• January 11, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Bankruptcy Files: Sidley Tops $100 Million Mark in Tribune Case

    Four years ago last month, one of the nation's largest publishers turned to Sidley Austin as it spiraled int

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  • December 23, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    California Judge Dismisses MDL Against Amgen

    We can't remember the last time a defendant won a motion to dismiss a class action in multidistrict litigation, so we took note of a decision

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  • September 10, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    First Circuit Approves Average Wholesale Price Settlement over Objections by Pharmacies

    The old saying about lies, damned lies, and statistics was apparently never truer than in regard to the Average Wholesale Price index for pharmaceuticals, which has spawned a cottage industry of litig

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  • August 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    U.S. v. GSK In the largest health care fraud s ettlement in history, U.K. drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline plc agreed to pay a total of $

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  • July 27, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    HCA Inc., the world's largest private operator of health-care facilities, has been acquired for $33 billion by a private equity consortium consisting of: Kohlberg Kravis & Robert

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  • Caronia v. Philip Morris USA, 11-0316-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-05-03
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Lohier, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Steven J. Phillips, Stanley J. Levy, Jerome H. Block, Amber R. Long, Lisa W. Davis, Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, New York, New York, on the Brief, Victoria E. Phillips, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: John H. Beisner, Jessica D. Miller, Geoffrey M. Wyatt, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Washington, D.C.; Gary R. Long, John K. Sherk, III, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Missouri; Tammy B. Webb, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, San Francisco, California, on the Brief, Sheila Birnbaum, New York, N.Y.

    Case Number: 11-0316-cv

    Cite as: Caronia v. Philip Morris USA, 11-0316-cv, NYLJ 1202598460698, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 1, 2013)Before: Kearse, Lohier, and Droney, C.JJ.p

  • October 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    SEC v. BofA Bank of America Corporation is having limited success in its efforts to stamp out questions about its acquisiti

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  • November 1, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Pepsi Bottling/PepsiAmericas PepsiCo, Inc., is buying its two largest bottlers. The soft drink giant announced August 4

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  • September 24, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    2010 Ineligible List

    Attorney Ineligibility Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2(a) SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2, the Trustees of the New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection (Fund)

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  • January 11, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Big Mergers Fall, But N.J. Lawyers Have Few Worries

    Mega-merger activity in New Jersey took a beating in 2001, but local deal-making lawyers aren't bothered by the falloff because most of that work is done by out-of-state firms.Sure, corporat

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