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September 29, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Announces Model Order to Limit E-Discovery

Chief Judge Randall Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has unveiled a model order that would limit e-discovery in patent cases.
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December 09, 2009 | Law.com

In Rare Move, Debevoise Sues Client Over $6 Million in Unpaid Bills

After years of wrangling over more than $6 million in unpaid legal fees, Debevoise & Plimpton has taken a timber company to court over its refusal to pay the bill. Debevoise sued Candlewood Timber Group last month after its former client failed to pay its multimillion-dollar tab. Candlewood said Debevoise does not deserve the "exorbitant" $6 million sum, claiming the law firm overstaffed the matter with associates of "no apparent skill" and was replaced by another firm for trial.
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Did WaMu Parent Let JPMorgan Off Too Easy? Shareholders Tell Judge There Was "Shockingly Little" Discovery in Advance of $7 Billion Settlement
Publication Date: 2010-06-06
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The shareholders are fighting for leverage to block a proposed reorganization plan that shuts them out. They may have found it by telling a judge that WMI's lawyers at Quinn Emanuel and Weil Gotshal settled with JPMorgan before they really knew the value of WMI's claims.

January 14, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Ex-Debevoise Client Raises Nasty Counterclaims in Unpaid Bills Case

Candlewood Timber Group, a former client of Debevoise & Plimpton now being sued by the firm for $6M in unpaid legal bills, files counterclaims against Debevoise seeking damages of $55M — saying they were overbilled for the work of inexperienced lawyers.
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December 22, 2010 | The Recorder

Boies, Schiller Breaks the Bonus Bank

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December 28, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Case between lawyers, bankers stymies jurors

Bankers and lawyers aren't the most popular professionals in the eyes of the public. So it probably shouldn't come as a surprise that federal jurors considering a case pitting the American Association for Justice formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America against Wachovia Bank couldn't manage to pick a side.
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June 11, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Partner's Suit Against Firm Spurs Talk of One-Man Firings

The recent lawsuit against Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman by its former head of intellectual property brings into the spotlight a practice that some lawyers might find unimaginable: At several law firms today, the managing partner can unilaterally fire other partners.
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January 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Litigation Boutique of the Year: Footnotes

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April 01, 2011 | Law.com

Frank McCourt Strikes Out

Frank and Jamie McCourt signed multiple copies (and two versions) of a marital property agreement, but the language differed in the two versions about their most valuable asset: the L.A. Dodgers. When the marriage failed, forensic experts and others got to work. Both sides adjusted their presentation protocols -- and treated the media as a de facto jury along the way.
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September 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal

David Boies Wants Lead Role in BP Litigation

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