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March 22, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge OKs Majority Of Claims in Egg Price-Fixing MDL

U.S. District Court Judge Gene E.K. Pratter of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a ruling on Tuesday allowing the majority of indirect purchaser claims in the multidistrict class action litigation over alleged price-fixing for eggs and egg products to move forward, marking another setback for the dozen-or-so defendants.
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February 16, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Borders files for bankruptcy, will close some stores

Borders Group Inc., the number-two U.S. bookstore chain, filed for bankruptcy in New York today after management changes, job cuts and debt restructuring failed to make up for sagging book sales in the face of competition from Amazon.com Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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November 08, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

Resisting Arrest

Reliant Energy's response to the government, both before and after its indictment for criminal manipulation of the California energy market, was not typical of companies threatened with criminal prosecution. Its fight didn't end in outright vindication for the company. But it debunks the idea that jousting with the government is inevitably corporate suicide. Reliant ultimately admitted much of what the government alleged. But the company didn't plead guilty, a price it always considered too high.
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December 21, 2009 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Fallout From A Scam

A Connecticut lawyer is at the center of a lawsuit filed by a private investment group against the Dechert law firm. Fortress Investment Group LLC sued Dechert for more than $50 million last week, claiming that the law firm issued an "utterly false legal opinion letter" that was used by now-imprisoned lawyer Marc Dreier to fraudulently obtain a $50 million loan from Fortress, which is based in New York City.
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Dechert Wins Appellate Reversal in Fortress Suit over Dreier Opinion Letters
Publication Date: 2011-11-29
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Fortress's lawyers at Kasowitz Benson got their $50 million malpractice case against Dechert past a motion to dismiss. But on Tuesday a New York state appellate panel reversed and threw out the suit, finding that Dechert didn't have a duty to uncover evidence of Marc Dreier's fraud.

July 12, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Capital Z Financial Svcs. Fund II, plaintiffs-appellants-respondents v. Health Net Inc., defendant-respondent-appellant

Breach, Fraud, Good-Faith Duty Claims Over Insurer�s Funding Properly Dismissed Under Delaware Law
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December 09, 2005 | Law.com

Stolt-Nielsen SA, appellants v. Celanese AG, defendants-claimants-appellees

Panel Declines to Decide if FAA Article 7 Authorizes Issuance of Discovery Subpoenas Against Non-Parties
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November 07, 2009 | National Law Journal

The List, A-Z

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April 24, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Fontainebleau Las Vegas files $3B suit vs. lenders

LAS VEGAS AP - Developers of a $3 billion casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip are scrambling to keep $800 million in promised funding or find new lenders to save the 3,800-room project and the thousands of jobs it is expected to create.The developers building the Fontainebleau Las Vegas filed a $3 billion lawsuit against 11 lenders late Thursday, saying their project could be doomed after the banks reneged on their promised loans.
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March 13, 2013 | Daily Business Review

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