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  • April 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Recipe for Disaster

    It had been a long day for Jeffrey Davidson. It was already past 5 p.m. on March 22, 2005, and the Kirkland & Ellis partner had spent hours questioning potential jurors. His client, Morgan

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  • April 13, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Errata

    The Appellate Hot List, published on April 6, should have reported that attorneys at Chicago-based Mayer Bro

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  • April 6, 2012 | The Recorder

    Viewpoint: BAR-ometer

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  • August 14, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    State Appeals Court Says Tribe's Lawsuits Will Go Forward Despite its wishes, the Oneida Indian Nation must proceed with lawsuits it filed in state court over whether nation-ow

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  • February 25, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Ruling defines 'principal place of business'

    Using simplicity and practicality as its touchstones, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held a corporation's "principal place of business" for purposes of federal jurisdiction is its "nerve cent

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  • February 15, 2008 | Legal Times

    Exxon spill award hits high court

    When he filed the first major lawsuit after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, famed California lawyer Melvin Belli proclaimed, with a measure of glee, "There will be native Alaskans, sea otter

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  • July 11, 2011 | National Law Journal

    The End of Class Action Arbitration?

    As a result of a ruling by a divided U.S. Supreme Court, class action arbitrations may soon be confined to the ash heap of history. A 5-4 majority, led by Justice Antonin Scalia, held that t

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  • November 30, 2005 | Alm

    High Court Hears IP Antitrust Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday seemed ready to hand a victory to patent holders in a closely watched antitrust case that could have a broad impact on intellectual property law. Thoug

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  • June 10, 2008 | Legal Times

    Ability to Collect Multiple Royalties Limited

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday breathed new life into the doctrine of patent exhaustion — thereby limiting the power of patent holders over "downstream

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  • October 10, 2007 | Legal Times

    Justices Appear Skeptical of Investor Class Actions in 'Stoneridge' Case

    Weighing what has been billed as the securities fraud case of the decade, the Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed poised to slam the door shut on investor class actions aimed at deep-pocket third-party

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