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NEW HAVEN Despite a consultant's recommendation, the East Allen County Schools Board will move forward with plans to gather information related to its budget.

Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane Katrina.

Emeritus Senior Living has engaged high-profile attorneys in its bid to overturn the verdict handed down by a jury in March, under which Emeritus would have to pay nearly $23 million in punitive damages related to the death of a resident who had pressure wounds.

Prominent women executives a Thompson Hine LLP Spotlight on Women panel Monday night shared their perspectives on why more women need to seek out power and influence in their offices and workplaces.

Latham & Watkins is fighting an attempt to disqualify the firm as lead trial counsel for Union Pacific Railroad, a defendant in multidistrict litigation over freight rail fuel surcharges.

US House Democrats have re-introduced a bill that would expand trial data reported by companies to clinicaltrials.gov, but a recent EU court decision shows what kind of resistance should be expected.

Flashback data recently conducted a survey detailing how users handle data loss, backup and recovery.

In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Shepard Goldfein and James Keyte, partners at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, write that it is now clear that Rule 23 requires a "rigorous analysis" not only of issues of liability, as was abundantly clear before the opinion, but also issues of causation and damages.

No, the now general counsel wasn't in a band. He did promotional work for a record label asso ciated with the tour, managing its on-the-road music store and sharing new music with fans.

CalPERS is trying to ban a law firm from representing a creditor in the bankruptcy of the city of San Bernardino.

Seattle, WA-based Tableau Software, Inc. , a provider of business analytics software, opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol " DATA " after its initial public offering.

Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades.

So Peggy Noonan went to the Fainting Couch Superstore over the IRS this week and got a few new pieces .

Ralph Baxter is not sure if his future includes service in the U.S. Senate, but he believes the future of 154 new Bethany College graduates can be bright.

Stoel Rives LLP, a leading U.S. business law firm, said May 6 that it is pleased to announce that Tina Grovier has joined its Anchorage office as a partner in the firm's Environment, Land Use and Natural Resources group.

James Robenalt is a partner at Thompson Hine and has joined with John W. Dean, Nixon's White House Counsel, to create a national continuing education program entitled "The Watergate CLE." For three years I have worked with John Dean, Nixon's White House counsel, on an ethics program for lawyers .

St. Louis-based Bryan Cave, the area's second-largest law firm ranked by its 253 local licensed attorneys, is Patriot's restructuring and corporate counsel.

Robert Walker, attorney at Wiley Rein LLP, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the legal and ethical implications of law firms selling political intelligence.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has announced plans to open an office in Hong Kong with a partner recruited from Korean law firm Kim & Chang.

Effective legal project management is on the minds of law departments, outside counsel, and the business units that partner with both sets of lawyers.