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June 02, 2005 |

New Bar Chief Aims at Helping Children

Meredith [email protected] Atlanta Bar Association's new president, Elizabeth A. Price, wants to focus on helping abused and neglected children. Recruiting Atlanta lawyers to volunteer as advocates for kids who end up in the court system builds on outgoing bar association president William M Ragland Jr.'s initiative to increase the organization's pro bono efforts.
5 minute read
April 02, 2013 |

Federal Rule of Evidence 502: 'Rajala' Returns

In their Federal E-discovery column, H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal, partners at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, review a case in which a party that had previously opposed a clawback agreement to deal with inadvertent production of privileged data found itself in need of the protection.
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November 29, 2012 |

Third Circuit Reinstates RICO and Fraud Claims Against Travel Clubs

A federal appeals court reinstates a putative class action against "travel clubs" that allegedly failed to deliver on promised free or discounted airline tickets, cruises, hotel rooms and rental cars.
4 minute read
June 28, 2007 |

Lexis Noncompete Contracts Lead to Defection Duel in Federal Court

LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group is seeking injunctive relief and punitive damages in a federal lawsuit that claims former executive Paul Colangelo breached his noncompete agreement by taking a job with a competitor. Litigation based on noncompetes has grown, and many employers are using computer data mining technology to determine if former employees have taken confidential information, attorneys say. LexisNexis said it conducted a forensics examination of Colangelo's work computer.
6 minute read
December 01, 2010 |

Attorney in Caperton Leaves Buchanan Ingersoll for Reed Smith

The Pittsburgh office of Reed Smith now counts among its attorneys former Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney lifer David B. Fawcett.
4 minute read
January 03, 2011 |

For Lawyer Wannabes, Checks for $30 Million Are in the Mail (Almost)

Claimants in the long-running BAR/BRI class action are set to begin receiving settlement payments to help compensate them for the alleged conspiracy between BAR/BRI and Kaplan that caused about 130,000 prospective law students to overpay for bar-review prep courses. Those payments will begin being sent to claimants next month.
4 minute read
October 07, 2003 |

Career Prosecutor Called a Natural for Deputy AG Job

The announcement came late Friday afternoon, and it surprised few people: "The president intends to nominate James B. Comey, of New York, to be deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice." Currently U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, 42-year-old James Comey Jr. had been the popular favorite to fill the role left vacant by Larry Thompson's August departure, described by one former top-ranking DOJ official as "the obvious choice."
7 minute read
October 22, 2007 |

Baker & McKenzie Partner Charged With Stock Fraud

A partner at Baker & McKenzie has been indicted on charges that he participated in a stock fraud scheme that netted two overseas short-sellers $55 million. According to an indictment unsealed Friday by federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York, Martin E. Weisberg, a mergers and acquisitions partner in Baker & McKenzie's New York office, helped Israeli investors gain access to hundreds of millions of discounted but restricted shares in two companies he represented.
4 minute read
August 02, 2012 |

EEOC Intake Form Is Sufficient Notice of Discrimination Claim

A former JPMorgan Chase employee who filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission intake questionnaire, but no formal charge on time, can pursue her age-bias suit, a federal judge says.
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