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June 06, 2005 |

Beach Blanket Business Books

Ah, summer! Let's hit the beaches, swim in the surf, pour on the tanning oil and trade our briefcases for beach bags. Summer also opens clogged calendars, allowing busy general counsel time to reflect, think and read. Here, then, is this summer's reading list to help corporate counsel work better, faster and smarter.
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June 05, 2006 |

Headaches Persist After Arbitration Award

For a good example of how far some attorneys and litigants are willing to go to overturn an arbitration decision, look no further than a recent hearing in Dallas, where attorneys argued for more than three hours over whether a $2.3 million arbitration award in a workers' compensation case should be vacated because the arbitration judge allegedly had a migraine headache. Some trial lawyers say the case represents a growing dissatisfaction with resolving litigation through arbitration.
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February 19, 2009 |

Newsbriefs

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June 02, 2006 |

Agony Continues After Arbitration Award

A defense attorney is trying to vacate an arbitration award in Dallas, on the grounds that the judge had a migraine headache.
9 minute read
May 29, 2006 |

Headaches & Pains: The Pounding Doesn't Always Stop After an Arbitration Award

Some trial lawyers see a growing dissatisfaction with resolving litigation through arbitration. Frequently, parties dissatisfied with the arbitrator's decision are willing to take the difficult and expensive step of contesting an arbitration award.
9 minute read
December 01, 2009 |

News in Brief

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July 17, 2013 |

Appeals Court Upholds Summary Judgment For Hospital

The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Emory-Adventist Inc., d/b/a Emory-Adventist Hospital ("EAH"), in Laura Hunter's medical malpractice suit alleging that an emergency room physician failed to properly treat Hunter's husband for his heart condition, resulting in his death, holding that EAH did not employ the physician and it was protected from vicarious liability because it fully complied with Georgia law in posting a notice in a public area of the hospital regarding the independent contractor status of all or some of the physicians performing services.
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January 23, 2001 |

Ex-Fulton ADA Shawn LaGrua to Head DeKalb Corruption Unit

Prosecuter Shawn E. LaGrua is set to become DeKalb County, Ga.'s assistant district attorney and head the new public corruption unit. This means LaGrua will assist in the grand jury investigation into DeKalb Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown's murder and public corruption in the sheriff's office. Also of interest: a Kilpatrick Stockton IP lawyer heads to Russia to teach copyright law; and recent firm news in Georgia.
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September 07, 2007 |

Desperately Seeking Seniors

No longer is the 60-plus set just taking a pension and slinking off into the sunset. Lawyers are living longer and healthier, and many want to stay professionally active well into their 70s. Law firms are split regarding enforcing mandatory retirement policies. Economics are driving the split, since younger attorneys want to make more money, be the primary client contact or be lead trial counsel. But kicking out profitable partners is "just lunacy," says Cadwalader Chairman Robert Link Jr.
7 minute read
December 02, 2003 |

Scrutinizing 'Supersealed' Cases

Legal experts are questioning the secrecy surrounding two cases in federal court in Florida -- one involving narcotics, the other consisting of a terrorism-related investigation and a habeas corpus petition. Some say that the extreme secrecy in the "supersealed" cases -- apparently imposed without legally accepted processes and criteria -- is dangerous for both those involved in litigation and for the public, and that federal judges are deferring too much to the executive branch.
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