Recent advances in the field of genetics have reignited the ongoing, tense legal debate over whether employers and health insurance companies should be allowed to mandate genetic testing of job applicants and existing employees. Over 1,100 genetic tests are currently available—more than double the number available only five years ago.

According to the American Cancer Society, about 1.4 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed each year. The National Cancer Institute estimates that approximately 9.6 million Americans with a history of cancer were alive in January 2000.

In a remarkable decision, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey recently held that an employer having actual or implied knowledge "that one of its employees is using a workplace computer to access pornography, possibly child pornography, has a duty to investigate ... and to take prompt and effective action to stop the unauthorized activity, lest it result in harm to innocent third-parties." Doe v. XYC Corp.

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, is a complex and often confounding statute governing most retirement plans, as well as health and other benefit plans. Two recent decisions demonstrate the broad reach of ERISA for large groups of plan participants and potential beneficiaries.

Diversity & the Bar, a publication of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, featured Elarbee Thompson partner Brent Wilson in an article entitled "Cutting-Edge Labor and Employment Practitioners."

Author Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. explored current trends in labor and employment litigation from the perspective of in-house counsel to identify today's superstars in labor and employment law.
Mr. Johnson polled his network of fellow in-house attorneys about the labor and employment issues their companies face and asked them who they rely on to keep "labor and employment issues where they belong - off the balance sheets and out of the spotlight."

Brent was one of twelve attorneys nationwide who was highly recommended by leading general counsel as someone to whom they can turn in times of "desperate need."

A special section inside the March 2006 edition of Atlanta Magazine features a list of "Georgia Super Lawyers" representing approximately 5 percent of the State Bar of Georgia, a pool of more than 23,500 licensed attorneys. Partners Stan Wilson and Brent Wilson ranked in the top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers based on points received. Partner Alisa L. Pittman is listed as one of the top 50 women lawyers in the state.

Editorial staff at Georgia Super Lawyers mailed questionnaires asking all attorneys in the bar "to vote for the best lawyers they have personally observed in action."

Results produced thousands of nominations. Each nominated attorney received points in three ways: from the general survey responses, from the editorial research process, and from Blue Ribbon panelists, who were the top point-getters from the general survey and research processes.

Elarbee Thompson Super Lawyers Are:
Victor A. Cavanaugh, R. Read Gignilliat, Alisa L. Pittman, Sharon P. Morgan, Nancy F. Reynolds, J. Lewis Sapp, Brent L. Wilson and Stanford G. Wilson.