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April 02, 2009 |

From bootleggers' lawyer to legend

Bobby Lee Cook receives phone calls from all types of people, and he returns them all. "I always return all of my calls. I get calls from people I don't know, and for half of them there's nothing I can do. I get a call from somebody from south Georgia or south Alabama about some matter. But I'm eighty-one years old and I'm not going to south Alabama to try a case.
5 minute read
September 29, 2004 |

Media Outlets Agree to End Suit Over Erasure of Scalia Speech

The Associated Press and the Hattiesburg American newspaper agreed Tuesday to end litigation against the U.S. Marshals Service. The media outlets had sued after a deputy marshal ordered reporters to erase recordings of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's speech at a Hattiesburg, Miss., high school. "The acknowledgment of wrongdoing and assurance that we will not have a repeat of such an incident were the goals of this litigation, and those goals have been met," an AP lawyer said.
3 minute read
August 21, 2008 |

Ga. Obama ad links McCain to Reed

ATLANTA AP - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is set to debut a tough new ad in Georgia linking his Republican rival John McCain to Ralph Reed and the Christian Coalition leader's involvement in a notorious Washington lobbying scandal.The McCain camp immediately shot back by invoking Obama's own association with a 1960s radical who they labeled "unrepentant terrorist.
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June 14, 2005 |

Professional Liability

Norman B. Arnoff, who practices law in New York City, and Sue C. Jacobs, a member of Goodman & Jacobs, write that a recurring ethical issue for lawyers litigating cases in the U.S. district courts occurs when the lawyer is or should be a witness. A review of Disciplinary Rules and recent cases should clarify both the issues and our best response when the issue arises.
13 minute read
February 18, 2008 |

Practice makes perfect for these hot litigators

For those litigators who live in the courtroom and for courtroom victories � however ephemeral � 2007 brought multiple big plaintiffs' verdicts. Whether one looks at Chris Searcy's personal injury firm in Florida, which won four verdicts totaling more than $101 million, or considers that corporate defender Kirkland & Ellis chalked up three large plaintiffs' verdicts, it was a big year for compound victories.
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March 26, 2010 |

Changes in executive pay create a 'horror show'

RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. executives' bonuses are complicating divorce settlements, increasing legal bills and raising the prospect that some may have to transfer children out of private schools or sell second homes. "Changes in executive pay are throwing a massive wrench into the works of family law across the country," said Frank Glassner, chief executive officer of Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants LLC in San Francisco.
6 minute read
September 08, 2010 |

U.S. Senate Prepares for Trial of Federal Judge

One of the nation's least used courts is opening for business. Next week, a special U.S. Senate committee is scheduled to begin the impeachment trial of G. Thomas Porteous Jr.
7 minute read
September 01, 2011 |

Federal judge blasts attorney

In a sharply worded order denying a motion filed by an attorney representing women who have had abortions, Judge Sam Sparks wrote that he is "forced to conclude" that the attorney representing the women is "anything but competent."
3 minute read
May 22, 2012 |

Redevelopment Auth. Of the City of York v. Bratic, PICS Case No. 12-0891 (Pa. Commw. May 10, 2012) Colins, Sr. J. (20 pages).

Condemnee failed to meet his burden of showing that condemnor was guilty of fraud, bad faith or committed an abuse of discretion; the condemnee failed to demonstrate that condemnor's actions were in violation of statutory or state and federal constitutional safeguards. The Commonwealth Court affirmed the trial court's decision overruling condemnee's preliminary objections.
3 minute read
April 24, 2006 |

Lawyer Discipline

An update on disciplinary orders from the California Supreme Court.
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