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Coke Controls the Message With Report of Secrets Theft
By making an employee's alleged theft of its trade secrets public, The Coca-Cola Co. accomplished three things, experts say. It managed to control the message about the incident, it demonstrated its commitment to prosecute such thefts, and it raised a red flag about the risks all companies face in protecting their most valuable possession -- their intellectual property. In a memo to Coke employees, CEO Neville Isdell said he has ordered a thorough review of the company's information protection practices.Bankruptcy Filing Launches Delta Fight With Workers
Now that Delta Air Lines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the carrier will have a legal fight on its hands from employees and retirees seeking to protect their benefits, legal experts said, which could mean additional work for some Atlanta law firms. The filing comes after repeated warnings from Delta's CEO that higher fuel costs and lower demand have crippled the airline. Northwest Airlines also joins Delta in the large fleet of U.S. airlines in bankruptcy woes.Havertys' GC Fashions Department to Fit Her Style
Before graduating first in her law school class and working for 12 years at King & Spalding, where she rose to partner doing mergers and acquisitions, Janet E. Taylor was in the fashion business. But after several years of negotiating modeling contracts with cosmetics giants, Taylor tired of sending her deals off to lawyers for review and went to law school. Now, as GC of Haverty Furniture Companies Inc., she has come full circle. Furniture, Taylor explains, "is a fashion business."While Bigger Firms Reach Overseas, Smaller Shops See Regional Opportunities
As King & Spalding and Troutman Sanders, two of Atlanta's largest hometown law firms, set their sights on serving big corporate clients in expensive new offices overseas, attorneys like John A. Christy see a door opening. "If they have to raise their rates [to pay for those offices], it may put them beyond the reach of some middle-market companies," said Christy, managing partner of 22-lawyer Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint. "That may give firms like ours an opportunity."Lawyer 'Was Truly a Legend' of Trademark Bar
Julius R. Lunsford Jr., a pioneering intellectual property lawyer who first registered the trademark for the Coca-Cola hourglass bottle, died Monday after an extended illness. Lunsford's first job, says his son, was as a "trade examiner." That meant Lunsford traveled the country going into bars, restaurants and soda shops to order a Coke - and secretly keep a sample to deliver to company chemists. If the drink wasn't really Coca-Cola, Lunsford prosecuted the ensuing unfair competition case.More Than 1,100 Brave Humidity for Annual Bar Association Run
On May 15, about 1,500 people participated in the 32nd Annual Philadelphia Bar Association Charity Run, which benefits the Support Center for Child Advocates.ServiceJuris goes to Vine City
MORE THAN 800 MEMBERS of Atlanta's legal community last month exchanged briefcases, timesheets and computers for paintbrushes, hammers and shovels to take part in this year's ServiceJuris program.The 8th annual event, coordinated by Hands on Atlanta and primarily sponsored by Sutherland Asbill Brennan, focused on the historic Vine City neighborhood not far from the Georgia Dome.Creating a Culture of Compliance
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