David Bario

August 09, 2012 | Law.com

By David Bario

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March 16, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Inspired by the battles of Luke Skywalker and company, countless grade schoolers and sci fi fans have used their voices to mimic the "zverwz" sound of swinging light sabers from the Star Wars films. One inventor, James Shima, went further, obtaining a patent eleven years ago for a "programmable motion-sensitive sound effects device" designed to be built "into the handle of a toy sword.

By David Bario

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May 23, 2012 | Law.com

By David Bario

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February 09, 2011 | Daily Report Online

In a change from last month, some good news occurred for Pfizer in the multifaceted litigation over its Neurontin epilepsy drug.Last summer, when plaintiffs' lawyers in the federal multidistrict litigation over suicide risks associated with Neurontin voluntarily dismissed dozens of product liability cases, The American Lawyer called the litigation "the incredible, shrinking mass tort.

By David Bario

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November 07, 2012 | The American Lawyer

When a fight with an ex-spouse requires a three-law-firm defense team led by Wachtell's Marc Wolinsky, you know you're not just talking irreconcilable differences.

By David Bario

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December 22, 2008 | Daily Report Online

King Spalding no longer is in the running to acquire the substantial portion of Thacher Proffitt Wood that it had pursued in recent weeks, according to a lawyer familiar with the negotiations.Altanta-based King Spalding has been reported to be in talks for weeks to acquire some or all of beleaguered Thacher, whose once-thriving structured finance practice has been eviscerated by the ongoing financial meltdown.

By David Bario and Nate Raymond

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September 10, 2012 | Law.com

By David Bario

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September 10, 2012 | The American Lawyer

In hopes of winning approval of a $7.5 million fee award in a nationwide antitrust class action, plaintiffs lawyers from 35 firms were forced to reveal nearly 2,000 pages of billing information, and to disclose an unprecedented range of details about how they worked together to litigate the case.

By David Bario

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July 11, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Opining on an already-settled securities case against Lockheed Martin, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff described how heightened pleading standards in securities class actions have left confidential plaintiffs' witnesses in a tough spot—lured by plaintiffs lawyers to exaggerate wrongdoing and then pressured by defendants to recant their testimony.

By David Bario

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January 19, 2011 | Daily Report Online

When it comes to state court tobacco litigation, our eyes over the last couple years have been pretty much glued to warm and sunny Florida, where the tobacco industry has been litigating thousands of smoker lawsuits in the wake of that state supreme court's contentious Engle ruling.But we're also watching another important state court tobacco case, which just entered the final phase of jury selection in St.

By David Bario

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