• February 9, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas weighs $100k cutoff for fast trials

    To meet a requirement in the 2011 loser-pays law, the Texas Supreme Court now must review two sets of rules for expedit als. The high court's task force couldn't agree on whether expedit

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  • May 12, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    Sports agent work is a long shot for lawyers

    Although a sports agent's work can touch on everything from contracts to criminal procedure, the handful of Atlanta lawyers in the business say it's difficult for practicing attorneys to brea

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  • March 20, 2008 | Daily Report Online

    Deal Watch: Rock-Tenn brings box maker into fold

    As the biggest players in paper manufacturing trade assets amid a period of reshuffled strategic priorities, Rogers & Hardin partner Alan C. Leet advised a local client on its own big

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  • DMS Services, Inc. v. Superior Court (Zurich Services Corp.)

    Publication Date: 2012-05-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-05-15
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Paul D. Gifford, Senior Assistant Attorney General, William L. Carter and Amy J. Winn Deputy District Attorneys for Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Locke Lord, Steven T. Whimer, Julie L. Young, and Stephen A. Tuggy, for Real Parties in Interest Zurich Services Corporation, Zurich American Insurance Company and American Zurich Insurance Company. SNR Denton US and Sean McEneaney for American Insurance Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.
    for defendant: Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani, Nicholas P. Roxborough and Joseph�C. Gjonola for Petitioners DMS Services, LLC, Diversified Maintenance Services, Inc., DMS Facility Services, LLC and DMS Facility Services, Inc.

    Case Number: No. B235819

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 5257 DMS SERVICES, INC. et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGE

  • May 8, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Cleary, Magic Circle Firms Advising on Carlos Slim's Bid for Dutch Telecom KPN

    UPDATE: 6/8/12, 8:30 p.m. Reuters reports that Ca

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  • January 9, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • Glen McGorty, a senior assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the white

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  • January 23, 2012 | National Law Journal

    'Trolls' adapting to limit on multidefendant cases

    The sweeping patent reform law enacted last September cheered critics of so-called "patent trolls," but those opponents have since realized it's too soon for a victory lap. T

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  • July 13, 2011 | Daily Report Online

    Alston boosts payments team as transactions go mobile

    Paying for things has become more complicated as cash and checks have been augmented by credit, debit and stored-value cards, online payments and, now, transactions via mobile phones. As with

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  • May 9, 2012 | Daily Report Online

    Two Smith Gambrell partners go solo

    Two partners have left Smith, Gambrell & Russell to open their own solo practices. David Minkin formed The Minkin Group in April, located in Midtown's Proscenium building at 1170 Peachtre

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  • July 26, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas Lawyer Announces its Litigation Departments of the Year

    Several months ago, Texas Lawyer invited firms across the state to tell us what makes their litigation departments the best. Following the example set by Texas Lawyer af

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