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June 08, 2009 | National Law Journal

Movers

Tomohiko Makino joins Bingham McCutchen's intellectual property practice group as partner in the Tokyo office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
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June 01, 2009 | The Recorder

On the Move

A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
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July 19, 2001 | Law.com

CIGNA's $49 Million Dispute a 'Tax Matter' Subject to Arbitration

A federal judge in New York held that a dispute over $49 million in taxes arising from ACE Ltd.'s acquisition of CIGNA Corp.'s property and casualty business falls within an arbitration clause of the acquisition agreement concerning tax issues. In rejecting ACE's argument that the dispute does not concern taxes, he said it would be illogical to exclude the debits and credits between CIGNA and its subsidiaries from the scope of the word "taxes."
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October 16, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Wal-Mart Hit With $78.5M Verdict in Pa. Break-Time Class Action

A day after finding Wal-Mart liable for failing to pay Pennsylvania workers for missed rest breaks and off-the-clock work, a Philadelphia jury on Friday awarded nearly $78.5 million to a class of some 186,000 current and ex-employees. The award roughly reflects the amount requested by lead class counsel; Wal-Mart's lead attorney had argued for around $7 million. The full damages amount is likely to rise, as the presiding judge may award liquidated damages under state law. Reportedly, Wal-Mart will appeal.
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July 02, 2008 | Law.com

Wal-Mart Loses $6.5 Million Wage-and-Hour Class Action

On July 1, after a three-month bench trial, a state court judge in Minnesota ruled that in failing to provide rest breaks, Wal-Mart broke state labor laws more than 2 million times. Judge Robert King Jr. awarded $6.5 million in compensatory damages to the class, which consists of about 56,000 Wal-Mart employees in Minnesota.
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August 18, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Eastern District Rocket Docket Decelerates in Marshall Division

The voluminous filings of patent cases in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall has slowed the "rocket docket" that Judge T. John Ward launched in early 2001 by promulgating rules meant to expedite the disposition of patent infringement suits. The Eastern District of Texas had the highest number of patent suits filed in the United States in the last fiscal year.
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March 01, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Big Suits

The FDIC must reimburse shareholders of a bank seized in 1992, and Daiichi Sankyo settles with the feds, plus In Re General Electric Co. Securities Litigation; Fairfax Financial v. S.A.C. Capital Management, et al.; U.S. Fidelity et al. v. American Re-Insurance et al.
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May 09, 2007 | Law.com

Federal Judge Certifies Antitrust Class Against Comcast

A federal judge in Philadelphia has certified a class action antitrust suit against cable television giant Comcast that alleges the company set out to establish monopolies in the Philadelphia and Chicago markets and then increase prices once it had eliminated all the competition. The ruling could reverberate throughout the cable industry because the suit alleges that many of the big cable companies cooperated in carving up much of the nation into separate markets where each would be exclusive providers.
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January 30, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Perry Appointee Receiving High-Dollar Contributions

From a financial standpoint, the Republican primary race for Place 2 on the Texas Supreme Court is shaping up as a classic bout between David and Goliath. Campaign finance reports show that incumbent Justice Don Willett collected $434,726 in contributions during the last half of 2005, while former Supreme Court Justice Steve Smith received no contributions to finance his bid for a return to the court.
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