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August 22, 2005 |

10 On the Rise, 2005

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November 01, 2001 |

Exxon Appeals $3.5 Billion Verdict

Exxon Mobil Corp. has asked the Alabama Supreme Court to overturn a $3.5 billion jury verdict, arguing that a state trial judge ran roughshod over the attorney-client privilege. By letting the state of Alabama introduce a memorandum prepared by an Exxon in-house attorney, the judge "ended any prospect of a fair trial for Exxon," the company claimed in its appellate brief.
4 minute read
December 07, 2005 |

PwC Fights CPAs Over Trade Secrets

PricewaterhouseCoopers has turned to a Georgia judge for help against plaintiffs who are seeking not only $600 million in damages from the Big Four firm, but also its banishment from the state. The object of PwC's ire is Tauber & Balser, an Atlanta accounting firm that has been providing litigation support to plaintiffs. PwC's lawyers say Tauber employees obtained trade secrets from two unrelated PwC cases and revealed the data through documents filed publicly in the litigation.
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August 03, 2006 |

Turnover at the Top

When the feds start investigating, there's often a shake-up in the law department. Of the 15 companies that have reached a deferred prosecution agreement or nonprosecution agreement in the past 12 months, the GC stepped down at six. Here's a short rundown of those six companies, with information on who took over the GC spot. Each has publicly admitted the accusations against it, except for Tommy Hilfiger, which has kept its agreement with the government private.
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September 28, 2012 |

Burr & Forman Absorbs 23-Lawyer Tampa Firm

The Birmingham, Alabama–based Am Law 200 firm said Friday it is combining with Tampa firm Williams Schifino Mangione & Steady in an effort to both expand its reach in the Southeast and better serve clients in the banking and financial services industries.
4 minute read
November 02, 2004 |

Judge Bans Medical Expert From Court

In 1996, Leon Whitley lost his leg after surgery in an Atlanta hospital. Last month, a judge tossed out the resulting suit, which had set off accusations of attorney misconduct, led to the banning of an expert witness and sparked a mandamus action by the plaintiffs' lawyer, James W. Howard. "I've never had anything close to this before," said Howard, referring to the judge's banning of Dr. Larry R. Williams of Florida. A hearing on the mandamus matter is scheduled for Friday.
10 minute read
January 16, 2007 |

Brothers' Racketeering Suit Seeks to Bring Down PricewaterhouseCoopers in Georgia

Stiles and Sammy Kellett, two Atlanta brothers, sold a national nursing home conglomerate to Mariner Health Group in 1995. That transaction is the basis of a high-stakes trial accusing PricewaterhouseCoopers and Mariner corporate officers of fraud and theft by deception constituting racketeering. The Kelletts are seeking treble damages of nearly $400 million and want to block PricewaterhouseCoopers from doing business in Georgia. But are the brothers naive locals or greedy, sophisticated businessmen?
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Hunton & Williams Wins TRO for BofA in Colonial Bank Dispute
Publication Date: 2009-08-14
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That was quick. On Wednesday, Bank of America and its counsel at Hunton & Williams sued Colonial Bank for $1 billion in mortgage loans that the beleaguered Alabama lender was holding in trust for a BofA subsidiary. On Thursday, Miami federal district court judge Adalberto Jordan granted BofA's motion for a temporary restraining order to keep Colonial from selling or otherwise disposing of 6,000 disputed mortgages.

November 13, 2006 |

The NLJ 250 Chart (151-200)

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