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Washington, D.C., Legal Community Reels From Terrorist Attacks
The Washington, D.C., legal community reeled from Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. From the U.S. Supreme Court to D.C. law firms and political organizations, the horrific events prompted immediate evacuations and speculation about the military and political aftermath.Following Federal Courts, State Court Judge Shows Risks of Arbitration Appeals
Judges' increasing lack of patience with challenges to arbitration rulings appears to have filtered down to the state court level in Georgia. Fulton Superior Court Judge Ural D.L. Glanville last week ordered a plaintiff in a securities law case to pay the defendants' attorney fees after the plaintiff filed a frivolous motion to dismiss an arbitration ruling. Glanville's order follows earlier U.S. Supreme Court and 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rulings that also indicated arbitration appeal frustration.In The Trenches: Knowles leaving K&S to return to Glaxo
SHERRY M. KNOWLES is leaving King Spalding, where she is a partner, for GlaxoSmithKline, where she will become the global head of intellectual property and a senior vice president in September. She replaces David Roberts, who is retiring.Knowles will have offices in Philadelphia and London but will continue to reside in Atlanta.View more book results for the query "Lanier Law Firm"
King, CBS Agree to 'Cross-License' Speech
A settlement between CBS News and the family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. could be considered a cross-licensing agreement. But it leaves unresolved the issue of whether a speech made to millions of people and broadcast on national television is subject to copyright. The network and the King estate announced they reached a settlement in their dispute over the rights to King's "I Have a Dream" speech.Sniping Court of Appeals Upholds Roberson-Woodall Contempt Order
In a decision characterized by sniping among appellate judges, two Savannah, Ga. lawyers have lost their appeal of a probate court contempt order. The Court of Appeals decision upheld a probate judge's contempt order against Savannah sole practitioners David Roberson and John T. Woodall. They paid themselves $2.4 million without court permission from a $3.25 million medical malpractice settlement on behalf of a then-comatose woman.Guard chief prepares for storms, combat
DAVID B. POYTHRESS, the commander of the Georgia National Guard, is a busy man these days. At the beginning of May, the Georgia Army Guard's 48th Combat Infantry Brigade returned from its yearlong tour of duty in Iraq, and then a week later President George W. Bush announced a plan to use the National Guard to patrol the U.On the Rise: Nels S.D. Peterson
As adviser to former Gov. Sonny Perdue and current Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens, Nels S.D. Peterson has had a hand in nearly every big state legal case in the last few years.Peterson is working on the state's ongoing water war with Alabama and Florida, the investigation into systemwide cheating in Atlanta Public Schools and the fight to deepen the Savannah harbor.Lawsuits Over Oil Rig Disaster Spill Into Court in Louisiana, Mississippi
More litigation is gushing out of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with suits filed in federal court in Mississippi and Louisiana on Monday, and more set to follow today. The suits allege that BP, Transocean Ltd., Halliburton Energy Services and Cameron International were negligent in failing to properly inspect and maintain the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded on April 20, burned and collapsed.Trending Stories
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