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July 13, 2004 | New York Law Journal

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November 26, 2002 | Law.com

Smoke Or Fire?

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September 29, 2005 | Law.com

Kenneth V. Handal, Computer Associates International

Kenneth V. Handal, GC, executive vice president and corporate secretary of Computer Associates International, oversees a legal team that has doubled to 62. When he arrived, Handal's management role was defined by the need to "break from the past" and help C.A. recover from a crippling corporate scandal. Rebuilding, recruiting a new management team and reconstructing a solid infrastructure to address legal matters were key responsibilities, but Handal has helped C.A. rise from the ashes.
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April 12, 1999 | Law.com

Health Fund Suits Against Tobacco Giants Rejected

A 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Friday that two New York union health funds and four public employees' health plans can't proceed with class action suits against major tobacco companies. The panel said in Laborers Local 17 Health and Benefit Fund v. Philip Morris Inc. that the economic damages allegedly suffered by the plaintiffs were too remote to be actionable. Last month, the 3rd Circuit upheld the dismissal of a similar labor fund class action in Pennsylvania.
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January 26, 2005 | Law.com

IBM-Lenovo Merger Under Scrutiny

IBM Corp. and China's Lenovo Group Ltd. are negotiating with federal regulators to assuage any national security concerns over their $1.7 billion deal, sources said. The Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S., a multiagency panel that reviews acquisitions of U.S. businesses by foreign companies, is expected to decide by Friday whether to launch a formal investigation into the deal, under which Lenovo would acquire IBM's PC manufacturing business.
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April 20, 2005 | Law.com

In-House Counsel Anxiously Await the Verdict on Andersen's Paper Jam

Abstract for Cover Story: The wacky employment case survey for 2004 has a distinctly international flavor. In an increasingly global economy, multinational corporations likely will face even more bizarre developments in the employment law area.
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May 04, 2006 | Law.com

Thelen Reid's Profits Are Up, but Partners Are Out

Eight years after the merger that gave birth to Thelen Reid & Priest, a struggle over firm direction seems to be done -- and the core New York group appears to have voted with their feet. Despite booming financial figures, the firm has lost 17 partners -- 14 from New York -- since early 2005. And two of the former partners say they and five others plan to file claims alleging that Thelen did not compensate them fairly. Responds Vice Chairman Michael Elkin, "Some of the folks who left were a complete bust."
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December 21, 2000 | Law.com

Pouring It On at PTO

Continuing its transformation from a backwater agency into a key player in the new economy, the Patent and Trademark Office had its busiest year ever in 2000, and keeping up with the work has been a challenge for the agency. This year, the PTO was also compelled to wade into some of the murkier areas of patent law, coming up with new ways to handle patents involving business methods and human genes.
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June 21, 2007 | Law.com

MasterCard Wins Battle Against Visa Concerning Service Fees

Attorneys at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have won a huge, three-year-long battle for MasterCard and against Visa. MasterCard was challenging a Visa bylaw that forced its largest debit card issuers to pay a large penalty for switching their business to a competitor. U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones of the Southern District of New York ruled that a service fee Visa places on its debit card issuers basically deters them from taking their business to a competitor, making it illegal.
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October 01, 2004 | Law.com

2004 Associates Survey: What Makes Midlevels Happy?

More than 4,000 associates responded to The American Lawyer magazine for its latest Midlevel Associates Survey, giving the inside scoop on what life is really like at nearly 200 top law firms. Which firms offer the highest compensation and the most family-friendly policies? Where are associates so satisfied that they're apt to stick around for the long haul? And which firm jumped from dead last in the prior survey to better than halfway up the ladder?
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