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July 27, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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September 15, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Jurors in Pennsylvania state court heard opening arguments Tuesday in the first trial of more than 600 cases alleging that GlaxoSmithKline hid information that its blockbuster antidepressant Paxil causes birth defects.

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April 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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October 12, 2011 | The American Lawyer

An East Texas jury called the latest round for Applied Medical in a long-running battle with Covidien and its subsidiaries over patents for surgical devices called laparoscopic trocars.

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January 12, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Moody's and Standard & Poor's have lost their latest bid to employ California's anti-SLAPP statute to knock out claims brought by the nation's largest pension plan.

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August 04, 2009 | Law.com

On the heels of other reports detailing a falloff in securities class action filings in the second quarter of 2009, a new report says there was a "surge in securities suits once again." The figures in Advisen's report, released Friday, differ from other studies partly because Advisen's definition of a "securities lawsuit" includes more cases than the class actions tracked by Cornerstone and NERA. Advisen's report also includes shareholder derivative suits, breach of fiduciary duty litigation and SEC enforcement actions.

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August 12, 2009 | The American Lawyer

When Microsoft lost two nine-figure jury verdicts last spring, we heard lots of predictions that the verdicts wouldn't hold up. There's still no ruling on Microsoft's posttrial attempt to overturn the $388 million verdict against it in Providence, but on Tuesday, Judge Leonard Davis in Tyler issued a posttrial ruling that really sticks it to the software giant.

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August 03, 2009 | The American Lawyer

We were hoping that if we kept reading reports on securities filings, we'd get some good news. And we have! Advisen's report, which tabulates not only class actions but also derivative suits, breach of contract cases, and SEC enforcement actions, acknowledges the drop in new cases in the second quarter of 2009. But in July, the report notes, filings surged again. Maybe the plaintiffs bar just needed a little rest.

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July 19, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Entergy Corporation and its lawyers at Quinn Emanuel lost a key early battle Monday in their fight to save the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

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June 13, 2011 | Law.com

Mayer Brown cured a nearly $1 billion headache for Latin America's largest mobile phone carrier last week, persuading New York's highest court to throw out $900 million in claims against America Movil brought by shareholders of the company's Ecuadorean unit.

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