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April 27, 2009 |

The Texas 100 - 2009

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Railroad Operators Lose Bid to Dismiss Fuel Surcharge Price-Fixing Case
Publication Date: 2008-11-12
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June 26, 2006 |

A new world for retaliation claims

In granting broad protection to workers claiming retaliation for bringing job discrimination claims, the U.S. Supreme Court last week shifted the balance of power in the workplace.
8 minute read
December 07, 2009 |

New Deals: Swiss Company Logitech to Acquire LifeSize Communications

Lifesize Communications Inc. to be acquired by Logitech International S.A.; TPG Capital to purchase majority stake in Valerus Compression Services; Denbury Resources Inc. to acquire Encore Acquisition Co.; and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Vinson & Elkins represented LifeSize Communications in the company's pending acquisition by Swiss company Logitech International S.A. for $405 million.
6 minute read
November 01, 2012 |

Conventional Wisdom

More GCs seem to be going to those quadrennial political summer soirees.
6 minute read
November 02, 2012 |

More General Counsel Attending to Party Politics

As the role of the general counsel continues to expand, perhaps it should come as no surprise that more of them seem to be turning up at political conventions.
6 minute read
October 01, 2012 |

Legal Issues Involving Obesity and the ADA

Marta Fernandez got a call earlier this year from a client with a weight problem. Her client, a hotel and resort chain, was troubled about how to handle a request by an obese employee at one of its California properties. Required to walk the grounds as part of her job, the worker wanted to use one of the company's golf carts to get around.
5 minute read
May 19, 2008 |

Tax Return: Kirkpatrick Hires Former Chief Counsel to Senate Finance Committee

Not many Democratic tax staffers on the Hill have moved downtown lately, but Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis just hired a prominent one: Patrick Heck, the former chief counsel to the Senate Finance Committee and senior tax adviser to Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).
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October 01, 2012 |

The Obesity Problem is Growing

Obesity rates among the nation's work force at an all-time high portend claims from plaintiffs demanding accommodations for their condition — and lawsuits against employers that fail to provide them.
6 minute read
September 26, 2012 |

Employers brace for ADA obesity claims

Marta Fernandez got a call earlier this year from a client with a weight problem. Her client, a hotel and resort chain, was troubled about how to handle a request by an obese employee at one of its California properties.
5 minute read

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