• December 31, 2008 |

    Trials and Translation

    International companies face e-discovery challenges with multilingual data.

    1 minute read

  • October 31, 2008 |

    The Southeast Asia Report

    Not far from the borders of China, the nations of a rapidly emerging region are vying for the title "next economic superpower"--or at least for a big piece of the global economic pie.

    1 minute read

  • May 31, 2008 |

    Pre-Tax Facts

    After decades without change, cafeteria plans experience a makeover.

    1 minute read

  • March 31, 2008 |

    Acting Up

    Critics complain the new Energy Act omits more than it includes.

    1 minute read

  • January 1, 2008 |

    Tech Takedown

    In the wake of the Microsoft decision, the EU targets tech companies for antitrust violations.

    1 minute read

  • October 31, 2007 |

    Power of Privilege

    Europe's in-house lawyers lose battle for attorney-client protection.

    1 minute read

  • September 30, 2007 |

    Empowering the People

    New labor law in China gives employees right to private action.

    1 minute read

  • Patterson v. Bristol Timber Co.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Stoll, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: H. Michael Bray, Lauren L. McKenzie Bray & Johnson, Mathew A. Baker Cherokee County Juvenile Court, and Richard A. Jones, Canton, for appellees.

    Case Number: A07A0343

    The first defendant was a statutory employer under the Workers' Compensation Act, who was entitled to O.C.G.A. § 34-9-11's tort immunity, since it contracted to supply wood chips to a third party, i

  • June 13, 2007 |

    GCs and Board Members Rank the Top 20 Firms

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom ranked as America's best corporate law firm in a survey of general counsel and directors of publicly traded companies.

    1 minute read

  • May 31, 2007 |

    Fund Oversight

    Government officials wade through the options for hedge-fund regulation.

    1 minute read