• November 13, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Election Results Could Temper Bush's 5th Circuit Picks

    President George W. Bush will have a chance to place at least three more judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in his final two years in office. But with the Senate falling to the De

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  • October 3, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Pension law to spur legal work

    LAWYERS at some of the nation's largest law firms expect a sharp rise in legal work following the recent passage of a pension reform law that makes broad changes to employee retirement progr

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  • April 28, 2008 | The Associated Press

    The whistleblower's unending story

    COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - The guest lecturer steps to the front of classroom 322 with a lesson plan, but it's not drawn from any textbook. Instead, Dave Welch comes with a story to tell, edg

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  • November 25, 2002 | Legal Times

    Picking a Wine Most Fowl

    If you are the designated Thanksgiving wine buyer, think about this: Food and wine experts agree that at least a dozen varietals complement roast turkey, with its white and dark meat, sa

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  • March 27, 2003 | Alm

    White House Doctrine on Iraq: New Kind of Threat?

    WASHINGTON -- For William Taft IV, it wasn't an easy sell.Addressing a crowd of 60 international lawyers at an American Bar Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on March 13, the Sta

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  • May 4, 2006 | Bloomberg

    Bernanke couldn't be clearer-you hear that

    By John M. Berry, Bloomberg columnist Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke wasn't cautious enough about the ground rules when he chatted with journalists at the White House Corresp

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  • January 11, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Trade Secret Theft Involving Corporate Competitors: Are Feds on the Way?

    There is usually little convergence between the disciplines practiced by white-collar defense and intellectual property lawyers. That could be changing, as the Justice Department and state law enfo

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  • February 14, 2005 | Alm

    The Hidden Cost of Mergers: Uprooting Conflicts

    For attorneys caught up in the excitement of a pending law firm merger, expectations of more offices, more lawyers and more money can be heady. But lawyers who have gone through the c

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  • September 10, 2009 | Law.com Corporate

    New Rules for Autumn

    I almost missed summer this year. Sure, I wore my white shoes, watched some great and some not-so-great baseball and even managed a dip in the ocean. I remember a rainier than usual spring, and the

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  • October 13, 2003 | Daily Report Online

    ADA Struck Jurors Based on Race, Panel Says

    Trisha Renaud [email protected] A Georgia Court of Appeals panel has reversed a 1997 aggravated assault conviction, ruling that the Fulton County prosecutor discriminate

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