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July 19, 1999 |

Rising and Falling on the Music Law Charts

Step into the brave new world of music law. With the number of major labels on the wane, pushed along by widespread business consolidations within the recording industry, layoffs and terminations have been spiraling. And the legal ranks have not been immune.
5 minute read
March 14, 2002 |

No Sex Discrimination in Trinity College Case

Further reducing a $12.6 million jury award, a unanimous Connecticut Supreme Court panel found insufficient evidence of sex discrimination in chemistry teacher Leslie Craine's case against Trinity College. The case -- the first trial loss in 13 years for Trinity's attorney Felix J. Springer -- involved discrimination claims based on a promotion committee member analogizing Craine's microscale chemistry experiments to a "cookie recipe."
3 minute read
November 30, 2005 |

Are Arbitration Agreements in Job Applications Enforceable?

With increasing frequency, employers in many industries are embracing the use of arbitration as the exclusive dispute resolution mechanism with their employees. Two recent cases addressed the enforceability of arbitration agreements contained in job applications -- and came to opposite conclusions. Jeffrey S. Klein and Nicholas J. Pappas, partners at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, discuss those cases and their significance for employers who might be thinking of using such clauses.
11 minute read
July 29, 2008 |

Report: Ex-DOJ Officials Improperly Politicized Hiring, Broke Law

A new report by the Justice Department's watchdog offices concludes former White House liaison Monica Goodling and former Chief of Staff D. Kyle Sampson violated federal law and DOJ policy by politicizing the hiring of career lawyers and immigration judges. In one such instance, Goodling blocked an expert candiate for a counterterrorism post, apparently due to his wife's Democratic ties. The post instead went to someone with no experience in that area. Former AG Alberto Gonzales says the report vindicates him.
5 minute read
June 02, 2003 |

Employment Law

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March 12, 2010 |

Get Yourself a Good Seat! Lawyers Jockey for Venue in Toyota Litigation

Plaintiffs' lawyers have been positioning themselves for a front seat in the mounting litigation arising from the sudden unintended acceleration problems in vehicles manufactured by Toyota. Approximately 150 lawyers assembled last week in Chicago to discuss sharing experts and legal strategies.
7 minute read
March 10, 2010 |

Plaintiffs' lawyers jockey for venue in massive Toyota litigation

Plaintiffs' lawyers have been positioning themselves for a front seat in the mounting litigation arising from the sudden unintended acceleration problems in vehicles manufactured by Toyota. Approximately 150 lawyers assembled on Friday in Chicago to discuss sharing experts and legal strategies in the Toyota litigation, which now exceeds 80 lawsuits.
7 minute read
August 02, 1999 |

ACLU: Suit Likely to Rid Seal of Commandments

The American Civil Liberties Union is proceeding with plans for a suit to force the removal of an icon resembling the Ten Commandments now on the Richmond County, Ga. Superior Court seal. The ACLU's Georgia chapter has spent the past year trying to persuade the Richmond County court clerk to change the seal. After letters and phone calls to the county failed, the organization is gearing up for a "likely" suit, to be filed perhaps in about a month.
4 minute read
November 06, 2007 |

Lockheed Case at Calif. High Court Ends Abruptly

The California Supreme Court's decision to dismiss a major toxic tort case involving Lockheed Martin baffled appellate specialists and others who felt the court took the step of last resort for no valid reason. Late Thursday, Justices Joyce Kennard, Marvin Baxter and Carol Corrigan belatedly joined Justice Ming Chin in recusing themselves from the case. Appellate specialists said that even if those four felt they had conflicts, there had to be someone within the judicial system who could have filled in.
5 minute read
May 04, 2000 |

Making Gains, But Still Far to Go

As recently as the 1970s, African-American lawyers were routinely mistaken for messengers by co-workers. Into the 1980s, women lawyers were asked to fetch coffee for male counterparts. The dozen or so minority and woman lawyers who were among the first to reach partnership status in Washington, D.C law firms all have stories like these to tell. Today, minorities account for 3.3 percent of partners in major firms in the District and women make up just over 15 percent of the city's partners.
10 minute read

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