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July 19, 2007 | Law.com

Pro Bono Attorneys Fight for Client Trapped in Immigration Black Hole

At first glance, the story of Thailand-born convicted drug pusher Yuttasak Simma fits the mold of an immigration lawyer's typical case. Simma has served his sentence and is now being detained by immigration officials. But what makes his case unique, according to one of his pro bono attorneys, is that he is a U.S. citizen being held illegally. In their attempts to get him out of jail, Simma's lawyers are using the same federal statute highlighted in a major enemy combatant case at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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November 03, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Brewing Without Borders: Meet Molson-Coors' Legal Brewmaster

A key player in the Molson-Coors 'merger of equals,' general counsel Sam Walker leads a team of 25 lawyers. Walker says it's key for in-house lawyers who 'see something that doesn't seem right that they have the standing to say something.'
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June 26, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Top Patent Litigator Leaving Weil to Launch Plaintiffs-Side Firm

Matthew Powers, cochair of litigation at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, is leaving the firm after 18 years to start his own plaintiffs shop. News of the split, which Powers and Weil described as friendly, came the same day as the announcement that two other patent litigators, including a patent litigation group cochair, had left Weil for Paul Weiss.
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October 01, 2006 | Law.com

Quick Draw

Raymond Niro sues first, settles fast, and collects millions. But as the enemies pile up and the imitators take on his work, can the good times last?
15 minute read
August 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Big Deals

AB InBev/Modelo; Bristol-Myers Squibb/Amylin; Walgreen/Alliance Boots; Alibaba/Yahoo
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June 04, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

In Accutane Trial, Jury Finds Against Roche But Awards No Punitives

In the first of 400 suits to be tried over the acne drug Accutane's propensity to cause inflammatory bowel disease, an Atlantic County jury has assessed $2.62 million in damages against Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. and its Swiss parent company.
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May 01, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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November 15, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Private Equity Companies Get Close to Simpson Thacher

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett just had a summer that private equity lawyers dream about. The New York firm's two top private equity clients, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and The Blackstone Group, were on a dealmaking binge. Of course, Simpson has many private equity clients, but it makes sure that KKR and Blackstone always come first. The devotion has paid off: One KKR partner describes Simpson as part of its "inner circle." And several Simpson attorneys have moved in-house with Blackstone and KKR.
21 minute read
January 10, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Houston's Clements, O'Neill Merges With Howrey Simon Arnold & White

Houston litigation firm Clements, O'Neill, Pierce, Wilson & Fulkerson has merged with national firm Howrey Simon Arnold & White and 22 of Clements, O'Neill's lawyers joined Howrey's Houston office, effective Jan. 1.
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August 05, 2011 | Law.com

Ex-Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Admits Failing to Pay $2.8 Million in Taxes

John J. O'Brien, 48, a mergers and acquisitions specialist who left Sullivan & Cromwell in 2009, pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors before Southern District Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman, conceding he failed to pay taxes in 2005 and 2007, and failed to file income tax returns in 2004 and 2006. Mr. O'Brien's voice shook as he allocuted for the court and said, "I plead guilty, your honor." Mr. O'Brien's range under the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is three years and one month to three years and 10 months.
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