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April 20, 2005 |

Appearance-Based Discrimination Suits Are on the Rise

Companies that regulate their workers' appearance -- from banning tattoos to mandating makeup -- are facing a growing number of appearance-based discrimination lawsuits, involving everything from eyebrow rings to sexy clothing. "It's not the IBM loose white shirt world anymore," said employment attorney Henry Perlowski, who predicted that as more and more "different" looking people enter the work force, "the tensions between culture and policy are going to escalate."
3 minute read
June 06, 2007 |

Carlton Fields Loses IP Team to Woodcock Washburn

In the midst of a competitive Atlanta market for intellectual property talent, an IP group has decamped from general practice firm Carlton Fields for IP boutique Woodcock Washburn. Wendy A. Choi, who leads the Woodcock office, said the firm is expanding beyond its traditional strengths in patent prosecution and IP litigation into transactional work, and that the firm plans to keep expanding its Atlanta office.
4 minute read
September 22, 2005 |

Private Prison Company Sues Locke Liddell Alleging Malpractice

A private corrections company seeks to hold Locke Liddell & Sapp liable for more than $5 million that's allegedly missing from an account set up for a land deal. Cornell Companies Inc. sued the law firm and one of its partners, alleging they "dropped the ball" by failing to ensure that a proper escrow account was set up to hold the company's funds. As alleged in the petition, the defendants gave Cornell the "green light" to wire almost $13 million into what was purported to be an escrow account.
5 minute read
December 31, 2002 |

Baptists Battling Shorter for Control

7 minute read
February 23, 2006 |

Motley Rice Lawyers Sued by Old Firm

The departure of four Atlanta attorneys from their securities class action firm to the powerhouse South Carolina plantiffs firm Motley Rice has stirred up some bad blood with the lawyers' old firm. Chitwood Harley Harnes has sued its four ex-lawyers, accusing them of taking proprietary information about the firm's clients and trying to recruit them to take their business to Motley Rice. It's the biggest loss of legal talent that Chitwood has experienced, says one attorney.
4 minute read
May 10, 2001 |

Long Aldridge's Haidet Cites Need for Geographic Reach

Atlanta's Long Aldridge & Norman and Dallas' Winstead Sechrest & Minick continue to engage in merger talks. Jeffrey K. Haidet, managing partner of Long Aldridge, says a merger with Winstead would increase the firm's geographic diversity. A Long Aldridge-Winstead merger would also create a combined entity of eight offices, including a presence in Washington, D.C. -- an area where both firms want to expand.
4 minute read
December 10, 2004 |

Zell Miller Joins Growing Ranks of McKenna Politicos

When his Senate term expires, Zell B. Miller will join McKenna Long & Aldridge as a senior policy adviser in its government affairs practice. Miller, who is not a lawyer, will give nonlegal counsel to firm clients. Miller is a Democrat with ties to the Republican party and gave the nominating speech for President Bush at the GOP convention. The firm hopes Miller's political expertise and history of working with people on both sides of the aisle will help grow McKenna's practice.
5 minute read
June 09, 2006 |

DLA Piper Takes Four From Smith Gambrell

Smith, Gambrell & Russell partner Michael Rubinger has left the firm for DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary's new Atlanta office, joining as a partner in the corporate and securities group. Richard Greenstein, the partner in charge of Smith Gambrell's franchise and distribution-law practice, will also join DLA Piper along with two other partners. Smith Gambrell managing partner Stephen Forte says the firm is "enjoying a record year ... . I don't see any of these partners leaving derailing these accomplishments."
2 minute read
August 12, 2009 |

Troutman Group Sets Up Own Shop

A chunk of Troutman Sanders' power industry finance group has broken away to form a six-lawyer boutique, Mercer Thompson. John T.W. Mercer, the former head of Troutman's project development and finance group, leads the new firm with partner Richard E. "Chip" Thompson II. Both had spent their careers at Troutman. Said Mercer, "Troutman is like an aircraft carrier. We've decided to climb in a PT boat and go buzzing around."
5 minute read
August 29, 2000 |

Office Priority: Make Firm Space Work

In a faster, more casual business climate, how are law firms changing their image? "Big firms are still building pretty fancy space," says broker John Izard. "It's not as stuffy as it was 25 years ago, ... but it's still pretty nice." But smaller firms are experimenting. "The nicest compliment we get [is people saying] 'Wow. I can't believe this is a law firm'" says one small-firm partner.
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