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September 02, 2004 | Law.com

Billion-Dollar HIV Suit Raises First Amendment Issues

The Dallas Observer, its parent company New Times Inc. and others have been targeted in a $1.1 billion suit by a plaintiff who alleges the alternative weekly wrongfully disclosed his HIV-positive status, referencing him by name in a published article. Three of the defendants are seeking the dismissal of the plaintiff's petition, which First Amendment lawyers say raises significant constitutional questions never before ruled on by a state judge in Texas.
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June 23, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

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Male bartenders recover $1 million in gender discrimination case. Game attendee recovers in false-arrest suit against school district officer. Judge awards almost $88,000 to woman who said sewage backup ruined shop. Plastic surgeon cleared of liability in leg amputation case. Trucking company settles with man who broke leg in highway collision. Although both parties negligent, plaintiff nets more than $50,000. Tech company receives $21 million in patent infringement suit. Judge finds that motorcyclist's death was not due to defective helmet.
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March 30, 2009 | National Law Journal

Whole Foods' Mixed Bag

As corporate mergers go, the union of natural grocers Whole Foods and Wild Oats looked like small potatoes. But after two years, Whole Foods cut a deal to end the epic food fight. And the Federal Trade Commission carved another notch in its reputation for aggressive antitrust enforcement.
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March 31, 2009 | National Law Journal

Whole Foods-Wild Oats deal leaves controversial legacy

Nobody expected the proposed $565 million acquisition of natural foods grocer Wild Oats by its rival Whole Foods Market to spark a food fight of epic proportions. But on March 6 -- after two years, $28 million in legal fees and expenses, and dozens of lawyers -- Whole Foods cut a deal to end the battle. The most important result of the battle may be a controversial D.C. Circuit opinion that some fear will make it too easy for the FTC to block future mergers.
22 minute read
March 31, 2009 | Law.com

Whole Foods-Wild Oats Deal Leaves Controversial Legacy

Nobody expected the proposed $565 million acquisition of natural foods grocer Wild Oats by its rival Whole Foods Market to spark a food fight of epic proportions. But on March 6 -- after two years, $28 million in legal fees and expenses, and dozens of lawyers -- Whole Foods cut a deal to end the battle. The most important result of the battle may be a controversial D.C. Circuit opinion that some fear will make it too easy for the FTC to block future mergers.
22 minute read
April 06, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Ingredients in the Whole Foods, FTC Settlement

As corporate mergers go, the purchase of natural foods grocer Wild Oats by its rival Whole Foods Market looked like small potatoes (organic yellow fingerling, perhaps). Nobody expected the proposed $565 million acquisition to spark a food fight of epic proportions.
22 minute read
October 26, 2009 | Law.com

Sham Divorces? Not for a Retirement Plan Administrator to Decide, Says Judge

A federal judge's ruling in an ERISA case shows that retirement plan administrators are in a bad spot when confronted with beneficiaries whom they suspect of gaming the system to access retirement payments, several experts say. The case involves a group of Continental Airlines senior pilots who allegedly obtained "sham divorces" to receive early payment of benefits from their retirement plan. The judge ruled that nothing in ERISA allows a plan administrator to question or thwart such suspected actions by plan beneficiaries.
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July 29, 2009 | Law.com

Home Restoration Client May Be Money Pit for Law Firms

At least four law firms have been left hanging for millions of dollars in legal fees from a home restoration company whose former chairman pleaded guilty to fraud involving another corporation. The latest firm left waiting for payment by Home Solutions of America is Riker Danzig. Ironically, the firm was defending the company in a suit brought by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius over $2.5 million in unpaid fees. Unpaid fees have also driven two Texas-based firms to try to withdraw from defending the company in a class action.
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February 18, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

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Doctor loses retaliation case against former employer. Jury nixes woman's claim that physical injury caused depression. Computer company gets almost $130,000 in cybersquatting case. Jury finds no negligence in contentious intersection crash.
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November 02, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

N.J. Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions involving N.J. companies.
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