publication Date: 2011-07-11
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Goldman's lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Hastings hoped the Supreme Court's April ruling on the enforceability of mandatory arbitration agreements in Concepcion v. AT&T Mobility would help them knock out claims by a named plaintiff in a high-stakes discrimination case. They were wrong.

March 31, 2010 |

Number of lawyers who won't be part of Hogan Lovells passes one hundred

The pace of departures is picking up as the May 1 merger of Washington-based Hogan & Hartson and London-based Lovells approaches. Tuesday's announcement that Lovells will shutter its 17-lawyer Chicago office marked the latest in a series of lawyers-leaving announcements ahead of the launch of Hogan Lovells.
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September 02, 1999 |

OSHA Ergonomics Rule Has Businesses Stressed

A draft of a new ergonomics rule sponsored by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would require employers to provide employees suffering from ailments such as carpal tunnel syndrome with up to six months of restricted duty with full pay and other benefits. OSHA's proposal would require employers to upgrade equipment, modify employee tasks and identify physically stressful working conditions. Labor supports this rule; business does not.
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In Corporate Counsel's 'Who Represents Whom' Survey, GCs Say They're Serious About Alternate Billing
Publication Date: 2009-08-19
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Corporate Counsel magazine's annual survey of general counsel, out this week, tells a familiar story: A nearly unchanged roster of corporations hired (mostly) the same giant firms, and they made the same demands about alternative billing and reduced fees. But this year, there's a twist--clients actually seem to mean it. Plus: Who represents the Fortune 100?

August 23, 1999 |

Court Sets Punitive Damages Bar

The Calif. Supreme Court on Monday came up with a more precise definition of what it takes to get punitive damages from a company sued over the conduct of its employees. "The managing agent must be someone who exercises substantial discretionary authority over decisions that ultimately determine corporate policy," wrote Justice Ming Chin. The definition of "managing agent" will affect the potential for punitive damages in any type of tort claim against a corporation.
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February 03, 2003 |

Brobeck Looks for Answers

The financial wrangling was underway Friday as lawyers and staff at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison scrambled to find new jobs in the aftermath of the firm's sudden collapse. Brobeck and its bankers are in negotiations that could keep the firm out of bankruptcy. Decisions are pending about how much -- if any -- severance the firm will pay and whether partners will have to dip into their savings to help pay off the firm's obligations.
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EEOC Dealt Another Loss in Discrimination Suit
Publication Date: 2013-08-09
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A district court judge in Maryland has tossed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit against Freeman Companies that accused the event services company of discriminating against minorities and males. Freeman was represented by Akin Gump.

Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Gets Second Chance in First Ruling to Address Law's Anti-Retaliation Provisions
Publication Date: 2011-05-09
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Manhattan federal district court judge Leonard Sand ruled that a former TradingScreen employee could beat back the company's motion to dismiss his whistleblower suit if he amended his complaint to plead that investigators at Latham & Watkins had passed his allegations on to the SEC.

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