Anthony Lin

April 26, 2007 | Law.com

Philadelphia's Pepper Hamilton has added two partners to its New York office. Kenneth J. King and Samuel J. Abate will both become partners in Pepper Hamilton's health effects litigation practice, which represents pharmaceutical and medical device companies in product liability cases.

By Anthony Lin

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October 01, 2007 | Law.com

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is set to announce today that it has recruited to its New York office the head of the business and finance practice at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Howard L. Shecter will join Orrick's mergers and acquisitions group and is expected to take a lead role in expanding the practice in New York. A veteran deal lawyer, Shecter had been one of the most senior partners at Philadelphia-based Morgan Lewis.

By Anthony Lin

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August 26, 2005 | New York Law Journal

By Anthony Lin

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March 12, 2010 | Law.com

Australian law firms Allens Arthur Robinson and Mallesons Stephen Jaques are taking lead roles in Royal Dutch Shell and Petrochina's $3 billion joint takeover bid for Australian coal seam gas company Arrow Energy. Shell has long been regarded as a natural suitor for Arrow. Its appearance alongside Chinese state oil giant Petrochina is more of a surprise though, The Wall Street Journal reports, which suggests that ongoing cost-cutting efforts at Shell may have encouraged a joint approach.

By Anthony Lin

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July 28, 2008 | Law.com

Two prominent divorce lawyers, Peter E. Bronstein and Donald L. Schuck from Bronstein, Van Veen & Schuck, have joined Dreier, which is starting a matrimonial law affiliate. New York's Dreier has a number of affiliate firms covering practice specialties including labor law, entertainment, and trusts and estates.

By Anthony Lin

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February 21, 2006 | Law.com

The EEOC may seek monetary damages against Sidley Austin Brown & Wood for alleged age discrimination against partners, a federal appeals court in Chicago ruled Friday. In its lawsuit filed last year, the EEOC is seeking back pay on behalf of 31 partners it claims were demoted in 2000 to counsel status because of age. To obtain damages, the EEOC must still show that the Sidley partners were "employees" covered by anti-discrimination law, rather than non-covered employers.

By Anthony Lin

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March 16, 2006 | Law.com

A Manhattan judge has set a May 5 trial date for a legal malpractice suit against Weil, Gotshal & Manges. The long-running case stems from the firm's representation of a mall boutique in an unfair competition suit against Italian fashion house Fendi. A jury awarded the boutique a disappointing $110,000 in damages in 2000 and its owners subsequently sued Weil Gotshal, claiming the firm was conflicted because fashion label Prada, which bought a controlling interest in Fendi in 1999, was also a client.

By Anthony Lin

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April 14, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Baidu and Google have taken similar approaches to many issues, but now they've veered apart on one controversial topic: government censorship demands.

By Anthony Lin

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July 10, 2007 | Law.com

Shearman & Sterling has opened an office in Shanghai to be headed by project finance partner Andrew Ruff. It is the New York-based law firm's 20th office worldwide and its third in China, after Beijing and Hong Kong. The Shanghai office, which includes five associates, will focus on project finance, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions work.

By Anthony Lin

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May 17, 2010 | Law.com

In what could mushroom into Australia's biggest class action ever, some 40,000 people have signed on to litigation that challenges overdraft and late fees charged by a dozen of the country's largest banks, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The litigation -- actually a series of claims brought by Australian plaintiffs firm Maurice Blackburn -- could eventually attract up to 100,000 people and businesses on the plaintiffs' side.

By Anthony Lin

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