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April 20, 2010 | Law.com

Toyota to Pay Record Fine; Temporary Lead Counsel Appointed in Litigation

While denying it violated safety regulations, Toyota agreed Monday to pay a record $16.4 million fine that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration imposed this month after finding Toyota waited four months to report acceleration defects. The payment could bolster claims that Toyota committed fraud and racketeering and aid plaintiffs attorneys in obtaining discovery. A federal judge overseeing nearly 200 lawsuits filed against Toyota has appointed four lawyers as temporary lead counsel for all the cases.
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August 22, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Winning Women: Sharon N. Freytag

When Dallas appellate litigator Sharon N. Freytag works on a case, she may have an English grammar book as well as law books close at hand. A grammar book proved handy when Freytag diagrammed a sentence in a motion filed in one case.
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April 30, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Gross Revenue at BigTex Firms Inches Up in '11

The strength of the Texas economy, and the rock-solid energy business specifically, resulted in a strong year for the finances of large Texas firms. Jackson Walker managing partner C. Wade Cooper helped his firm's gross revenue jump 8.5 percent in 2011.
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January 01, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

The Inventor's Tale

Patent infringement suits rarely make the claim that the defendant actually copied the invention. But copying is always on the minds of jurors.
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October 13, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Wal-Mart Ordered to Pay At Least $79 Mil. to Class

By and large agreeing with the plaintiffsďż˝ estimates on damages, a Philadelphia jury has awarded $78.5 million to a class of some 186,000 current and former employees of Pennsylvania Wal-Marts who were not properly paid for missed rest breaks and off-the-clock work.
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January 16, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Most BigTex Associate Bonuses Mirror Last Year's

Associates with BigTex firms presumably looked with envy at their counterparts at Houston�s Susman Godfrey when the 76-lawyer litigation boutique paid year-end bonuses to its associates ranging from $86,000 to $150,000.
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At Long Last, Vindication for Quinn Emanuel in WaMu Bankruptcy: Judge Finds Settlement with JPMorgan and FDIC Reasonable, But Delays Confirming Reorganization Plan
Publication Date: 2011-01-10
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For months, Susman Godfrey has been arguing on behalf of the WMI equity committee that Quinn Emanuel may have let JPMorgan and the FDIC off too easy. Delaware bankruptcy judge Mary Walrath disagreed.

February 28, 2007 | National Law Journal

Complex $46M fee request argued in Wal-Mart break-time class action

Attorneys in the Wal-Mart break-time class action appeared in a Philadelphia courtroom Tuesday to debate the plaintiffs' request for counsel fees totaling more than $46 million. The fees stem from a jury award last October, in which Wal-Mart employees claimed they weren't properly paid for missed rest breaks and off-the-clock work.
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April 02, 2010 | Law.com

DOJ Sues Kellogg, Brown & Root in False Claims Case

The DOJ filed a lawsuit Thursday against defense contractor Kellogg, Brown & Root in federal district court in Washington, D.C., alleging the company improperly billed the government for armed security guards. The complaint alleges that Houston-based KBR violated the False Claims Act through certain billings made to the Army under the company's Logistics Civil Augmentation Program III contract. The contract covers services that include food, transportation and laundry for military operations in Iraq.
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December 16, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Google Save e-World (Temporarily) from Sweeping Paul Allen Patent Suit

A Seattle federal district court judge has granted motions to dismiss infringement claims filed against 11 Internet and retail giants and has given the Microsoft co-founder's patent-holding company until December 28 amend its complaints.
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