David Bario

October 25, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Over the last two decades, the federal courts have been gradually making life harder for ERISA plaintiffs by concluding that the guardians of employee retirement plans are presumed to be acting prudently when selecting investments. But the presumption has important limits, as Southern District Judge Paul Crotty reminded ERISA lawyers recently.

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January 25, 2012 | Law.com

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November 16, 2011 | Legaltech News

Alcatel-Lucent's claim that a scheduling component of Microsoft's Outlook infringes one of its patents has been repeatedly validated, except where it counts: the awarding of damages.

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February 14, 2013 | The American Lawyer

It's up to Willkie's Richard Bernstein and Andrew Clubok of Kirkland & Ellis, who are jointly defending Facebook, to fend off a consolidated securities class action complaint due at the end of the month in the IPO litigation. A ruling this week dismissing related derivative claims is good news for the defense, but the case is just getting started.

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May 06, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Between a big appellate victory last month and plans for a 22-city expansion, the online television company Aereo Inc. has been on quite a roll. Now it's up to Fish & Richardson, Winston & Strawn, and Constantine Cannon to make sure Aereo's enemies can't kill the momentum.

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May 09, 2013 | New York Law Journal

The declaratory judgment suit claims that CBS is threatening to sue Aereo in other jurisdictions, even before Southern District Judge Alison Nathan, who has refused to preliminarily enjoin Aereo's service, has rendered a final judgment in the New York litigation.

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August 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Having its fingers in many, many pies has helped launch Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd to the top of the heap among securities plaintiffs firms. But the firm's high-volume approach to securities litigation may have come back to bite it this week in a mortgage-backed securities class action against UBS.

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January 04, 2012 | Law.com

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November 05, 2008 | National Law Journal

Fliers and phone calls aimed at misinforming voters have been seen in twice as many states this year as in 2004, according to election monitors — and, in a new twist, misleading messages specifically targeting first-time voters have also turned up on social networking sites and in mobile phone text messages. An attorney with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law says messages were posted Tuesday on several Facebook student group pages, telling Democrats to vote on Wednesday.

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October 27, 2011 | Law.com

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