• September 4, 2002 | The Recorder

    Employer Can Insist on Arbitration Agreement

    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned one of its more controversial employment law decisions in recent years when it ruled Tuesday that employers can force workers to sign arbitrati

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  • January 15, 2009 | Legal Times

    Report: Politics, ideology drove hiring in DOJ's civil rights branch

    A report released this week by the Justice Department's two watchdogs says the former head of the Civil Rights Division routinely violated federal law and department policy by using political

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  • June 23, 2000 |

    Briefs Encounter

    Clive Coleman wears so many different hats he's in danger of wearing out his head. Coleman is barrister, law-lecturer, motivator, performer, after-dinner speaker -� oh yes, and writer of "Cham

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  • January 9, 2010 | Law.com Corporate

    Filings of Note

    Client Registered Lobby/Law Firm Lobbyists Issues Aero Union Corporation- Patton Boggs -Darryl Nirenberg and Eliza

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  • April 1, 2004 | Daily Report Online

    Spy vs. spy and sam vs. the spammers

    Little did he know that six years later he'd be general counsel of the third-largest Internet company in the United States. In that role, DeSimone has overseen several multimillion-dollar leg

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  • October 31, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Pfizer Litigators Endure Beast of a Beauty Contest

    It was a cold day for a beauty contest. On a blustery morning last December, a small army of product liability lawyers tried not to slip on the ice as they made their way to the Plaza Hotel in

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  • July 14, 2010 | Daily Report Online

    After eight years, airport trial opens

    Attorneys for an Atlanta billboard company has for years sought to secure a contract worth millions at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport said in opening statements Tuesday

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  • March 8, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Voir Dire

    Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord Detroit's text-messaging scandal has gone biblical, with prosecutors and defense lawyers quoting scripture while squabbling

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  • July 17, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Judges scold ex-mayor in appeal

    THE FEDERAL APPEALS judges who last week upheld former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell's 30-month prison sentence did a lot more than reject his legal arguments: In scorching commentary, they dre

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  • April 4, 2005 | Legal Times

    Logjam in U.S.-Canada Trade Dispute

    Canada and the United States may be going chain saw to chain saw in their long-running trade showdown over lumber imports, but at least one Washington group in the fight is in no danger

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