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March 15, 2007 | National Law Journal

IP Litigators: Worth Their Weight in Gold?

Patent litigators are a must-have for firms, and they're willing to pay for them. Changing technology, consolidation of industries and the increasingly cross-border nature of IP battles are expanding the size and scope of patent cases. The median cost to take a patent case through trial increased from $2 million in 1995 to $5 million in 2005, according to the American Intellectual Property Law Association, which means that firms are missing a potential fee bonanza if they don't have enough lawyers on hand.
15 minute read
March 06, 2007 | National Law Journal

Will the Corporate Model Backfire on Greenberg?

With revenues up by more than 880 percent from 1996, it's understandable that Greenberg Traurig touts its business model of running like a closely held corporation. But in the wake of the firm paying millions in fines and settlements triggered by partners' imbroglios, many former Greenberg lawyers say the same qualities that yield great financial rewards -- an emphasis on profit, growth and a bureaucracy-free culture -- have allowed rogue lawyers and lobbyists like Jack Abramoff to join the firm and thrive.
33 minute read
September 11, 2007 | National Law Journal

The Biggest Job: Wachtell and What It's Taking to Rebuild Ground Zero

Representing Larry Silverstein in his quest to rebuild at Ground Zero has been the most demanding project that Wachtell Lipton has ever undertaken, with 71 lawyers working 100 hours or more on World Trade Center matters since 2001. It has also been Wachtell's most emotionally taxing representation. But at the behest of Silverstein, several Wachtell partners agreed to talk about all but the most confidential aspects of the deals, which many people say include the most complex agreements they have ever seen.
29 minute read
June 05, 2006 | Law.com

Morgan Stanley's Recipe for Disaster

What happened behind the scenes of the Sunbeam case that cost Morgan Stanley $1.6 billion? The record shows that the company and its in-house lawyers made some horrendous miscalculations and engaged in discovery misconduct -- although it's not clear to what extent those acts were intentional. What is clear: The case cost Morgan Stanley general counsel Donald Kempf Jr. his job and his relationship with his old firm, Kirkland & Ellis, which Kempf wound up firing as lead counsel on the Sunbeam case.
52 minute read
October 24, 2006 | National Law Journal

Inside the Year's Biggest Criminal Trial

Everyone knows that Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay were convicted on May 25 of multiple counts of conspiracy and securities fraud, that Lay died, and that Skilling has been sentenced. But in the months leading up to the trial, the outcome appeared much less certain to both sides. Their focus was on getting the best jury they could and on crafting a convincing and compelling story. Here's an inside look at the strategies used by the veteran jury consultants employed by the prosecution and defense.
24 minute read
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November 06, 2008 | National Law Journal

Bush Got a Conservative High Court, With Caveats

Most Supreme Court commentators believe conservatives are finally riding high in the saddle at the high court -- and enjoying it. Increasingly, their ascendancy is being viewed, as author Jeffrey Toobin puts it, as President George W. Bush's "most enduring triumph." But it's fair to wonder whether even this part of the Bush legacy is the shining success it is cracked up to be. Coming months will bring new tests of just how far to the right Bush has turned the Court.
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September 06, 2005 | National Law Journal

Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies at 80

The death of Chief Justice Rehnquist late on Saturday ends his historic 33-year career on the Supreme Court, and presents President George W. Bush with a rare challenge to fill a new vacancy just as John Roberts Jr., his nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, was about to face Senate hearings. Rehnquist was the first justice to die in office since Robert Jackson in 1954. Rehnquist had recently squelched retirement rumors, promising to stay on the Court "as long as my health permits..."
16 minute read
August 17, 2007 | National Law Journal

Reading the Roberts Court

The first full term of the Roberts Supreme Court was a blockbuster, viewed by many as a historic turning point. Legal Times held a panel discussion, moderated by Supreme Court correspondent Tony Mauro, to analyze the arguments and opinions. Four leading high court advocates offered candid views on a variety of topics, including how it feels to have Justice Scalia all over you "like a cheap suit," why it's Justice Kennedy's world and we all just live in it -- and which cases to watch for next term.
43 minute read
August 05, 2005 | National Law Journal

The High Court's Changing Landscape

After 11 remarkably unaltered years together, the Rehnquist Court has entered its own season of change. The retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor -- who has cast the deciding vote in so many of the Court's closest cases -- will break up one of the longest-running shows in Supreme Court history. And the show ended with a fascinating finale. "There were lots of cases raising fun and sexy issues," said Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, who argued some of those cases. "The term rocked and rolled."
21 minute read
June 02, 2008 | National Law Journal

Did Affirmative Action Really Hinder Clarence Thomas?

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blames Yale Law School -- specifically, its affirmative action program -- for his difficulties securing a job as a first-year associate after his graduation. He wrote in his autobiography that his degree was basically worthless, since it "bore the taint of racial preference." But interviews with a dozen African-American lawyers who attended Yale in the same years paint a strikingly different picture.
19 minute read

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