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September 18, 2001 | Law.com

Cable Boxers

Gemstar-TV Guide International, the Pasadena, Calif.-based company that controls the technology that helps channel-surfers find their favorite reruns, is getting major static from cable companies. Gemstar claims to hold the patents on interactive technology that is to television what the browser is to the World Wide Web. Some believe this brawl over billions could be as nasty as the antitrust fight that has engulfed Microsoft.
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February 25, 2000 | Law.com

Law Firms Strike Back at 'Cybersquatter'

Four years ago, Michael Moore made a name for himself in New Jersey as an investigative journalist who wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty. Now, according to a law suit, Moore is making a new name for himself as a cybersquatter, registering Internet domains in the names of law firms and accounting firms, then sells them. The plaintiffs include such big-name firms as Debevoise & Plimpton and O'Melveny & Myers.
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August 29, 2005 | Law.com

Supreme Accomplishment: GCs Arguing Before the High Court

Few things can cap a lawyer's career like arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Unfortunately, that's an opportunity most general counsel will never get. But for a select group, the experience has been a special one. Some of those GCs -- two of whom are former Supreme Court clerks -- share their insights, offer some advice on beating the odds, and make predictions as to who might be the next general counsel to stand before the justices.
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February 02, 2006 | New York Law Journal

'Storm Warnings' Ignored; Late Suit by Investor Rejected

A plaintiff who claimed that his investment in Morgan Stanley stock was damaged because of the alleged conflict of interest of the firm's analysts waited too long to file his complaint, a federal appeals court has ruled. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the dismissal of Sandip Shah's case, saying Mr. Shah was on "inquiry" notice that Morgan Stanley analysts might be laboring under a conflict of interest more than a year before he filed suit.
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October 20, 2003 | National Law Journal

Inadmissible: Women, Minorities, DOJ; Food Lawsuits; and More

Women, minorities paid less at DOJ; junk (food) science; Howrey goes Hollywood; 16 D.C. lawyers make Black Enterprise magazine list; and more.
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January 11, 2008 | Daily Report Online

In The Trenches: McLendon service set for Saturday

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January 09, 2006 | Law.com

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Famed Glass Artist's Copyright Case

Chihuly Inc. and Portland Press Inc., which is famed glass artist Dale Chihuly's publishing company, have filed a lawsuit against former Chihuly glass-blower Bryan Rubino, glass artist and broker Robert Kaindl, and four galleries that sold Rubino's work. The complaint, which seeks $1 million in damages, raises questions about when a piece of art is merely influenced by another piece, and when it's an illegal copy of that work.
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February 08, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Courtside

When Clint Bolick asked the U.S. Supreme Court last September to grant him time to argue in favor of school vouchers, he had little reason to expect the request to be granted. The Supreme Court rarely steps into rifts among counsel. Bolick, the longtime vice president of the Institute for Justice, was peeved that the main plaintiff, the state of Ohio, was sending an inexperienced assistant attorney general to argue on Feb. 20 in what could be the most important church-state case in decades. Bolick has work
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March 17, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Idyllic Calif. town reels after creamery CEO quits

FRESNO, Calif. AP - As General Motors is to Detroit, Humboldt Creamery is to the northern California community of Ferndale, population 1,382.So when the homegrown CEO of 23 years abruptly resigned last month and his attorney warned of serious financial problems, the town went into economic convulsions.While Rich Ghilarducci retreated to his second home in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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March 06, 2001 | Law.com

Icahn Group Ups Bid for TWA to $650M

New York investment banker Brian M. Freeman launched a $650 million bid financed by Carl Icahn to purchase Trans World Airlines, delaying the close of an auction of the bankrupt carrier's assets. TWA Acquisition Corp., a newly formed company led by Freeman, is trying to beat an offer from AMR Corp. to buy most of TWA for $500 million in cash, including $200 million in emergency financing.
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