Anthony Lin

December 20, 2006 | Law.com

A Sidley Austin patent agent's previous work for a lighting company while at another firm should not disqualify Sidley lawyers from representing an inventor suing the company for patent infringement, a Manhattan federal court has decided. Sidley is representing a client in suits against several lighting companies over processes used in the manufacture of light emitting diodes. The judge agreed that the patent agent should be personally disqualified, but that the conflict should not be imputed to the firm.

By Anthony Lin

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August 22, 2008 | Law.com

A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Stoneridge ruling does not shield from securities fraud claims a Bristol-Myers Squibb executive who made no public statements but whose behavior is central to the company's alleged misconduct. Bristol-Myers shareholders are suing the company and two of its top executives for allegedly misleading them about patent litigation against Apotex, a generic version of Bristol-Myers' best-selling Plavix blood-thinning drug.

By Anthony Lin

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December 19, 2005 | The Recorder

Firm partners have voted to branch the lockstep compensation system into three "ladders."

By Anthony Lin

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February 05, 2007 | National Law Journal

The president of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Law Association has resigned over comments he made to the press about a Sullivan & Cromwell associate's sexual-orientation discrimination suit against the firm. John Scheich, then-LeGal's vice president, told ABC News the firm had been a strong supporter of gay lawyers and said: "I don't know Aaron Charney or the details of his case, but if I had to line up on one side or the other, I would have to line up with ... Sullivan Cromwell."

By Anthony Lin

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July 02, 2007 | Law.com

A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed an ERISA claim against Holland & Knight by a former partner who alleged he was expelled from the firm because of his age. In his 2005 lawsuit, John K. Weir claimed the firm had terminated his employment at age 55 partly to avoid paying him retirement benefits under its ERISA plans. The judge found the claims barred by the two-year statute of limitations, which tolled from the time of Weir's 2002 termination, not the ending of his benefits two years later.

By Anthony Lin

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August 10, 2007 | Law.com

Private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners, which recently sued Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw over the law firm's role in the collapse of commodities brokerage Refco, was itself sued Wednesday by Refco's creditors. The complaint filed in New York federal court is seeking almost $1 billion in damages. It alleges that Lee, which bought a controlling interest in Refco in 2004, knew about serious problems with Refco internal governance, but concealed or ignored them because it wanted to proceed with an IPO.

By Anthony Lin

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April 09, 2007 | Law.com

WilmerHale has recruited to its New York office the former global vice chair of the litigation department at Latham & Watkins. Robert J. Gunther, a veteran patent trial lawyer, will become a partner in WilmerHale's intellectual property litigation group. WilmerHale has long touted its strength in IP litigation. The 1,100-lawyer firm has made expanding its 150-lawyer New York office a major priority.

By Anthony Lin

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December 19, 2005 | New York Law Journal

By Anthony Lin

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December 26, 2007 | Law.com

Allen & Overy faces a religious discrimination suit by a former associate who claims he was fired because he insisted on observing the Jewish Sabbath. Norman D. Schoenfeld claimed in a suit filed in Manhattan federal court Thursday that the British law firm fired him because one partner in particular was upset that Schoenfeld was unable to work on matters from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. In a statement responding to the suit, Allen & Overy said Schoenfeld was fired for performance reasons.

By Anthony Lin

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May 17, 2006 | Law.com

The two Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman partners at the center of a federal probe into whether class action plaintiffs represented by the firm received kickbacks based on legal fees have taken leaves of absence. The firm announced late Monday night the leaves taken by David Bershad and Steven Schulman, praising both for their firm contributions. It has been reported for months that Schulman and Bershad face imminent indictments in the six-year kickback probe by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.

By Anthony Lin and Justin Scheck

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