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April 19, 2010 | The American Lawyer

TWo firms fall below $2 Million

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October 01, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Microsoft Wipes Out Another Huge IP Jury Verdict

Three weeks after erasing a $358 million verdict for Alcatel-Lucent on appeal, Microsoft has escaped a $388 million verdict for Uniloc. A judge in Rhode Island vacated the award on posttrial motions by Fish & Richardson, leaving Uniloc's Mintz Levin lawyers--who took the case on contingency--in the cold, reports sibling publication The Am Law Litigation Daily.
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September 08, 2006 | Law.com

Law Firms Already Doling Out Millions for '08 Elections

Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton has received more money from law firms and lawyers on a national basis than has any other individual candidate, having culled approximately $2.4 million from the legal profession in the current two-year election cycle. And Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld leads the pack of Washington, D.C.'s richest law firms in terms of campaign contributions, having doled out $1.16 million in this election cycle so far. "Sometimes this giving is defensive," says Brett Kappel of Vorys Sater.
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May 04, 2000 | Law.com

Making Gains, But Still Far to Go

As recently as the 1970s, African-American lawyers were routinely mistaken for messengers by co-workers. Into the 1980s, women lawyers were asked to fetch coffee for male counterparts. The dozen or so minority and woman lawyers who were among the first to reach partnership status in Washington, D.C law firms all have stories like these to tell. Today, minorities account for 3.3 percent of partners in major firms in the District and women make up just over 15 percent of the city's partners.
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N.Y. High Court Stymies Marcos Victims' Bid for Merrill Lynch Funds
Publication Date: 2012-06-26
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Survivors of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos' "reign of terror" represented by Kohn, Swift & Graf can't reach $42 million in assets that the tyrant shifted to a New York investment account--at least not yet, New York's Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

March 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Diplomatic Insurgency

China hires some well-connected names to polish its image.
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SEC Suits Against Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Execs May Turn on Subprime Loan Definition
Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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The SEC capped its investigation into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by charging six former executives with failing to disclose their companies' exposure in high-risk mortgages. The defendants have fired back, with one arguing that there's no standard definition for subprime loans.

April 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

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Litigators of the Week: Michael Carvin and Eric Murphy of Jones Day; N.Y. Solo Jennifer McCann
Publication Date: 2012-12-06
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An unlikely collaboration between an appellate heavyweight, a big-firm associate, and a Long Island criminal defense lawyer produced a landmark Second Circuit ruling this week in a closely-watched off-label drug marketing case.

March 15, 2010 | National Law Journal

Microsoft deputy GC discusses Yahoo deal, Chinese hackers

In Washington and the world, the range of issues that interest Microsoft Corp. is huge. Pamela Passman, Microsoft's deputy general counsel global corporate affairs, watches over many of them.
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