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  • March 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Marriage Brokers

    No lawsuit in recent history has been the source of more partisan rancor than Bush v. Gore. It divided everyone, it seems, except the two attorneys who argued opposi

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  • October 27, 2009 | National Law Journal

    For PepsiCo, the price of not showing up was $1.26 billion

    What's the cost of not showing up to court? For PepsiCo Inc., it's a $1.26 billion default judgment. A Wisconsin state court socked the company with the monster award in a case alleging t

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  • November 20, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Seven Firms Advising on News Corp.'s Purchase of YES Network Stake

    Lawyers from seven Am Law 200 firms have grabbed roles on News Corp.'s acquisition of a 49 percent stake in the YES Network that reportedly values the regional sports channel at roughly $3 bi

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  • February 6, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    NYCLA's Ex-Bookkeeper Accused of Stealing $330,000 Brian Lam, the New York County Lawyers' Association's bookkeeper for 19 years who was fired last April, surrende

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  • November 8, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Lean and Mean

    Joseph Nacchio is going to prison. Unless an appeals court overturns his conviction, the former chief executive of Qwest Communications International Inc. will serve six years for insider trading -

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  • October 7, 2002 | Legal Times

    October 2002 Docket Watch

    Below are the cases coming before the Supreme Court in the coming weeks and the lawyers who will argue them. "Docket Watch" appears at the beginning of each two-week argument cycle when the high co

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  • August 14, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Penn State insurance dispute should be heard in Philadelphia, judge says

    Following the university's appeal of his decision, a Philadelphia judge has issued an opinion outlining why a dispute between Penn State and its insurance company, stemming from the Jerry San

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  • October 25, 2006 | Special To Law.Com

    NLRB Provides New Guidance on Who Is a Supervisor

    On Oct. 3, a split National Labor Relations Board issued a controversial decision on the long contentious issue of who is a "supervisor" under the National Labor Relations Act and, therefore, is in

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  • August 15, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Steinbeck's heirs lose publishing bid

    A 1994 agreement signed by the widow of John Steinbeck trumps a claim made by two of the late author's heirs under copyright law, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. Reversing a l

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  • Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Fung

    Publication Date: 2013-03-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2013-03-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Harry Pregerson, Raymond C. Fisher, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul M. Smith (argued), Steven B. Fabrizio, William M. Hohengarten, Duane C. Pozza, Garret A. Levin, Caroline D. Lopez, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C.; Karen R. Thorland, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., Sherman Oaks, California; Gianni P. Servodidio, Jenner & Block LLP, New York, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Andrew H. Schapiro, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, New York, for amicus curiae Google, Inc.
    for defendant: Ira P. Rothken, Esq. (argued), Robert L. Kovsky, Esq., and Jared R. Smith, Esq. of Rothken Law Firm, Novato, California, for Defendant-Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 10-55946

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3153COLUMB