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  • December 15, 2011 |

    No. 1 law firms in China and Australia to merge

    Ho hum another week, another major law firm merger announcement. This time, however, the news has a far more global impact than the Bryan Cave and Arnold & Porter mergers announced last week.

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  • December 12, 2011 |

    Legal outsourcing likely to see profitability squeeze

    A new report from Fronterion, a legal consulting firm that analyzes emerging trends, points to a problematic 2012 for offshore legal outsourcing, as the industry is likely to see a profitability squeeze.

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  • November 15, 2011 |

    The General Counsel Forum announces Magna Stella Award winners

    Last week the General Counsel Forum hosted its 13th Annual Conference of General Counsel, featuring the Magna Stella Awards, which honor excellence in in-house leadership.

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  • September 20, 2011 |

    ISO Home-Based Business Coverage - Liability

    Discusses liability coverage in the ISO home-based business coverage form HO 07 01.

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  • Mayor & Aldermen of the City of Savannah v. Batson-Cook Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew D. Shore, Gregory K. Morgan, Elizabeth B. Hodges Phillips & Morgan LLP, Atlanta, James B. Blackburn and Peter A. Giusti, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles J. Willis, Mark L. Degennaro Willis, McKenzie, Degennaro & Alford LLP, LaGrange, Robert S. Glenn Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, Stanley Karsman Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, and Brian J. Vella Smith, Pachte, McWhorter PLC, Vienna, Va., for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A0768

    The trial court did not err in denying the city's motion to recuse the trial judge because the city's factual assertions did not demonstrate that the judge's impartiality might reasonably be quest

  • August 4, 2011 |

    Risk Management

    Discusses areas where D & O risk management practices should be applied and offers specific recommendations for reducing or eliminating some exposures.

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  • July 21, 2011 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: July 21, 2011

    Sullivan & Cromwell and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius team up on BHP Billiton's mega-bid for a Texan oil company; Linklaters advises Malaysia on its Islamic sovereign bond; and Allens Arthur Robin

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  • June 27, 2011 | National Law Journal

    WASHINGTON'S MOST INFLUENTIAL IN-HOUSE ATTORNEYS

    The issues these top lawyers have handled range from the momentous, such as whether the United States should go to war, to the less serious (though still notable), such as how to draft multim

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  • May 31, 2011 |

    In-House Career Changes

    GC Career Moves.

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  • In the Matter of Robbie M. Levin

    Publication Date: 2011-05-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Colette R. Steel, Atlanta. Dean C. Bucci Plumley & Bucci LLC, Dallas.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0598

    An attorney, who pled guilty to misdemeanor distribution of obscene material and criminal attempt to commit interference with custody, was suspended for 24 months with conditions on reinstat