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  • January 13, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Intellectual Property Litigation

    Next month, U.S. District Judge Denny Chin of the Southern District of New York will consider granting final approval to what the Department of Justice has called "one of the most far-reaching

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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