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  • March 31, 2011 |

    No Rehearing in Rejection of Alien Tort Statute Claims

    2nd Circuit rules that claims under the Alien Tort Statute cannot be made against corporations.

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  • November 30, 2010 |

    Year in Review 2010

    A look back at the top 20 stories that affected in-house counsel

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  • October 31, 2010 |

    Court Decision Could Block Alien Tort Statute Claims Against Corporations

    An appeals court ruling may change future ATS litigation concerning human rights violations.

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  • March 31, 2010 | Alm

    Updated Special Report: Crisis on Wall Street

    As Wall Street's woes continue, Law.com presents ongoing coverage of the financial meltdown from across the globe, with updates on the firms handling the bankruptcies, the fate of in-house legal tea

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  • February 22, 2010 | The Recorder

    Introducing Our Attorneys of the Year

    Persistence. Tenacity. Determination. Those characteristics came up again and again as The Recorder took stock of its 2009 Atto of the Year. Special coverage includes profiles of winning atto

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  • October 1, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    A 'Scary Time' for Summer Hires

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  • October 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Summertime Blues

    This year's crop of summer clerks was on the cutting edge of a changing industry. That meant plenty of job-offer wo

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  • McGregor v. Columbia Nat'l Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-07-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence E. Newlin and Jeffrey N. Schwartz, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard C. Foster and Anrea Alexander Hicks, Casey & Foster PC, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0454

    The trial court did not err in ruling that the general liability policies at issue did not provide coverage for the plaintiffs' claims, since the parties' agreement specifically set forth that the

  • City of Atlanta v. Hotels.com LLP

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles N. Pope, R. Timothy Morrison, Wade H. Tomlinson III, Neal K. Pope, William U. Norwood III, Michael L. McGlamry Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Robert M. Travis, John R. Bielema Jr. and L. Lin Wood Jr. Bryan, Cave, Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emmett J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Edward K. Smith, Robin A. Schmahl Jones Day, Atlanta, Carol L. Morris, Alpharetta, James P. Karen, Deborah S. Sloan Jones Day, Dallas, Texas, David F. McDoweel Morrison & Foerster, Darrel J. Hieber Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, Calif., Karen L. Valihura Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Willington, DE, Elizabeth B. Herrington McDermott, Will & Emery LLP and David J. Stagman Katten, Muchin & Rosenman LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellee. Amicus appellant: Robert C. Lamar, David W. Davenport Lamar, Archer & Cofrin LLP, John W. Crongeyer Vroon & Crongeyer LLP, Susan J. Moore, Ted C. Baggett Georgia Municipal Ass'n, Kevin A. Ross, James F. Grubiak, Michele L. NeSmith, Atlanta, Walter J. Gordon Sr. The Gordon Law Firm, Hartwell, David C. Archer Archer & Lovell PC, Cartersville, Robert M. Brinson, Norman S. Fletcher, J. Anderson Davis, Samuel L. Lucas and Ansel F. Beacham III Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler & Richardson, Rome. Amicus appellee: Charles S. Johnson III and Raymond P. Carpenter Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S08G0568

    The city should not be required to submit to the administrative process set forth in the enabling statutes and hotel t inance, until the threshold legal issue of the applicability of the hotel

  • December 31, 2008 |

    Expansive Reading

    In addition to narrowing the affirmative defenses and exceptions available under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), courts and regulators also have been taking a ...

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