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October 10, 2013 |

Three Competitors Settle With ADT For $3.7 Million

Boca Raton-based ADT Corp. obtained settlements against competitors in Florida, California and Utah for allegedly misleading ADT customers to believe the companies were affiliated with ADT
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May 29, 2006 |

The new bias hurdle: Middle Eastern clients

He is of Middle Eastern descent, speaks little or no English-and he's also your client, whose civil case or criminal defense you have to try to an American jury.
4 minute read
July 09, 2012 |

MOVERS

Lawrence Lee joins Fisher & Phillips as partner in the Denver office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
3 minute read
April 05, 2010 |

D.C. Circuit Rejects 30-Year Computer Ban for Sex Offender

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit on Friday struck down a 30-year ban on any computer use by a convicted sex offender, sending the case back to the trial court to refine the restriction in a way that opens it up to modification for work purposes. The panel found the outright ban on computer use unreasonable, writing that it's difficult to imagine white-collar work not requiring access to computers "just as white collar work 100 years ago would almost invariably have required the use of pens and pencils."
3 minute read
September 11, 2009 |

Solo Comes Through Loud and Clear as Talk Show Host

Three years ago, after being worn down by a caseload of contentious divorce cases, Lisa Wexler began looking for a job that better fit her personality. She was in the car one day listening to talk radio, when the idea sparked in her head. "I decided I could do better than what I heard," said Wexler, who is a solo practitioner in Connecticut. Today, Wexler is the host of the "Live With Lisa" talk show, which she describes as "a bridge between [National Public Radio] and commercial radio."
5 minute read
August 17, 2001 |

Hangover From Rum Row

A controversial law that prohibits the U.S. from recognizing Cuban trademarks that were confiscated by the Cuban revolutionaries after 1959, plus a five-year row over the U.S. rights to the Havana Club rum trademark, have heightened the sense of insecurity about trademark protection both in the U.S. and Cuba. This "rum conflict" has caused many U.S. companies to apply for trademark protection in Cuba.
6 minute read
January 30, 2013 |

New Year, New Horizons: Jackson Lewis Heads to Puerto Rico and Other Am Law Office Openings

Jackson Lewis became the latest national labor and employment firm to launch in a new locale Wednesday when it announced the opening of an outpost in San Juan, its 51st office and first outside the continental U.S. Other firms touting new office openings include rival labor and employment shops Fisher & Phillips and Ogletree Deakins, as well as Am Law 200 fixtures like Arent Fox, Duane Morris, and Dykema Gossett.
6 minute read
August 20, 2010 |

Suits & Deals

Large settlements and verdicts in New Jersey
4 minute read
July 19, 2013 |

Am Law Firms, Local Shops in Drive for Detroit Work

With Thursday's Chapter 9 filing, the hard-pressed Motor City took its first legal step toward what will be the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history—and set off a scramble among a bevy of firms eager to land roles on a record-setting case.
11 minute read
January 11, 2013 |

The Bankruptcy Files: Sidley Tops $100 Million Mark in Tribune Case

Sidley Austin's work advising the Tribune Company through four years of Chapter 11 proceedings that ended last month have generated more than $100 million in fees and expenses for the firm. In addition to Sidley's fees, The Am Law Daily also catches up on the firms behind more recent filings for the likes of Big M, Edison Mission Energy, LodgeNet Interactive, and THQ.
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