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January 04, 2011 |

John Does Under Fire for File Sharing

Following a litigation campaign waged by the Recording Industry Association of America that ended in a $1.5 million verdict against one defendant for illegally sharing copyrighted music online, other online infringement cases are targeting anonymous defendants who use "torrent" technology.
9 minute read
January 02, 2012 |

Retiring leader reflects on rise of Big Law

Wayne H. Shortridge has watched a staid and change-resistant profession transform into a big-money global industry in 48 years practicing law and three stints managing law firm offices. On the eve of his Jan. 1 retirement from Florida's Carlton Fields, after launching its Atlanta office in 2004, the Daily Report asked Shortridge to reflect on the changes to the profession.
7 minute read
January 29, 2003 |

Asbestos Litigation Is a Crisis Spiraling Out of Control

As asbestos litigation has mushroomed over the past 30 years, many defendant companies have been forced into bankruptcy, and others have seen their stock values plummet due to concern about their asbestos liabilities. This decline has endangered jobs, savings and investments, while reducing the money available to compensate legitimate plaintiffs. Simply put, asbestos litigation is too cost prohibitive.
11 minute read
February 07, 2013 |

Ex-PTO director Kappos signs on as Cravath partner

David Kappos, who stepped down last month as the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has joined the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
4 minute read
February 21, 2013 |

Dodd-Frank Whistle-Blowers a Boon for Outside Counsel

The fear of government tipsters is driving demand for white-collar expertise.
4 minute read
December 15, 2000 |

Lawyers of the Year: Teams Bush & Gore

Before the final Supreme Court election arguments on Dec. 11, Chief Justice Rehnquist thanked the lawyers for "exemplary briefing under very trying circumstances." He isn't usually so complimentary, but he knew good lawyering when he saw it. Indeed, the lawyers acquitted themselves admirably. That's why The National Law Journal named the Bush and Gore legal teams "Lawyers of the Year."
6 minute read
February 06, 2013 |

Sen. Rockefeller hears CEO support for cybersecurity legislation

Ask CEOs from the Fortune 500 for their thoughts on cybersecurity legislation and, if you're Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), you shall receive.
3 minute read
June 27, 2001 |

Clerk who Stole From Pennsylvania Victims' Fund Sentenced to Three Years

A former Delaware County, Pa., court employee who pleaded guilty to charges that she stole more than $450,000 from restitution payments owed to crime victims was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to make full restitution. The woman confessed in April that she used the money to pay her own bills -- including her Victoria's Secret charge account, cable television and numerous credit cards and store charge accounts.
4 minute read
April 26, 1999 |

Millennium Meltdown

Lawyers remain at the ready to seize on all of the would-be Y2K darkness and doom. The question is exactly how much computer-generated misery will actually occur when the calendar flips over to Jan. 1, 2000. Until the end of the year, however, technological annihilation is just about the perfect legal threat: extraordinarily expensive business crises for which contingencies must be developed, and no real way of setting the limits of liability until the fallout begins -- or fizzles.
11 minute read
July 09, 1999 |

Casino Ad Ban Goes Bust: Louisiana Broadcasters Prevail on First Amendment Grounds

The Supreme Court's recent invalidation of a federal ban on casino advertising by broadcasters was an important victory for commercial speech, but was not startling. The Court's recent trend is limiting the ability of government to regulate the advertising of legal "sin" industries, such as gambling and liquor.
7 minute read

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