• June 4, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Texas Two-Step: Giuliani and Houston's Bracewell Learn the Politics of Dancing

    It was a beautiful wedding. When Houston's Bracewell & Patterson called a press conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel two years ago to introduce its new partner, Rudolph Giuliani, the firm's

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  • March 25, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Top Defense Wins of 2003

    Facing a 'clean plaintiff' in a tobacco actionCASE TYPE: Products liabilityCASE: Routh v. Philip Morris, No. 00-3030 CA 11 (Miami-Dade Co., Fla., Ci

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  • June 1, 2004 |

    Tapping Big-Firm Talent Breaking the Marriage Barrier

    red truck flying American flags slowly circled San Francisco City Hall, passing a long line of same-sex couples waiting to get married. "Stop the Insanity"-"Shame on America"-"Marriage Is One

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  • January 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Laidlaw Restructuring

    Sometimes the best solution for your problems is to hit the road. That's what bankrupt Laidlaw Inc. did when it restructured itself and moved from Burlington, Ontario, to Naperville, Illinois.

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  • Clayworth v. Pfizer, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2010-07-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Alioto Law Firm, Joseph M. Alioto, Joseph M. Alioto, Jr., Theresa D. Moore, Angelina Alioto-Grace, Thomas P. Pier; Law Offices of John H. Boone, John H. Boone; Foreman & Brasso, Russell F. Brasso; Law Offices of James M. Dombroski, James M. Dombroski; Law Offices of Jeffery K. Perkins, Jeffrey K. Perkins; Gary D. McCallister & Associates, Gary D. McCallister, Thomas A. Kelliher, Eric I. Unrein and Jaime Goldstein for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, Pamela M. Parker; Schubert Jonckheer Kolbe & Kralowec and Kimberly A. Kralowec for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason, Craig C. Corbitt and Henry A. Cirillo for Pharmacists Planning Services, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod, Peter A. Strotz, Paul R. Johnson, William E. Steimle; Davis Polk & Wardwell, Ameila Starr, Arthur F. Golden, William J. Fenrich and Daniel J. Schwartz for Defendant and Respondent AstraZeneca LP. Winston & Strawn, Tyler M. Paetkau, Nicole P. Dogwill, James F. Hurst, Susan A. Pipal, Matthew J. Sullivan; Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg, David M. Stahl, J. Cunyon Gordon and Adam Oyenbanji for Defendant and Respondent Abbott Laboratories. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Jeffrey T. Thomas and James N. Knight for Defendant and Respondent Allergan, Inc. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Mayer Brown, Donald M. Falk, John Nadolenco, Mack Anderson; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Steven O. Kramer, John P. Stigi III; Hogan & Hartson and Joseph H. Young for Defendant and Respondent Amgen, Inc. Covington & Burling, Elizabeth Abigail Brown, Anita F. Stork, Theodore Voorhees, Jr., and Thomas J. Cosgrove for Defendant and Respondent Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Paul J. Riehle, Matthew A. Fischer; Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Evan R. Chesler, Elizabeth L. Grayer, Jessica Buturla and Jeffrey B. Korn for Defendant and Respondent Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Reed Smith, Michael Diane Floyd, Kirsten J. Handelman; Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Gary Hansen, David Graham and Aaron Mills Scott for Defendant and Respondent Eli Lilly & Company. Irell & Manella, Alexander F. Wiles, John C. Keith; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, George S. Cary, Sara D. Schotland and David I. Gelfand for Defendant and Respondent GlaxoSmithKline PLC. Drinker Biddle & Reath, H. Christian L?Orange, Paul H. Saint-Antoine, Mary E. Kohart, David J. Antczak and Joanne C. Lewers for Defendant and Respondent Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Folger Levin & Kahn, Crowell & Moring, Beatrice Bich-Dao Nguyen, Samuel Ray Miller, Tracy E. Reichmuth, Cecilia C. Ogbu, Steven E. Wilson; Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, William Cavanaugh, Jr., and Cecilia B. Loving for Defendants and Respondents Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., Ortho Biotech, Inc., and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Rita M. Haeusler, John M. Townsend, Scott H. Christensen, James A. Graffam; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Robert P. Reznick and David Goldstein for Defendant and Respondent Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. formerly known as Merck & Co., Inc. Kaye Scholer, Aton Arbisser, Bryant S. Delgadillo, Saul P. Morgenstern, Karin E. Garvey; Faegre & Benson, James A. O?Neal and Kim J. Walker for Defendant and Respondent Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Nossaman, Gunther, Knox & Elliott, Nossaman, Scott DeVries, Katrina June Lee; Dickstein Shapiro, Peter J. Kadzik, Bernard Nash, Maria Colsey Heard, Milton Marquis and Andres Colin for Defendant and Respondent Pfizer Inc. Latham & Watkins, Charles H. Samel, Jennifer A. Carmassi, Margaret M. Zwisler, Steven H. Schulman and Belinda S. Lee for Defendant and Respondent Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Arnold & Porter, Ronald C. Redcay, Douglas L. Wald, Mark R. Merley, Daniel R. Waldman, Anne P. Davis and Ryan Z. Watts for Defendant and Respondent Wyeth.

    Case Number: No. S166435

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 87895JAMES CLAYWORTH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PFIZER, INC., et al., Def

  • June 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Lone Star

    It was a beautiful wedding. When Houston's Bracewell & Patterson called a press conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel two years ago to introduce its new partner, Rudolph Giuliani, the fi

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  • June 4, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Texas Two-Step: Giuliani and Houston's Bracewell Learn the Politics of Dancing

    It was a beautiful wedding. When Houston's Bracewell & Patterson called a press conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel two years ago to introduce its new partner, Rudolph Giuliani, the firm's

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  • April 26, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Foodie

    COMPANY PROFILE Founded in 1969, Houston-based Sysco Corp. distributes food and supplies to restaurants, schools, hotels and hospitals throughout the United States. The comp

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  • April 26, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Recruiters squeezed by tight placement prospects

    Tough times for lawyers mean tough times for legal recruiters. Law firm downsizing due to the economy has resulted in more potential candidates on the market but significantly fewer openings to fil

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  • Avery v. Caldwell, 108829/06

    Publication Date: 2007-08-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2007-07-27
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
    Judge: Emily Goodman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 108829/06

    Justice Emily Jane Goodman NEW YORK COUNTY Supreme Court For Plaintiff: Yetta G. Kurland, Esq. Kurland Bonica & Associates, PC For Defendan