By Joe Russell, SVP General Counsel & Corporate Development of MedNeutral, LLC SAN DIEGO: The Gulf Oil spill may be finally coming to an end, but the rash of personal injury claims are just beginning. While there will be numerous legitimate claims, there will undoubtedly be a number of more questionable claims. Separating the legitimate claims from the questionable claims and valuing the legitimate claims when...

We Are Honored by Your Confidence in Us Dear Clients and Friends: We are deeply honored to have received the 2010 Chambers USA Award for Excellence in Healthcare at the publisher’s recent ceremony. We thank you, our valued clients and friends who have made this recognition possible by entrusting us with the legal and strategic work essential to your businesses. For details on what you and others have generously...

REED SMITH ADDS LEADING ENERGY INDUSTRY LAWYER Amy Koch Joins Firm’s Corporate & Securities Practice in the D.C. Office Amy Koch, a partner in the D.C. office of Patton Boggs, has joined Reed Smith LLP as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Ms. Koch has served clients in the energy industry for over 25 years and was formerly Patton Boggs’ senior partner responsible for strategic...

Fortune has issued its annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For . Congratulations to law firms Bingham McCutcheon, Arnold & Porter, Perkins Coie, and Baker Donelson, which placed 12 th , 65 th , 75 th , and 77 th in the list, respectively. The rankings are based on, among other factors, pay, benefits, employee turnover, job growth, and employee diversity. Martindale.com profiles Bingham McCutcheon...

This year's Legal Tech is proving to be the hotspot of excitement in the world of legal information. LexisNexis announced a partnership with Microsoft to put legal research right at your fingertips, in the applications many of us use most. ABA Journal.com noted that “ the competition for your legal research dollars just got a little more intense… Lexis will now be integrated into Microsoft Office products...

Taylor English Duma LLP attorney Greg Sanderson recently advised a Washington state-based manufacturer in successfully obtaining a Treasury §1603 cash grant in excess of $17 million for a 55 megawatt biomass power plant . Sanderson is part of the Renewable Energy Finance team at the firm. The client manufactures bleached and unbleached kraft pulp and linerboard at its mill in the Tacoma, Washington area. The...

“E-Discovery” – the discovery of documents and information stored on computers and electronic media – is the single hottest topic in litigation today – and will become even hotter in California as a result of 2009 legislation that is already in effect. Matthew Bender Practice Guide: California E-Discovery and Evidence can be purchased at the LexisNexis Store by clicking here . ...

Martindale-Hubbell® Connected has jumped on the Smile Train and hopes to make a difference in the lives of children born with cleft lips and palates. You can help, too. Get Connected for a Cause today! Martindale-Hubbell Connected understands the power of numbers and how just one person can make a positive impact. An online community for legal professionals, Connected launched a little over a year ago with just...

No matter when it started, ‘social media’ (e.g. blogs, Twitter, wikis and social networks) has arrived and it’s definitely here to stay. If you don’t know a blog from a bullfrog, you’ve probably had the feeling that you should get to know pretty quickly. You may not want to be an expert, but you’d at least like to appreciate how ‘that social media thing’ can support...