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April 24, 2007 |

Orange Flavor Is No Trademark

Companies have conditioned the public to routinely view words, letters and numbers as trademarks. "Nontraditional" trademarks, such as the pink color of Owens Corning fiberglass insulation, perform the same function. But recently, writes attorney Michael D. Hobbs Jr., the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board refused to register an "orange flavor" as a trademark for antidepressant medication, concluding that orange flavoring performs such a functional part of life that it could never function as a trademark.
10 minute read
July 17, 2001 |

GE's Juggling Act

As senior counsel for General Electric Co., Brackett B. Denniston III juggles cases from PCBs in the Hudson River to dishwasher recalls. His four lawyers and two paralegals have more than 100 pending cases with claims of $5 million or more. The current number is about average, which is why his lawyers "are among the busiest people you could find," he says. "One of GE's hallmarks is that we run thin."
6 minute read
June 09, 2006 |

He didn't invent the chicken sandwich

IT WAS EARLY 1979 and S. Truett Cathy was about to hire, of all things, an in-house lawyer. Some things just can't be helped.Like many entrepreneurs, Cathy felt lawyers got in the way of deals, and the founder of the Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A restaurants was-and remains today at age 85-a deal-maker at heart.
15 minute read
September 17, 2008 |

The power of one

On a crisp sunny day in late March, lawyers from 39 law firms gathered at the corporate headquarters of Pfizer Inc., a nondescript office building a couple of blocks east of Grand Central Station in New York. The collective mood was cheerful. After all, each of the firms still had a piece of Pfizer's U.S. litigation work.
14 minute read
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January 07, 2013 |

Not Debatable: Early Forensics Success Helped Judge in Law

Judge Wade Birdwell of the 342nd District Court traces much of his success as a lawyer to verbal battles in public speaking competitions in high school. The experience in public speaking prepped Birdwell for life as a lawyer, he says.
8 minute read
February 27, 2006 |

Minding a billionaire's fortune

Profile of Alan W. Tompkins, vice president and general counsel of Unity Hunt.
5 minute read
September 15, 2003 |

Manage Costs Strategically To Escape Case Cost Crunch

Case costs are the quicksand of the legal profession - particularly of litigators such as plaintiff trial lawyers. The more successful you are, the more chance for unrecovered case costs to drag you down.
8 minute read
March 22, 2013 |

Viewpoint: Appellate Bench's Tougher Moments

9 minute read
May 30, 2013 |

Four Firms on $7 Billion Shuanghui-Smithfield Deal

Paul Hastings, Simpson Thacher, Troutman Sanders, and McGuire Woods are advising on what could be the largest-ever Chinese acquisition of an American company.
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