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February 01, 2007 |

PRO BONO SCORECARD 2007: Scoring the Firms

26 minute read
January 15, 2013 |

War of the words: pleaded vs. pled

Lawyers often get to debate some of the most pressing questions of our time: The limits of Congress's commerce power. The reach of the Due Process Clause. "Pleaded" versus "pled."
5 minute read
November 28, 2005 |

Who Protects IP America: 2005

Boutiques have disappeared, litigation has exploded, and patents have become a corporate profit center. But one thing has remained stable in the IP world: the firms who protect corporate America's IP jewels. IP Law & Business' annual survey asks the Fortune 250 to name their primary IP firms. Although rankings have shifted, the top 10 has held steady over the years. This year Jones Day made the biggest leap, moving from 10th place to tie Kirkland & Ellis for first place.
7 minute read
November 19, 2007 |

National Rankings

18 minute read
November 24, 2009 |

Sutherland to Jettison Lockstep Associate Pay

Sutherland will shift from lockstep associate compensation to a performance-based system in January.
5 minute read
November 23, 2009 |

Sutherland to Jettison Lockstep Associate Pay

Sutherland will shift from lockstep associate compensation to a performance-based system in January. The firm's roughly 175 associates will be grouped into three tiers, with advancement and pay increases pegged to their mastery of various skills. "The driving force in the change is to be able to communicate to the client that an associate has a certain level of skills, and that's what you're paying for," said the firm's professional development director. "Now, the person is not a fourth-year just through inertia."
6 minute read
July 07, 1999 |

Parents 'Wrongful Birth' Suit is Rejected by Supreme Court, 6-1

A couple who wanted to sue their doctor for failing to warn them of their unborn child's birth defects lost a closely watched case before the Georgia Supreme Court. The high court ruled Tuesday that parents who said they would have aborted the pregnancy had they known their son had Down's syndrome cannot sue the doctor who advised against extensive tests for the problem.
4 minute read
January 31, 2006 |

Top Gains

6 minute read
August 16, 2007 |

Solicitor General Sides Against SEC in Major High Court Securities Case

In the cage match of the securities bar, Solicitor General Paul Clement has sided with corporate interests over investors. Clement on Wednesday filed an amicus brief for defendants in a Supreme Court case that may decide whether lawyers, accountants and bankers can be sued by private investors for activities that arguably go beyond aiding and abetting corporate fraud. In an extraordinary turn of events, the case has exposed a rift between the SEC and the Bush administration and its Department of Justice.
9 minute read
October 13, 2011 |

Coral Gables attorney helps client win $16.5M for asbestos exposure

Juan Bauta II, of Coral Gables' Ferraro Law Firm, helped Charles Garrison win $16.5 million for exposure to asbestos in 1974 when he attended college in New Hampshire, remodelled his uncle's attic and slept in the same room where he worked.
4 minute read

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