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GCs: Alternative Billing Is Here to Stay
Four in-house counsel at Fortune 500 companies and a founding partner of a high-profile trial firm say alternative billing has become a reality for them, even though many law firms have been slow to pick up on the idea. • ALSO SEE: Survey of Law Firm Economics, All's Not Well ... • Metrics Survey: Death of the Billable Hour ... or the Rise of Discounts? • Metrics Survey: Staffing Rebounds, but Still Hurting
ON THE MOVE: Kilpatrick Managing Partner Receives Asian Bar Award
Stephen Weizenecker has joined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner in the entertainment and music practice from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, giving the firm 24 lawyers since it opened in 2009.In The Trenches: Taylor English adds patent capabilities
Jeffrey R. Kuester has left intellectual property boutique Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer Risley to develop a patent prosecution practice for Taylor English Duma.Kuester is the firm's first patent prosecutor, specializing in electronics, software and telecommunications patent applications.Kuester, a founding member of Thomas Kayden in 1996, said Taylor English also gives him the opportunity to develop his patent litigation skills.In The Trenches: Partners Group merges with staffing agency
The Partners Group, which has placed permanent and contract attorneys in the Atlanta market since 1999, has merged with Paramount Staffing, which supplies support staff to law firms as well as companies and medical offices, to create Partners International Holdings.By combining forces, the two companies gain the heft to expand into markets outside of Atlanta, said Paul M.Freeman Mathis continues growth streak with Flint & Adler addition
Four-lawyer litigation boutique Flint Adler's merger with Freeman Mathis Gary is the latest addition for the latter, which has been on an 18-month growth streak. Freeman Mathis has expanded from 33 lawyers at the beginning of 2010 to 43 with the Flint Adler lawyers.Michael D. Flint and Shira Adler Crittendon have joined Freeman Mathis as partners.DOJ revs up export prosecutions
For defense contractors and arms exporters, 2007 is the year the feds turned up the heat. Government agencies report a record number of criminal investigations and prosecutions of individuals and companies accused of running afoul of laws restricting the transfer of sensitive technology and military parts to countries such as Iran and China.Online Pharmacy Ordered to Pay FTC $15.8 Million
Saying they "dispensed deception," a federal judge in Atlanta has ordered the founders and operators of a now-defunct online pharmacy business to pay the U.S. Federal Trade Commission $15.8 million for fraudulent claims associated with the drugs they peddled.State Bar puts military vets on agenda
Military veterans, indigent defense, revising the state's juvenile code and a new satellite office in Savannah were priorities for the State Bar of Georgia at its fall Board of Governors meeting Thursday. And in the midst of state budget shortfalls and a national economic crisis, the State Bar reported that it's doing so well financially it will rebate $20 of member's $230 in annual dues.In The Trenches: Kidd & Vaughan changes name of firm
Kidd Vaughan, the litigation firm founded by Charles M. Kidd in 1971, has become Holland Schaeffer Roddenbery Blitch. The seven-lawyer firm handles commercial and civil litigation, as well as mediation.The retirement of Woodrow W. Vaughan Jr., a civil defense litigator and avid basketball player, prompted the name change in January, said David N.
INADMISSIBLE: Secret Court Says Spying Crossed Line
The U.S. Department of Justice certainly wasn't eager to publicly share a 2011 opinion by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that found the government violated the Fourth Amendment in sweeping up tens of thousands of Americans' emails. Plus more in this week's column.TRENDING STORIES
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