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August 06, 2002 | Daily Report Online

State Doctors Lobbyist Joins Trial Lawyers Assn.

Jonathan [email protected] a battle over medical malpractice reform brews, a key lobbyist for Georgia's doctors has switched sides to represent the state's plaintiffs' lawyers.William T. "Bill" Clark, formerly general counsel and director of government relations at the Medical Association of Georgia, became director of public affairs at the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association on Aug.
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October 22, 2009 | Law.com

Miami Judge Refuses to Enforce $98 Million Judgment in Banana Pesticide Case

Theodore Boutrous Jr. of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is an appellate specialist with a world of experience in pitching arguments to judicial panels. It's rare for him to undertake a cross-examination in trial court. But if the results he got for Dole Food at a Miami federal district court hearing involving the enforcement of a $98 million Nicaraguan toxic torts judgment are any guide, he should seriously consider making more appearances as a trial lawyer.
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September 17, 2001 | Law.com

5th Circuit Splits on Issue Recusal in Tobacco Case

In a decision that some feel may discourage lawyers with judicial aspirations from participating in controversial issues, a sharply divided 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear a decision recusing a judge from a tobacco suit because a decade ago -- before he was a judge -- he was erroneously linked to an amicus brief addressing case-related issues. Plaintiffs' attorneys plan to seek review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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August 01, 2004 | The American Lawyer

Fast Rise To The Top

Ivy league pedigrees, and the firm's practice is built on defending a chemical corporation and a cigarette maker. But beneath the surface, Kasowitz, Benson is radically unlike its peers. Founded 11 years ago and run under the autocratic hand of a single partner, the firm has no committees and issues no monthly reports. Its 160 lawyers do only litigation. Last year the firm's $173 million in revenue put it among the bottom half of the nation's 200 top-grossing firms. But its success in a toxic tort case
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November 05, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

BigLaw Firms Are Crazy About a Sharp-Dressed Man (With a White-Collar Practice)

Law firms are stepping up their hiring of white-collar lawyers in anticipation of increased investigations by government agencies into financial fraud and corporate bribery of foreign officials.
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March 31, 2009 | Law.com

Whole Foods-Wild Oats Deal Leaves Controversial Legacy

Nobody expected the proposed $565 million acquisition of natural foods grocer Wild Oats by its rival Whole Foods Market to spark a food fight of epic proportions. But on March 6 -- after two years, $28 million in legal fees and expenses, and dozens of lawyers -- Whole Foods cut a deal to end the battle. The most important result of the battle may be a controversial D.C. Circuit opinion that some fear will make it too easy for the FTC to block future mergers.
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January 31, 2000 | Law.com

To Be Young and Rich

I never thought I'd wish I were back in law school. But with today's skyrocketing associate salaries, I feel like a chump for graduating in 1995. Back then, D.C.'s top firms were paying new associates $72,000 a year. Today, rookies are getting more than $102,000 -- and that's without bonuses.
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November 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

In Down Year, Will Cravath Bonus Announcement Have Usual Impact?

In announcing that its associates will get fatter year-end bonuses in 2012 than they did in 2011, Cravath, Swaine & Moore cut through some of the gloom that has clouded the financial outlook for large law firms of late. The question now is whether Cravath's peers will fall in line as they usually do.
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October 14, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Judge Certifies 'Opt-In' Class Over Ski Train

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September 12, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

Reversal of Fortune: The Reverse Engineering Defense Under the NJTSA

Proof that misappropriated information was, or could have been, reverse engineered may be a defense to whether it was a "trade secret" in the first place
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