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March 29, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Yah Drive Me Crazy: Attorneys Argue Over Venue for Toyota Litigation

More than 100 lawyers packed a downtown San Diego federal courtroom on Thursday to hear arguments about which court is best prepared to hear the increasing number of lawsuits filed against Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. over sudden unintended acceleration in millions of its vehicles.
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Toyota Wants Acceleration Cases Coordinated in Central District of California
Publication Date: 2010-03-25
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Five federal judges who hear jurisdictional issues for multidistrict litigation heard a range of suggestions for where these cases should be coordinated, including Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Minnesota, and Florida.

June 20, 2006 | Law.com

The Billable Hour's Staying Power

It may not get much respect, but the billable hour sure has a lot of staying power. First appearing in the late '50s, the hourly billing rate caught on in popularity, partly because law firms could use it as an excellent income predictor. But as operating expenses began to mount, firms had to raise hourly rates, and then hourly quotas for attorneys -- and thus began a vicious cycle. But even with a host of alternative billing models, and many critics of hourly billing, the billable hour endures.
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July 15, 2003 | Law.com

Lawyer-Tax Case Erupts in Fee Fight

Big names and big firms are clashing in Georgia over just which lawyers will get to share a fee pie potentially worth more than $20 million. At issue is how many lawyer-members of a class action qualify for refunds in the wake of the state Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional Atlanta's $400 per lawyer annual occupation tax.
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April 11, 2003 | New York Law Journal

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December 23, 2004 | Law.com

Seeking Attorney Fees in Trademark Litigation

Unlike the systems of many other countries, the "American" rule in litigation provides that each party is responsible for paying its own attorney fees, regardless of who prevails. Certain statutory exceptions permit the prevailing party to recover reasonable attorney fees incurred during the litigation from the losing party. One exception is set forth in �35 of the Lanham Act. However, because there is no bright-line test, different courts have taken different approaches.
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Generics Knock Out Eli Lilly ADHD Drug Patent
Publication Date: 2010-08-13
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"From the defense perspective, Eli Lilly was stuck between a rock and a hard place in this case," said Winston & Strawn partner James Hurst, who represented generic maker Sun Pharmaceuticals.

Judge Vacates Jury Verdict in LCD Case to Clear Path for Settlement
Publication Date: 2012-10-12
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A San Francisco federal judge has agreed to vacate an $87 million jury verdict to pave the way for the final settlement in a class action over price-fixing in the LCD flat panel market.

October 20, 2004 | Law.com

The Battle to End Free Music

In the '70s, Jefferson Starship had a song about a space colony Utopia, complete with the lyrics "Free music, the day is on its way." Space colonization is still a ways off, but, thanks to the Internet, free music is in the here and now. A roundtable of IP lawyers discuss whether companies that provide the software used for music-swapping can be held liable for copyright infringement, and look ahead to the prospect of the U.S. Supreme Court updating its own views on digital copyrights.
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