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Phila. Jury Awards $9.5 Mil. in HRT Trial
Another Philadelphia jury has decided that drugmaker Wyeth should be punished with punitive damages for the warnings provided to a plaintiff and her doctor over the risk of breast cancer from Wyeth's hormonal drug Prempro.
Scholar Questions City Traffic Court Constitutionality
Atlanta's busy Traffic Court could be in deep trouble. In fact, the very existence of the court may be unconstitutional, according to a new legal analysis just published in the Georgia State University Law Review. The author, Edward C. Brewer III, assistant professor at the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University, contends all non-traffic misdemeanor convictions since 1988 and possibly all convictions obtained in City Court since 1996 are void.Survey Says Outliers Helped Push Large Law Firm Revenue Up 5 Percent in 2012
An early look at how some of the nation's largest law firms fared financially last year finds that despite a range of results, the industry as a whole enjoyed its biggest year-over-year gains since 2008, according to a survey by Wells Fargo Private Bank's Legal Specialty Group.
Blue-Ribbon Commission Urges Repeal of Military's Ban on Sodomy
A military law commission is calling for the end of the U.S. armed services' decades-old sodomy prohibition, finding the ban invites arbitrary enforcement and may be unconstitutional. In a report released Tuesday, the Commission on Military Justice -- a panel of former judges, law professors and military experts -- called the ban on consensual sodomy unnecessary and recommended its repeal. The commission was created in January by the National Institute of Military Justice and the American Bar Association.
W.Va. Jury Sides with CSX in Long-Running RICO Suit Against Asbestos Lawyers
Publication Date: 2012-12-21 Practice Area: Industry: Court: Judge: Attorneys: For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number:
A company once besieged with asbestos claims has turned the tables on the law firm that represented its accusers.
School lawyers question protection of schools
Bills designed to protect public schools from liability so they will be more willing to share fields and gyms for kids' sports leagues have run into surprising opposition: lawyers for the schools. Phillip Hartley (above) said the bills reframe the question of schools' sovereign immunity.Sutherland sees '09 profits rise even as revenue falls 7
Mark D. Wasserman, Sutherland's managing partner, expected 2009 to be a tough year, and he was right.Sutherland's revenue fell nearly 7 percent, to around $269 million, head count dropped by 20 and the firm looked for-and found-ways to cut expenses, including reducing Atlanta starting salaries by $10,000, instituting layoffs and outsourcing some tasks.
Chamber forum to discuss civil justice reform
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce is bringing together policy experts, corporate lawyers and state legislators on Thursday to discuss civil justice reform in Atlanta.TRENDING STORIES
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