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January 05, 2006 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

Sprint Nextel Corp. has agreed to acquire the remaining shares of its affiliate, Nextel Partners, Inc., for $6.5 billion, ending a legal dispute that came about when Sprint Nextel acquired Nextel Communications last year. Also, Tommy Hilfiger Corp., known for its preppy clothes and sportswear, has agreed to be acquired by Apax Partners, a private investment firm, for $1.6 billion.
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August 02, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Statewide: 3 DAs lose, another faces runoff

Three district attorneys across the state were defeated in the primary election Tuesday and one faces a challenger in a runoff election. Another DA eked out a victory by 44 votes and faces a possible recount.
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April 04, 2006 | National Law Journal

HealthSouth Coughs Up Healthy Profits for Attorneys

HealthSouth Corp. is boosting lots of lawyers' incomes. The Birmingham, Ala., company expects to pay a total of about $147 million in legal fees for litigation expenses incurred since federal prosecutors launched a fraud case against the company and its founder and former CEO in 2003, according to the company's annual report filed last week. That figure does not include salaries paid to the in-house law department.
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December 13, 2007 | Law.com

Frankfurt Merger Hands Paul Hastings Long-Awaited German Debut

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has made its long-awaited German debut after brokering a deal to absorb respected 27-lawyer Frankfurt boutique Smeets Haas Wolff. All five Smeets Haas partners, who focus on corporate, banking and restructuring work, will join the Los Angeles-based firm as equity partners when the combination goes live on Jan. 3. The firm had been looking to launch in Europe's largest economy since 2003.
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March 31, 2006 | Law.com

History Is Not on GM's Side

The Connecticut Supreme Court's historic decision in Evans v. General Motors arises from historic precedents. Looking to 19th century English law for guidance, Justice Peter T. Zarella reversed a decision that inventor John W. Evans isn't entitled to have his spellbinding tale of treachery unfold before a jury. Evans is seeking more than $125 million in lost royalties for GM's alleged theft of his design for a sleek and powerful cooling system that first appeared in the 1992 Corvette Stingray.
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June 07, 2007 | Law.com

N.J. Jury Assesses $2.62M Against Roche in Accutane Trial

A New Jersey jury has assessed $2.62 million in damages against Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. and its Swiss parent company in the first of 400 suits to be tried over the acne drug Accutane's propensity to cause inflammatory bowel disease. However, the jury did not award punitive damages under the state's Consumer Fraud Act, because it found insufficient evidence that the manufacturer intentionally failed to warn that the drug can cause IBD.
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December 21, 2005 | Law.com

Noncompete Rules Get First State Test

New Jersey regulators are reviewing the ethics of requiring in-house attorneys to sign noncompete agreements.
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March 20, 2000 | Law.com

Cybersquatters Feel New Pain

Thanks to the federal anti-cybersquatting law passed last year, one of the questionable practices of the anything-goes era of the Internet appears to be ending. Cyberpirates are being persuaded or obliged to surrender domain names to trademark holders. And now that law firms have achieved success for their clients against the squatters, they've turned their attention to reclaiming their own domain names. One group, led by New York's Debevoise & Plimpton, even wrangled $25,000 out of a defendant.
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December 02, 2009 | The Recorder

Sidley Austin Pushes Into Silicon Valley

Saying it wanted to make a big splash, America's fifth largest law firm announces a 12-lawyer Palo Alto office, led by a longtime Wilson Sonsini partner.
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September 30, 2009 | The American Lawyer

2009 A-Z Summer Associate Rankings

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
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