• March 31, 2009 |

    Court Holds Agency in Contempt for Missing E-Discovery Deadlines

    An appeals court upheld a decision finding the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight in contempt for failing to meet its e-discovery deadline, even though the agency spent $6 million attempting to comply.

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  • September 30, 2007 |

    Discovering RAM

    Companies may be obligated to preserve and produce transient data.

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  • February 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    THE LATERALS REPORT: The Market Cools Slightly

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  • October 31, 2005 |

    Privilege Under Fire As Prosecutors Turn Up The Heat

    GCs Need To Inform Executives Of Privilege's Weakened State

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  • General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nolan C. Leake, L. Wayne Pressgrove Jr. and Felton E. Parrish King & Spalding, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, David A. Runnion, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: William J. Holley II, Charles W. Lyons Parker, Rainer & Dobbs LLP, Atlanta, David E. Otero and Peter O. Larsen Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson PA, Jacksonville, Fla.

    Case Number: A00A1315

    General Motors Acceptance Corporation is not a person entitled to seek a deduction for bad debts under the Sales and Use Tax Act, O.C.G.A. § 48-8

  • January 31, 2008 | Daily Business Review

    Amid attorney departures, Akerman Senterfitt offers headhunters high fees as lure

    Akerman Senterfitt, which has been plagued by a recent wave of attorney defections and partner dissatisfaction, has stepped up recruiting efforts by offering headhunters unusually high fees t

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  • Menchise v. Senterfitt

    Publication Date: 2008-07-10
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-02
    Court: 11th Cir.
    Judge: Pryor, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-13046

    PUBLISHBefore EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, PRYOR, Circuit Judge, and JOHNSON,*fn1 District Judge.The trustee for the estate of Terri L. Steffen appeals an award of a

  • Menchise v. Senterfitt

    Publication Date: 2008-08-01
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-02
    Court: 11th Cir.
    Judge: Pryor, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-13046

    [PUBLISH]CHAPTER 7Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, PRYOR, Circuit Judge, and JOHNSON,*fn1 District Judge.The trustee for the estate of Terri L. Steffen appeals

  • January 11, 2008 | Daily Business Review

    Seven Shareholders Depart Akerman Amid Reports of Growing Pains

    Seven Miami shareholders are leaving Akerman Senterfitt, and current and former lawyers with the firm worry more departures are on the way due to economic reasons and growing pains.Litigator

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  • May 16, 2008 | Daily Business Review

    Sources: Akerman Senterfitt Nearing a Merger Deal With Wolf Block

    Akerman Senterfitt is close to consummating a merger with a 300-lawyer Philadelphia-based firm that would broaden its national platform, according to sources familiar with the talks. Akerma

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