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January 06, 2004 |

Brave New World for Balkan Deal Making

From almost no modern legal infrastructure five years ago, the Balkan states have made steady progress, often with the help of foreign legal expertise. So far, the scale of development is small compared with that of the rest of Europe, even Eastern Europe. But with cheap labor, undervalued corporate assets, and pent-up consumer demand, the Balkans have become a big enough prize to attract the interest of outside corporations and law firms alike.
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Apple, Publishers Seek Dismissal in E-Book MDL as DOJ Reportedly Prepares Antitrust Case
Publication Date: 2012-03-08
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Plaintiffs lawyers pressing antitrust class action claims against Apple and the big publishing houses over e-book pricing have oozed confidence since the litigation began last year. And now that the feds are reportedly targeting the companies too, they say they like their odds even more.

June 01, 2004 |

In a bid to join the top tier of information technology companies, Montreal-based CGI Group Inc. acquired American Management Systems Inc. for $858 million in March. But because of U.S. rules on foreign ownership of security-sensitive businesses, CGI subsequently sold the defense and intelligence group of AMS to CACI International Inc. for $415 million. Both AMS and CACI are based in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.
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Wake Up and Smell the Coffey: Litigation Heavy Hitters Pouring Money into Sean Coffey's War Chest in New York AG Race
Publication Date: 2010-01-25
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All three leading candidates in the crucial race to replace Andrew Cuomo are pulling in big bucks. But wait til you see who's giving--and how much--to the former Bernstein Litowitz partner.

October 31, 2000 |

Next Year's New World Order?

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May 01, 2010 |

Satisfaction Not Quite Guaranteed

Top London firms get their clients? approval, but GCs want more flexibility on billing.
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October 23, 2003 |

Lawyers on Major Transactions

Which New York firm worked on a European technology deal worth more than $9 billion? And which Gotham partnership helped seal a deal worth more than $200 million for a plastics manufacturer? Find out in this week's column from the Corporate Update page.
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Panel Rejects $10 Billion Arbitration Claim Against Turkey, Frustrating Efforts by Motorola and Nokia to Recover Billions from Turkey's Uzan Clan
Publication Date: 2011-09-14
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Motorola and Nokia were banking on the arbitration--to which they weren't parties--to collect more than $3 billion they're still owed by Turkey's Uzan clan. Now they've hit a dead end, thanks to Turkey's Freshfields lawyers.

Apple, Publishers Lose Bid to Dismiss eBooks Class Action
Publication Date: 2012-05-15
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Kindle, iPad, Nook, or plain old paper. No matter how they read it, it's a sure bet that co-lead plaintiffs counsel at Hagens Berman and Cohen Milstein gleefully devoured U.S. District Judge Denise Cote's latest opinion in their proposed antitrust class action against Apple and a quintet of major publishers.

September 21, 2007 |

U.S. Firms in London Say They're More Merger-Minded

Legal Week's annual survey of U.S. firms in London reveals that 47 percent of respondents would consider a merger with a U.K. firm, up from 39 percent last year and just 29 percent in 2005. The trend may signal that firms realize how hard it is to grow organically in the London legal market, which by some measures is now the most costly in which to operate worldwide. Putting additional pressure on U.S. firms: the weak dollar and the related disadvantage in attracting heavy-hitting London partners.
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