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  • October 31, 2006 |

    Antitrust Anxiety

    Civil antitrust filings shoot up dramatically on the heels of highly publicized investigations.

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  • September 30, 2006 |

    Transfer Troubles

    New regulations give multinationals guidance on intercompany agreements.

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  • August 4, 2006 |

    Law Firm Merger Activity Declining Slightly

    According to a recent report published by Hildebrandt International, U.S. law firms were involved in 31 mergers in the first half of 2006. This represents a slight decline from 2005, where firms entered into 34 mergers over the same period. The largest completed law firm merger of 2006 so far...

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  • July 31, 2006 |

    Power Shift

    China's government prepares to make sweeping changes to its labor laws.

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  • June 16, 2006 |

    Directors Rank Skadden as Best Corporate Firm

    Directors Rank Skadden as Best Corporate Firm For the sixth consecutive year, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom was ranked the best corporate law firm in a survey of 1,390 directors and 279 general counsel of publicly traded companies. Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting conducted the survey. Two...

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  • March 31, 2006 |

    E-Signing 2.0

    New e-signing solutions replace older, complex methods.

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  • Morris v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Ryan R. Leonard, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Vonnetta L. Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0169

    Defense counsel's failure to object to an officer's cumulative and immaterial hearsay testimony was har

  • January 20, 2006 |

    Sullivan Cromwell tops M&A list

    According to Global Securities Information Inc., a legal and financial research firm, Sullivan Cromwell finished 2005 as the firm responsible for the highest total transaction value of completed M&As. Sullivan Cromwell completed 51 deals totaling more than $168 billion in 2005. The following is the full ranking by total transaction...

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  • September 30, 2005 |

    Corporate Crises Thrust GCs Into The Spotlight

    Preparation And Teamwork Is Key To Managing A Crisis

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  • Dempsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell D. Durham, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amy H. McChesney, Herman M. Kilgore, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Vonnetta L. Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A0931

    The defendant's sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for murder was illegal under the recidivist statute, O.C.G.A. § 17-1