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April 21, 2004 | Law.com

When the News Is Bad

Whether it is the indictment of a corporate officer or a massive oil spill, a high-profile crisis can pose a question for lawyers and their clients: Do they call in a communications team? Not all situations require specialists, the experts say. In-house press officers or a corporate client's regular public relations firm can manage most problems. When should a lawyer look to specialists with the expertise to help manage a legal crisis?
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January 30, 2002 | Law.com

Judge May OK Napster Antitrust Claims Against Record Industry

Court transcripts show Northern District of California Judge Marilyn Hall Patel may have jump-started settlement discussions between Napster and the recording industry earlier this month when she gave the music-swapping service a green light to look into claims of antitrust violations. Napster argued the labels misused their copyright by imposing restrictive terms on licensing their music in violation of antitrust rules.
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February 25, 2003 | Law.com

Mystery Qwest Ends In-House

The search for a new GC at Qwest Communications International Inc. ended on an unexpected note last November. Rather than tap a battle-tested outsider to guide the telecom through its mounting problems, CEO Richard Notebaert gave the top legal job to Richard Baer, a relatively green in-house attorney.
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December 14, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

Inadmissible

Short takes on lawyers, firms and judges.
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November 14, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Bronx Attorneys Report Need For Improvement in Civil Court

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April 10, 2000 | Law.com

Ethics Scandal Swamps N.H. Supreme Court

Ethics Scandal Swamps N.H. Supreme Court An ethics scandal has cost one member of the New Hampshire Supreme Court his job and threatens three others -- including the chief justice, who may soon face an impeachment inquiry by the state Legislature. What began two months ago with a court clerk's disclosure of unethical conduct has exploded into a constitutional crisis in the "Live Free or Die" state.
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May 16, 2008 | Law.com

CNET Dodges Proxy Fight Via Sale to CBS

Staring down the barrel of a proxy fight with hedge fund Jana Partners, San Francisco's CNET Networks agreed to sell itself to CBS for $1.8 billion Thursday. It's a deal that has corporate lawyers buzzing because it highlights the trend of increased shareholder activism and hostile activity at tech companies -- and also because the five-month fight between Jana and CNET produced a court ruling that has companies rechecking their bylaws.
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April 17, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Montana Pushes Back on Citizens United

By the end of this month, Montana's attorney general will have made his best case to the U.S. Supreme Court against reversing a state court decision upholding Montana's ban on corporate independent campaign expenditures.
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September 16, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation

The class certification requirements of FRCP 23(a) and (b) were met in this consolidated multistate antitrust litigation and the settlements reached were fair under FRCP 23(e).
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November 16, 2000 | Law.com

Shearman Wins Malpractice Suit

New York's Court of Appeals rebuffed an effort by the nation's largest public pension system to bring a malpractice suit against New York's Shearman & Sterling, which never directly represented the fund. The California Public Employees' Retirement System alleged Shearman's legal work caused an $8 million loss on an investment, but the court found CALPERS and the law firm did not have a relationship approaching privity.
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