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September 06, 2005 |

11th Circuit: Jail Was Right to Conduct Strip Search

The 11th Circuit has reluctantly ruled that a Georgia county's policy of strip-searching every prisoner booked into jail violated the Constitution. The court noted that the policy didn't violate individual prisoners' rights as long as jailers had "reasonable suspicion" they might possess weapons or contraband. The 11th Circuit made the ruling in the case of a woman who sued a sheriff and jail supervisor after she was strip-searched following her misdemeanor arrest for a domestic-violence dispute.
4 minute read
November 29, 2005 |

Court Rejects Ford Appeal -- After Paralyzed Girl Settles

Family members of a Georgia girl who was paralyzed in a car accident and then won a $47.7 million verdict against Ford Motor Co. faced a choice -- they could wait for the state Supreme Court to decide whether to take up Ford's appeal or settle the case for presumably less than the jury award. The family settled for what both sides said is a confidential sum. But because the justices did not find out in time that the case had been resolved, they recently denied Ford's petition for certiorari.
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February 21, 2007 |

9th Circuit Tackles Natural Gas Price-Fixing

With billions of dollars riding on the outcome, the 9th Circuit is expected to define the scope of federal regulatory power and the ability of private litigants to recover antitrust damages in the deregulated world of natural gas selling. The legal battle stems from three related cases of alleged price-fixing and market manipulation by natural gas suppliers during the 2001 California energy crisis. The outcome will influence how regulatory agencies respond to alleged market manipulation.
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December 29, 2003 |

Old Faces Fade, New Ones Battle

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November 29, 2006 |

Judge Clears Way for Discrimination Suit by White Employees of Ga. County

A federal judge has called evidence that DeKalb County, Ga., officials discriminated against white county employees "unusually compelling" and is allowing the case to proceed to trial. Despite the decision, the DeKalb County attorney said the county had won a "resounding victory" because the judge had dismissed 50 of the 80 claims against the defendants. One official is accused of asking a black co-worker to "dig up dirt" on white employees; the co-worker later lost his job, and is a plaintiff.
5 minute read
January 07, 2003 |

U.S. Seeks Share of Breast Implant Payout

Nine years and at least $1 billion ago, class action plaintiffs settled their claims with makers of silicone breast implants. But ever since the settlement, the U.S. government has argued that taxpayers should be reimbursed for Medicare payments made on behalf of women who claimed implants made them ill. On Friday, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on the matter.
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December 28, 2012 |

The Score: The NFL Agents of The Am Law 200

With the National Football League playoffs less than two weeks away, The Am Law Daily takes a look at the player agents who hail from Am Law 200 firms. Elsewhere in our latest look at sports and the law: an ex-Miller Canfield partner sues the firm over his request for a leave of absence to coach football; a Cooley partner defends his client Roger Clemens; and a Wilmer alum is hired to help turn around the NFL's Cleveland Browns.
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August 22, 2005 |

10 On the Rise, 2005

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November 01, 2001 |

Exxon Appeals $3.5 Billion Verdict

Exxon Mobil Corp. has asked the Alabama Supreme Court to overturn a $3.5 billion jury verdict, arguing that a state trial judge ran roughshod over the attorney-client privilege. By letting the state of Alabama introduce a memorandum prepared by an Exxon in-house attorney, the judge "ended any prospect of a fair trial for Exxon," the company claimed in its appellate brief.
4 minute read
December 07, 2005 |

PwC Fights CPAs Over Trade Secrets

PricewaterhouseCoopers has turned to a Georgia judge for help against plaintiffs who are seeking not only $600 million in damages from the Big Four firm, but also its banishment from the state. The object of PwC's ire is Tauber & Balser, an Atlanta accounting firm that has been providing litigation support to plaintiffs. PwC's lawyers say Tauber employees obtained trade secrets from two unrelated PwC cases and revealed the data through documents filed publicly in the litigation.
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