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August 25, 2009 |

A Candid Conversation With Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales this month began his tenure as a visiting professor at Texas Tech University. His first class is "Contemporary Issues in the Executive Branch," and when it comes to his students, all topics are open for discussion, he says. Texas Lawyer's John Council interviewed Gonzales about a wide range of topics: the so-called "torture memo," his controversial visit with then-AG John Ashcroft in the hospital and his involvement in the firings of nine U.S. Attorneys.
19 minute read
April 27, 2005 |

Supreme Court Reverses 5th Circuit and Shoots Down Pesticide Makers

By a 7-2 vote, pesticide manufacturers lost their Supreme Court bid to avoid facing products liability lawsuits in state courts nationwide. Reversing the 5th Circuit, the Court said most state tort actions are not prohibited by federal law.
3 minute read
December 07, 2009 |

Firms' Billing Rates Inched Up During 2009, NLJ Survey Shows

Law firms increased their average annual firmwide billing rate by 2.5 percent over the last year, one of the lowest increases in recent memory, according to The National Law Journal's 2009 survey of billing rates. The small 2009 boost compares to a 4.3 percent increase reported in 2008 and a 7.7 percent rate climb in 2007. "Law firms this year increased rates very modestly, compared to the standard rate increase of 6 to 8 percent," said a consultant with Hildebrandt International.
4 minute read
May 20, 2011 |

'Corporate Counsel' Names Google's Legal Department Best of 2011

Spend time with the energetic crew at Google, and the word "disrupt" comes up a lot. Google's businesses tend to do that to the traditional marketplace, and "Googlers" (as they call themselves) make no apologies. In fact, they use the word with pride -- sounding like 1960s protesters determined to shake the Establishment.
17 minute read
October 19, 2012 |

Supreme Court Next Step For DOMA?

Leaders of the Connecticut Bar Association were on the winning side of the legal fight for federal benefits for same-sex couples last week, when a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that a federal law defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman is unconstitutional.
5 minute read
July 19, 2010 |

A new era of defending the boardroom

Three top white-collar defense lawyers discuss the state of financial fraud enforcement at the SEC and DOJ.
26 minute read
August 19, 2005 |

International Practice Group Leaves Steel Hector & Davis

In the latest string of lawyers to leave Miami's Steel Hector & Davis, prominent equity partner Raul Valdes-Fauli and his team of three international lawyers and four staffers are moving to a small office of admiralty firm Fowler Rodriguez & Chalos. More departures are expected as Steel Hector finalizes merger talks with Cleveland-based Squire, Sanders & Dempsey.
2 minute read
May 29, 2006 |

Gay voters may boycott primary, hurt Cox campaign

ATLANTA AP - Many Georgia gay voters - a group political experts say could sway a close Democratic primary - say they plan to boycott the July 18 gubernatorial contest between Secretary of State Cathy Cox and Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor.Analysts say that could spell trouble for Cox, who was thought to be the favorite of metro Atlanta's large and politically active gay and lesbian community.
3 minute read
May 20, 2002 |

Andersen Defense Suggests Duncan Pressured to Testify

Defense attorney Russell "Rusty" Hardin Jr. is doing his best to portray former Arthur Andersen auditor David Duncan, the government's key witness in Andersen's obstruction of justice trial, as an innocent family man who was pressured to plead guilty to a crime and testify for the government. Hardin's cross-examination of Duncan is the key exchange in the 2-week-old trial in federal court in Houston.
13 minute read

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