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September 22, 2009 |

Trial Practice

Robert S. Kelner, the senior partner at Kelner and Kelner, and Gail S. Kelner, an attorney with the firm, write that it is imperative to ask a client whether he or she participates in a social networking site. Plaintiffs in personal injury actions, they say, are generally made aware of defendants' use of traditional videotaped surveillance techniques and warned that they may be on "candid camera" when they leave their homes, but the potential incursion into their privacy by unwanted "e-peepers" is becoming an ever increasing issue.
12 minute read
July 13, 2011 |

Reed Smith Opens Shanghai Office

Reed Smith has opened its third office in China with the creation of an outpost in the country's most populous city, Shanghai. The firm already has offices in Hong Kong and Beijing, with 120 lawyers between them.
4 minute read
June 21, 2011 |

Denial of $473M Tax Refund to Merck Upheld on Appeal

Merck & Co. Inc. is not entitled to a refund of $473 million in taxes paid when a tax-avoidance strategy failed, a federal appeals court holds.
5 minute read
April 21, 2011 |

New budget spares judiciary

Georgia legislators cut funding for agencies across the board from the upcoming budget in an attempt to dig the state out of a financial hole, but the judicial branch was spared the brunt of the burden.The $18.3 billion budget for fiscal year 2012, which runs from July 1 of this year to June 30, 2012, cuts $210,753 in personnel and operations from the state Court of Appeals but adds $102,750 for e-filing software development.
5 minute read
January 13, 2012 |

Revisiting Drug Sentencing, Determining Amount in Controversy

In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, discuss an evidentiary hearing regarding a new amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines; a financial penalty imposed on a traveler to Cuba for failing to provide information about the unauthorized trip; and the finding that limitations on attorney fees under applicable law prevented a plaintiff from meeting the $75,000 "amount in controversy" requirement.
10 minute read
August 05, 2011 |

Shale Boom Keeps Firms Busy With Fracking Deals

Shale continues to fuel not just the energy industry but also some of the United States' largest law firms. Skadden and Akin Gump have picked up key advisory roles on a $742 million deal, while another $300 million shale deal has received regulatory approval, and K&L Gates is launching a new energy, infrastructure and resources practice group.
3 minute read
December 27, 2011 |

Billing rates on rise for third year in a row

Law firm billing rates are on the rise, but modesty is the operative word. The average increase in firmwide hourly rates was 4.4 percent this year.
6 minute read
March 05, 2012 |

IN BRIEF

A weekly roundup of Web-only stories from NLJ.com and other ALM publications.
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February 22, 2010 |

Berkery v. Estate of Stuart

The actual-malice standard that barred a prior defamation action against a journalist and publisher concerning statements made about a publication applies to bar plaintiff's action against the author and distributors of that publication.
5 minute read

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