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  • August 29, 2005 |

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  • February 11, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    No Surprise Here: Another ARS Suit Against Merrill Gets Dismissed

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  • April 22, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    JPMorgan Reaches $56.4 Million Settlement in Military Mortgage Class Action

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  • September 21, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

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  • May 30, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    California Law Firms Want Bite of the Big Apple

    In the race to expand in the New York market, the largest California law firms all share certain advantages over firms from elsewhere. Their large and wealthy home market supports h

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  • July 31, 2001 | Legal Times

    A Sense of Security: Harvey Pitt's Return

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  • April 23, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Countrywide Reportedly Agrees to Biggest-Yet Settlement of Subprime Securities Class Action

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  • August 8, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Apple, Samsung Gird for Showdown on Smartphone Injunctions

    If anyone's stopped paying attention to Apple Inc.'s epic patent battle with Samsung Electronics Co., Friday would be a good day to tune back in. An oral argument between the smartphone rivals a

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  • Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-09-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-09-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Beck (argued) and Deepak Gupta of the Public Citizen Litigation Group, for plaintiff-appellee Timothy S. Vernor. Randi W. Singer, Mark J. Fiore, and Lisa R. Eskow of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, for amicus curiae eBay Inc. Fred von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Sherwin Siy and John Bergmayer of Public Knowledge, for amicus curiae American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Consumer Federation of America, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge, and U.S. PIRG. Scott E. Bain, Keith Kupferschmid, and Mark Bohannon, for amicus curiae Software & Information Industry Association. Robert H. Rotstein, Patricia H. Benson, and J. Matthew Williams of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, for amicus curiae Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.
    for defendant: Jerome B. Falk (argued), Clara J. Shin, and Blake J. Lawit of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin P.C., and Michael A. Jacobs and George C. Harris of Morrison & Foerster LLP, for defendant-appellant Autodesk, Inc.

    Case Number: No. 09-35969

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 11903TIMOTHY S. VERNOR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AUTODESK, INC., Defendant-Appellant. p