• June 6, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: June 6, 2013

    JapanMori Hamada & Matsumoto and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett are advising Osaka-based beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. on what is e

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  • Dobina v. Weatherford International Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-26
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    Industry:
    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff American Federation for Musicians and Employers Pension Fund: Eli R. Greenstein, Erik D. Peterson, Ramzi Abadou, Stacey M. Kaplan, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants Weatherford International Ltd., Bernard J. Duroc-Danner, Andrew P. Becnel, Jessica Abarca, and Charles E. Geer, Jr.: Robert J. Malionek, Kevin H. Metz, Peter A. Wald, Sarah A. Greenfield, Latham &Watkins, LLP. Attorneys for Defendant Ernst & Young LLP: Stanley J. Parzen, Mayer Brown LLP.

    Case Number: 11 Civ. 1646 (LAK)

    Cite as: Dobina v. Weatherford International Ltd., 11 Civ. 1646 (LAK), NYLJ 1202579311701, at *1 (SDNY, Decided November 7, 2012)District Judge Lewis

  • March 16, 2006 | The Recorder

    Hot Intellectual Properties

    Stanford Law School patent professor Mark Lemley has become one of the most sought-after lawyers in town. Companies vie for his representation, and law conference organizers flock to sign him up as

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  • April 7, 2005 | The Recorder

    Calif. Justices to Consider Credit Card Holders' Ability to File Class Actions

    Credit card holder Christopher Boehr was outraged when he learned that Discover Bank imposed a $29 late fee on some customers even if their payments arrived on the due date.But when he

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  • April 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

    States Look at Reforming Lineup Methods

    A continuing wave of exonerations and revelations about wrongful convictions linked to false eyewitness identification has led more states to consider reforming their lineup procedures with new gui

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  • June 26, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    Jurisdiction Denied Over Lack of Transactions in New York

    Preliminary meetings in New York are not enough for a state court to exercise long-arm jurisdiction over a foreign corporation for "transacting business" here, a Manhattan Supreme Court justic

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  • July 30, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Foreign Businesses Aren't Protected by U.S. Antitrust Law

    American antitrust laws were not designed to protect foreign businesses from anticompetitive conduct -- even if the alleged illegal conduct occurred in the United States, a federal judge has r

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  • September 28, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Taking on the Tough Ones

    TRACK RECORDWon three of seven cases argued in last five terms. Three others were losses, and one a draw. Lifetime record: 19 wins, 9 losses, one draw.BACKGROUND

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  • August 30, 2006 | Alm

    Beatles Reunite To Sue for $25 Mil.

    The Beatles have reunited, though only to sue their record companies. A lawsuit filed by the Beatles, their representatives and their recording label Apple Records against Capitol Records and

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  • June 8, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

    New Addition Jill Capodanno, a paralegal graduate of The PJA School, has joined the firm of Arthur G. Girton in Chester, Pa. Speakers Geoffrey L. Beauc

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