Law firms housed in the 12 billion square feet of U.S. office building space are joining dialogues on energy efficiency. Running an energy efficient building can save as much as 60 cents per square foot per year; an inefficient building can cost an additional $1.80 per square foot per year.
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Smart phone maker Palm Inc. unveiled the Palm Centro, skinnier and lighter than its Treo cousins. At $99 with a two-year service contract, it’s Palm’s least expensive smart phone ever. Sprint Nextel Corp. will be its exclusive carrier when the Centro hits the market in mid-October.
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Videos are popping up on law firms’ Web sites to introduce firms, inform clients and recruit. One analyst warns that many large firms spending millions investing in the latest, greatest video technology might be paying far too much to watch their profits go down the drain.
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Case name: Trish L. McCloud v. Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America Ltd. Case number: 04-1118 Court: C.D. Ill.
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HOUSTON - Employing the manifestation rule until the Texas Supreme Court rules on trigger of coverage for property damage cases, a Texas magistrate judge on Sept. 19 ruled that a masonry contractor is entitled to a defense in suits alleging water damage (Boss Management Services Inc. v. Acceptance Insurance Co., et al., No. H-06-2397, S.D. […]
NEW YORK - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) today heard arguments for the centralization of 27 federal Avandia lawsuits in one of five proposed district courts (In Re: Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1871, JPMDL).
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donna S. Riegel, the widow of Charles R. Riegel, on Aug. 23 filed a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in which she argues that her common-law claims against an Food and Drug Administration-approved medical device are not preempted by the Medical Device Amendments to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (Charles […]
NEW YORK - Alleging that Merck & Co. sold Vioxx to individuals who should not have been taking it by downplaying its risks, the City and State of New York have jointly filed a Medicaid fraud lawsuit seeking restitution, damages and injunctive and other relief (The People of the State of New York, et al. […]
A law firm Web site is its most visible spokesperson, but in 2003 Saul Ewing’s site was hardly speaking when it got the raspberry from marketing maestro Micah Buchdahl. Web admin Frances Sheldon tells how she turned a losing Web site into an award-winner.
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Attorney Daniel A. Schwartz launched a blog “to give the newspaper a run for its money” in reporting employment law cases and providing commentary. But the more a lawyer’s or law firm’s name spreads the more potential clients it reaches.
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