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December 23, 2005 | Law.com

Power Company Calpine Files Year's Largest Bankruptcy

Power generation company Calpine Corp. filed for Chapter 11 late Tuesday. It is the country's largest bankruptcy this year by assets and the eighth largest in U.S. history. The builder, owner and operator of power plants cited numerous reasons for its bankruptcy petition and those of 19 affiliates. The final straw for Calpine was the Delaware Supreme Court's affirmation of a Court of Chancery ruling on litigation over the company's use of asset sale proceeds for fuel purchases.
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August 23, 2007 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

Darden Restaurants, Inc. and RARE Hospitality International, Inc. have announced a definitive agreement under which Darden will purchase RARE's outstanding common stock for approximately $1.4 billion. Also, GP Investments, Ltd., a Brazilian private equity firm, will acquire Latin American Land Drilling and its E&P Services from Houston-based drilling contractor Pride International Inc. for $1 billion in cash.
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July 31, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Associates Survey 2008

To find out how Midlevel associates rate their firms as workplaces, our annual midlevel survey examined 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction. They include relations with partners and other associates, the interest and satisfaction level asso-ciates have in their work, training and guidance, policy on billables, management openness about firm strategies and partnership chances, the firm?s attitude toward pro bono work, compensation and benefits, and the respondents? inclination to stay at their firm for at least two more years. Respondents graded their firms on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest score. On this chart, firms with ten or more responses are ranked by their averages on those questions. Averages include responses from all participating of-fices. For definitions of national and international firms, and for other details, see our methodology
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September 01, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Testing the Constitutionality Of McCain-Feingold Law

On Sept. 8, the U.S. Supreme Court will be packed to the rafters as the justices hold an extraordinary four-hour session to consider the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.
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July 03, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

VerdictSearch

Pet ID chip patent owner recovers $6M on infringement claim. Allstate settles claim that it charged minorities higher premiums. Landscaper ejected from bed of pickup truck while on overpass.
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Arbitration Scorecard: Smartphones and a Turkish family's empire
Publication Date: 2013-07-05
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In this installment of excerpts from the Arbitration Scorecard, we look at a $10 billion dispute over smartphone technology and a $10 billion dispute involving a Turkish family's business empire.

July 12, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

Pulling Its Punches

The Supreme Court left many key issues unresolved and paused in some of its other notable trends - most prominently, federalism.
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June 03, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Credit Suisse Wins Dismissal of MBIA's Fraud Claim

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July 24, 2007 | Law.com

Three Heads Better than One?

In a time of transition, Mayer, Brown looks to a trio of leaders to steer it toward increased prosperity.
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Q&A with David Bernick, Lead Trial Counsel in W.R. Grace's Acquittal in Montana Asbestos Case
Publication Date: 2009-05-08
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The biggest environmental crimes case in history ended in dramatic fashion Friday, when a federal jury in Montana acquitted W.R. Grace and three former executives of conspiring to cover up the release of deadly asbestos in a small mining town. The Lit Daily talks to Bernick about his closing argument, Montana, and prosecutorial misconduct.

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