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  • May 15, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    EBay Wrapping Up Counterfeit Litigation

    EBay's efforts to block the sale of luxury counterfeits on the auction site is on a fast track to obsolescence, said Deputy General Counsel Mary Huser on Wednesday. A pair of rulings last su

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  • December 2, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Toyota strikes at the heart of consumer claims over sudden acceleration

    Toyota Motor Corp. has moved to dismiss the lead complaint brought on behalf of a class of consumers, arguing that most of the vehicles at issue have not experienced the sudden acceleration

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  • December 29, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Off-Label Drug Suit Still Alive, Barely

    The federal class action accusing Amgen Inc. and other biotechnology firms of illegally promoting off-label use of drugs in violation of the Rackete

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  • December 23, 2005 | The Recorder

    Tobacco Law Upheld, Fine in Doubt

    The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that state limits on cigarette giveaways can stand, but a record $14.8 million fine might be excessive. The unanimous opinion focused on the

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  • May 3, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Big Tobacco in big brouhaha with itself

    CASS WHEELER, THE CEO of the venerable American Heart Association, has a score to settle with the tobacco lobby. His father was a heavy smoker. And while his dad passed away from cardi

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  • State v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2002-03-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2002-03-19
    Court: N.J. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Coleman, J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: NO. A-50 Septemb

    Argued September 10, 2001On certification to the Superior Court, Law Division, Mercer County.The issue raised in this appeal is whether the police, under the plain view doctrine, were lawfully i

  • August 18, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Cleary, Wachtell Lead on $12.5 Billion Acquisition of Motorola by Google In the company's largest acquisition to date, search giant Google has agreed to buy mobile-devi

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  • November 12, 2007 | The Associated Press

    Plaintiffs vexed on how to split Vioxx settlement

    The Wall Street Journal Wall Street largely hailed the $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement deal Merck & Co. announced Friday as closing an ugly and costly chapter for the company.

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  • Hughes v. Tobacco Insitute, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-01-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2001-12-28
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: DeMOSS, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 00-40658, CONSOL

    As amended January 17, 2002.Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of TexasSeveral Plaintiffs, seeking class status, sued numerous tobacco manufacturer and trade

  • April 2, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Hannibal's Sprint

    Asked when he joined New York's Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Arthur Fleischer Jr. jokes, "Do you remember when Hannibal went into Carthage?"In fact, it was 1958; Fleis

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