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  • April 25, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Gay Housing Dispute Raises Broader Issues

    Expressing deep reservations over the unknown consequences of ruling in favor of the plaintiff, the judges on the New York Court of Appeals Monday seemed leery of gay students' claim that Yesh

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  • December 20, 2002 | The Recorder

    Returning Fire

    A firm that's made millions of dollars enforcing patents has been sued for allegedly filing "baseless, sham" patent infringement suits.In a Dec. 10 complaint filed in Wisconsin federal

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  • August 14, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Russ Berrie Gets a Lifeline

    Shortly after the death of its founder in 2002, Russ Berrie & Co. Inc. started a three-year tumble. But a stock purchase announced last Monday may put the Oakland-based gift and stuffed-to

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  • April 1, 2005 | The Associated Press

    Lawsuit Claims Smith Barney Discriminates Against Women

    Four female financial consultants sued Citigroup Inc.'s Smith Barney division on Thursday, accusing the brokerage firm of systematically denying equal opportunities to its women employees.

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  • October 25, 2004 | Legaltech News

    The Case for E-Billing

    After just two weeks examining the operations of Acme Co.'s legal department, Mark and Maura were stunned at what they had learned. Both had previously worked at BigName consulting firm, and had se

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  • June 24, 2003 | The Recorder

    High Court Agrees With State Lawyers in 'Viner'

    When it comes to legal malpractice suits, there's no difference between transactional lawyers and litigators, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday."We conclude that, j

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  • June 23, 2003 | Daily Report Online

    Economic Woes Take Bloom Off Law Firm Finances

    Julia D. Gray [email protected] The once-thriving rose of economic success began losing its bloom in 2000. Now, the recession finally has wormed its way into Atlanta law

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  • October 6, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Considers Liability of Government Officials for Post-9/11 Sweep

    The personal liability of high-ranking officials for the mistreatment of Muslim men swept up after Sept. 11, 2001, and segregated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn was sharply contes

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  • August 7, 2006 | The Recorder

    Fish Sticks With Corporate Plan

    In 2000, Boston-based Fish & Richardson decided to swim against the tide. The 350-lawyer intellectual property specialty firm launched a corporate group to diversify and feed its patent litigat

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  • May 4, 2000 | The Recorder

    Firm Flight

    Bradley Handler was a second-year associate at Cooley Godward when he got a telephone call that changed his life.It was 1997, and Internet start-up eBay Inc. was looking for an in-house atto

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