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Watch for falling prices
By Michael Tierney, Special to the Daily Report
Most firms are hearing, loud and clear, from clients seeking a little billable-hour love during these harsh economic times. For two decades, substantial rate boosts were an annual rite, placing clients in a grin-and-bear-it posture. No longer. Industry observers say clients are requesting—even demanding—by letter, fax, e-mail and Ma Bell a smaller tab to smooth their ride through the recession.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Fighting dispossession
by John F. Isbell, Special to the Daily Report
Living in one of Atlanta's subsidized housing projects was never easy for Jenny, a single mother of nine. In the year before her scheduled eviction, Jenny's car was stolen and burned, her friend was shot while visiting Jenny's apartment, and Jenny herself was assaulted by a former boyfriend. .... |
Diversity Practice Guide
Monday, June 29, 2009
Stuck in the middle 
by The American Lawyer, Emily Barker
In the 1970s, during the rise of what was then known as the women's movement, one popular T-shirt proclaimed: “I haven't come a long way, and I'm not a baby.” It was a clever riposte to a high-profile cigarette ad campaign of the era that linked smoking and feminism. That T-shirt slogan is .... |
Monday, June 29, 2009
Retaining diversity talent in a troubled economy and beyond
by Vera Sullivan, Special to the Daily Report
Last year, roughly 711,000 professional jobs—including legal—were lost, The New York Times recently reported. So, what's the mood among diversity attorneys in corporations and law firms in this troubled economy? Angst. No one—not even the once most actively recruited diversity lawyers—is .... |
Summer Associates
Monday, June 01, 2009
Hard times force new recruitment models
by Mary Smith Judd, Special Sections Editor
When top-ranked second-year law students and optimistic law firm recruiters began their annual summer intern courtship dance last fall, the global economy almost simultaneously began its rapid descent. Taking cues from some of the market's earlier warnings, many firms already had adjusted .... |
Technology
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
E-Discovery on the cheap
by Frederick Chockley III, Elizabeth Scully and Rebecca Barnes, Special to the Daily Report
With the economy down, the new mantra for clients is “more for less.” As litigation budgets shrink, litigation teams are forced to deal with the enormous volume of documents produced in e-discovery without the benefit of large teams of paralegals or expensive outside vendors. The good news .... |
Special Practice Guide: Litigation
Monday, May 18, 2009
Revenge vs. restitution
by Robert P. Riordan and C. Patrick Braley, Special to the Daily Report
The recent prosecutions of former employees of two of Atlanta's largest public companies were widely covered in the media. At the same time, the types of fraudulent acts companies face seem nearly innumerous. They range from accounting irregularities and data theft to kickbacks and other types .... |
Monday, May 18, 2009
Suing former employees over data theft
by Tresa Baldas, National Law Journal
The company-issued laptop has ignited yet more workplace litigation as a growing number of exiting employees are being sued for swiping or wiping data from their portable computers. Employment attorneys say that, as layoffs continue to hit the work force, employee laptops are being turned .... |
In Practice
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Prep work for Employee Free Choice Act
by L. Traywick Duffie and Valerie H. Barney, Special to the Daily Report
By now most employers should be aware of the bills introduced last month in the U.S. House (HR 1409) and Senate (S 560) known as the Employee Free Choice Act, or EFCA. It is regularly the subject of news reports and advocacy commercials on the national networks. If passed in its current form, .... |
Pro Bono
Monday, April 27, 2009
Pro Bono: Atlanta lawyers step up to the plate in the wake of economic turmoil
by Shayna M. Steinfeld and Rita A. Sheffey, Special to the Daily Report
As the economy has declined, the number of people who need but cannot afford legal services has risen dramatically. Organizations serving the poor face decreased funding, which in turn impacts programs and staffing. During the past year, the Atlanta Bar Association has renewed its focus on .... |
Friday, April 24, 2009
Employer-sponsored health plans impacted by changes
by Stephen Smith and Catherine Stowers, Special to the Daily Report
Over the past several months, Congress has enacted legislation directly impacting employer-sponsored health plans, including a federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) subsidy, a new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) special enrollment period, .... |
Friday, April 24, 2009
Economy drives employee defection cases
by Joseph P. Shelton, Special to the Daily Report
As the economy continues to falter, lawyers across multiple disciplinary practices likewise have experienced a slowdown. However, the slow economy has been a boon for lawyers who practice in the field of employee defection and trade secrets. In a thriving economy, companies may not be as worried .... |
Friday, April 24, 2009
Does Ledbetter create pay fairness, unfair burden, or both?
by David C. Hagaman and Frederick L. Warren, Special to the Daily Report
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 likely will lead to increased litigation against employers. What does this new law require and how can employers ensure compliance and minimize legal exposure? On Jan. 29, President Barack Obama signed the Ledbetter Act. This was the first legislation .... |
Friday, April 24, 2009
How courts already are struggling to make sense of the act
by Craig Cleland, Special to the Daily Report
Practically speaking, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act does away with the statute of limitations in most pay-discrimination cases. The act, which is retroactive to May 28, 2007, amends Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation .... |
Friday, April 24, 2009
Is Ledbetter an employer's disaster or merely a blip?
by Gavin Appleby, Special to the Daily Report
On Jan. 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, which is retroactively effective to May 28, 2007. The Ledbetter Act expressly overturns the U.S. Supreme Court's 2007 decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 127 S. Ct. 2162. In that .... |
Legal Assistants
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Assistant makes the world a 'better place'
by Mickey Goodman, Special to the Daily Report
Rex Smith and Charlene Bagwell were born within a few weeks of one another and lived only a few miles apart. But they didn't meet until 1979 when she went to work at his firm, Henning, Chambers & Mabry. The early years were a learning curve for both. For 30 years, his civil litigation .... |
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