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February 02, 2006 |

McKenna Does Defense for BlackBerry, as Outage Looms

While lawyers and other BlackBerry users prepare for a possible shutdown of service, attorneys at McKenna Long & Aldridge are defending the patent case for the device's maker, Research In Motion. The McKenna team -- led by Gordon D. Giffin, an early BlackBerry user who met one of RIM's founders while U.S. ambassador to Canada -- is working with other firms as they prepare for a Feb. 24 hearing on the injunction against RIM.
5 minute read
April 04, 2005 |

Montco Judge Awards $1 Million in Punitives In Commercial Lawsuit

Finding that a Virginia-based real estate company had illegally solicited a rival firm's employees in its attempts to compete for Delaware Valley business with that Pennsylvania-based real estate outfit, a Montgomery County judge has awarded the local company just under $475,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages.
5 minute read
November 03, 2009 |

Employers Under Siege: Discrimination Complaints Flooding Into the EEOC

It was a chance to consort with the enemy—a powwow between reps from companies and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. And everyone wanted in.
6 minute read
November 01, 2004 |

Senate Passes Bill Widening Protections for Whistleblowers

The state Senate last Monday approved legislation that would extend the Conscientious Employee Protection Act's protections to those who blow the whistle on Enron-type corporate abuses.
4 minute read
August 25, 2004 |

Whistle-Blower Protections Under SOX

As a C-level executive, you have discovered that an employee, John Rankenfile, has information that a regional vice president has engaged in fraud and financial misconduct. Rankenfile is considering making a formal report and has come to you for advice.
5 minute read
January 28, 2013 |

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Man didn't attack his ex-wife's husband, jury finds. Salesman claiming age discrimination awarded $352,000. Worker with kidney problems who was laid off gets $24,000. Mill workers claiming racial slurs get $500,000. Jury awards $1.9 million to family of man who died after surgery. Driver on phone blamed for crash but didn't cause injuries, jury finds. Driver claiming back injury agrees to settlement. Jury awards plaintiff $7,066 for back, neck and shoulder injuries. Driver hit by tractor-trailer awarded $446,000. Passenger awarded $45,000 for back and neck sprains and strains. Both drivers equally to blame for crash, jury finds. Jury sides with defendant in no-passing-zone collision. Plaintiff awarded $21,144 for back and neck injuries. Jury sides with defendant in hydroplane crash. Jury denies plaintiff's injury claims. Driver awarded $34,855 for 
neck injuries. Jury awards $5,165 for cervical herniations. Jury sides with driver claiming neck, back, shoulder injuries. Plaintiff mostly to blame for crash, jury finds. Wal-Mart not liable for customer's fall. Worker struck by casing awarded $11.3 million. Kawasaki not liable for fire in motorcycle crash.
16 minute read
April 18, 2007 |

Snell & Wilmer Looks to Expand to Other Regions

Snell & Wilmer, a 440-lawyer firm with its roots in Phoenix, is eyeing several of California's largest cities for possible expansion, particularly Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. The firm also is considering expanding to Seattle and Portland, Ore. The growth plans come as the firm, one of the Southwest's largest, steadily adds lawyers while producing double-digit increases in annual revenues.
3 minute read
April 16, 2013 |

The Legal's Diverse Attorneys of the Year — 2013

The Legal's editorial staff recently set out to select our Diverse Attorneys of the Year, in which we highlight the achievements of some of the state's minority attorneys. Every two years, in an effort to illuminate the efforts of members of the legal profession across the state, we name a new group of attorneys who have done remarkable work in the prior two years.
19 minute read
November 25, 2009 |

Justices May Hear Cat's Paw Case

Appeals courts are split on whether to hold an employer liable for bias by someone other than the primary decision-maker.
3 minute read
November 06, 2009 |

Flooded With Complaints, EEOC Grows 'More Assertive'

It was a chance to consort with the enemy — a powwow with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. And everyone wanted in.
7 minute read

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