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January 07, 2005 | Law.com

Law Firms Chip In to Get Happier Jurors

When the National Center for State Courts wants to get something done -- like launching a program aimed at increasing juror participation -- it sometimes relies on the kindness of lawyers. The center has raised about a quarter of a million dollars, mostly from law firms, to jump-start the National Jury Program. Its vision: a court system where, as one attorney from a contributing firm put it, "jurors don't dread jury service like they're going to the dentist."
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February 10, 2011 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

Ensco plc has agreed to a $7.3 billion merger with Pride International Inc. in a deal that will create the second largest offshore driller in the world. Also, medical equipment maker Danaher will acquire biomedical testing company Beckman Coulter Inc. for $6.8 billion.
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October 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

National Rankings: Season of Uncertainty

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July 30, 2007 | National Law Journal

Lawyers Earn Actual Cash in Virtual World

While Second Life might look a lot like a game, it's serious business to a small group of pioneering lawyers.
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July 30, 2007 | National Law Journal

Keeping Score

Last week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the Department of Veterans Affairs were sued for "shameful failures" in providing treatment and care for GIs after their service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Plus more weekly news and notes from the legal business scene...
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May 26, 2004 | Law.com

RSL Investors' Claim Survives Challenge

Generalized news reports about the conflicts between stock analysts and investment bankers was not enough to put investors on notice for purposes of filing a claim under securities laws, a federal judge in New York has ruled. Investors in RSL Communications Inc. claimed the investment banks maintained bullish forecasts for RSL even though analysts at the banks were well aware that the prospects for the company were poor.
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September 23, 2004 | Daily Report Online

Delta Woes Unlikely to Make Local Billings Soar

Meredith [email protected] a potential Chapter 11 filing looming, Delta Air Lines' business woes could mean millions of dollars in legal fees. But despite the airline's longstanding and extensive relationships with Atlanta firms, local lawyers may not get huge billings from the company's reorganization.Delta's bankruptcy counsel is a New York firm, Davis Polk Wardwell.
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December 20, 2010 | The American Lawyer

AT&T Boosts 4G Capability with Qualcomm Deal

The communications giant will pay $1.9 billion for Qualcomm-owned wireless spectrum licenses. Sullivan & Cromwell, DLA Piper, and Arnold & Porter advised the parties on the deal.
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March 09, 2007 | Law.com

2nd Circuit Vacates $135 Million Motorola Settlement

In a victory for Motorola, the 2nd Circuit has granted the company's request to vacate a $135 million settlement between unsecured creditors and lenders of a bankrupt satellite telephone company that Motorola helped create. Judge Richard C. Wesley said the court "seeks only clarification of why the settlement need require a possible deviation from [bankruptcy rules] in one regard" -- why the plan deviated from the Bankruptcy Code's priority scheme for payment of creditors.
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April 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Taming Texas

It took six years, but IP defense attorneys finally broke the runaway juries of the Lone Star State.
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