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  • April 22, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Panel Leaves in Place Ban on ACORN Funding A congressional ban on funding for the embattled activist group ACORN will remain in place until the government's appeal of a

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  • February 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Law School to Simulate Big-Firm Environment

    Large-firm practice may not be the career choice for every lawyer, but at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, it's a course requirement for every student. Starting next year, the scho

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  • January 6, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Litigation Boutique of the Year

    Keker & Van Nest, a 49-lawyer firm based in San Francisco, won The American Lawyer magazine's first Litigation Boutique of the Year contest. The firm edged out four other finalists:

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  • May 22, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Is 3-D Printing the Next Big Thing in IP Law?

    Back in February, President Barack Obama indicated in his State of the Union address that 3-D printing may be the next big thing in manufacturing. What he didn't say is that 3-D printing may

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  • August 23, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Six Firms on Aetna's $7.3 Billion Coventry Health Care Buy Aetna purchase Coventry Health Care in a $7.3 billion deal, including Coventry debt, that

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  • April 14, 1999 | The Recorder

    Hardball Tactics Cost Milberg $50M

    It took six hours for jurors in Chicago to slam Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach with a $45 million verdict for improperly filing suit against old litigation foes. It took Milberg Weiss jus

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  • Association of American Railroads v. South Coast Air Quality Management District

    Publication Date: 2010-09-15
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-15
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin M. Fong, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, California; and Robert M. Jenkins III, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiffs-appellees. Suma Peesapati, Lozeau-Drury LLP, Alameda, California; and David Pettit, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., for the amici curiae.
    for defendant: Daniel P. Selmi, Los Angeles, California; and Elena K. Saxonhouse and Gabriel M.B. Ross, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellants.
    Case Number: No. 07-55804

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 12017 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS; BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY; and UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiffs-Appellees, p class="casen

  • March 9, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Supreme Court Raises the Bar on Antitrust

    The Supreme Court last week, ruling in the final two of a trio of antitrust challenges this term, significantly raised the bar for those attempting to prove anti-competitive behavior by joint ventu

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  • June 1, 2013 | Corporate Counsel

    Class Retraction

    In another significant blow against large class actions, the U.S. Supreme Court in March overturned an appellate ruling that had certified a class of about 2 million existing and

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  • March 21, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Quattrone Conviction Reversed by 2nd Circuit

    The conviction of former Credit Suisse First Boston star investment banker Frank Quattrone was reversed Monday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.Citing flawed jury instructions, the 2

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