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July 19, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Mercury Interactive to Cooperate With Lerach in Backdating Dispute

As Mercury Interactive contemplates suing former officers linked with options backdating, the company has sent clear signals it won't step on plaintiffs lawyer William Lerach's toes. Teaming up with Lerach in a civil derivative claim would be an unusual move in what is typically an adversarial process, but a source said it looked like an economic decision for Mercury to allow Lerach to pursue the derivative suit at his own cost while the company itself pursued the wealthiest of the four former officers.
4 minute read
August 11, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Lead Counsel Fight

Two New York plaintiffs' firms are fighting it out in federal court over whether one got too chummy with defendants, at the expense of claimants, in its efforts to become lead counsel in a class-action suit.
6 minute read
October 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Rarified Air: The A-List

The American Lawyer's A-List spotlights the nation's most successful law firms.
7 minute read
June 25, 2010 | The Recorder

Social Gaming Suits Are Serious Business

Young industry features copycat games and employee poaching, leading to lots of suits between rivals.
6 minute read
March 20, 2006 | National Law Journal

Chicago Firms Raise Associate Salaries to $135,000

Many Chicago law firms are raising salaries for first-years to $135,000. Though some firms cite last year's strong financial performance as a main reason for the pay increases, others say they need to give raises to stay competitive. "Law firms tend to be like lemmings," says the chairman of one firm's compensation committee. But Bill Chamberlain, assistant dean for career strategies at Northwestern University's law school, is concerned the higher salaries put pressure on associates to bill more hours.
4 minute read
April 09, 2010 | The Recorder

Karatz Committed Fraud, Prosecutor Says

The U.S. attorney pointed to former KB Home CEO Bruce Karatz's allegedly changing story in closing arguments of a stock option backdating case.
4 minute read
December 15, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Orrick to the Rescue of MGA in Bratz Doll Fight

After bringing in Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe partner E. Joshua Rosenkranz, MGA convinced the Ninth Circuit to stay a sweeping injunction prohibiting the company from making or selling Bratz dolls. reports sibling publication The Am Law Litigation Daily.
4 minute read
June 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

An Upstart Aims to Overthrow a Sovereign

Andrew Dhuey challenges states' immunity.
4 minute read
May 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

The Big Squeeze

It's a buyer's market for legal services. Clients are using the opportunity to put the screws to high billers. Smaller firms, willing to charge less, are the beneficiaries.
5 minute read
June 27, 2011 | National Law Journal

Sharply divided Court strikes down Arizona campaign-finance law

Campaign finance reform advocates suffered another major blow in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday when a narrow majority rejected Arizona's public financing system for state elections.
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