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July 20, 2007 | Daily Report Online

Making patent cases simple for juries

FOR ALL OF THE HYPE these days over enormous jury verdicts-including the record $1.5 billion judgment against Microsoft Corp. in March-few juries ever decide a patent dispute. The huge stakes and the unpredictability of juries ensure that "most companies choke down some kind of a settlement or licensing deal," says veteran patent litigator Woody Jameson, a partner at Duane Morris in Atlanta.
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January 16, 2001 | Law.com

Herrs Apparent

Awestruck whispers traveled through the European legal market when the U.K.'s Freshfields and Germany's Bruckhaus Westrick Heller Lvber struck an unprecedented merger deal. It's easy to see Germany's attraction. Ten years after reunification, Europe's largest economy has caught fire. Freshfields's coup capped a year of upheaval in the German legal market that was nothing short of a revolution.
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April 07, 2003 | Law.com

Europe's Tech Central

Many consider Munich the intellectual property center of Europe. And the Bavarian capital now, more than ever, has IP lawyers ready to offer their services -- many of whom work for U.S. firms. But they will have to compete with a flock of attorneys from other foreign firms that have recently opened in Munich, as part of a new push to capture work in Germany, the world's third-largest economy.
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October 05, 2000 | Law.com

Movers & Shakers

Follow lawyers' career moves and law firms' transformations each week with "Movers & Shakers." This week, Frost & Jacobs and Brown, Todd & Heyburn announced the largest merger-of-equals in the Midwest; Former U.S. Attorney Charles G. La Bella joined Washington D.C.'s McKenna & Cuneo; and New York associate Rebecca Noonan was selected to receive the Legal Aid Society's Pro Bono award.
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May 01, 2002 | New York Law Journal

Will Europe Have a Unified Tax System?

ELGIUM tries to woo companies by offering them massive tax breaks to establish their headquarters within the country`s borders. Ireland temporarily lowered its corporate income tax rates to lure foreign manufacturing businesses and banks to its shores. Luxembourg and the Netherlands offer their own unique sweetheart deals to multinationals.
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Gibson Dunn Wins Dismissal of DOJ's False Claims Act Case Against Former Tenet GC
Publication Date: 2010-04-21
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A Miami federal district court judge held that the government waited too long to file its case against Christi Sulzbach, who had been Tenet Healthcare's designated corporate integrity officer.

Madison County "Hellhole" PR Campaign Comes Back to Bite Syngenta In Water Contamination Class Action
Publication Date: 2011-04-21
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A Madison County judge orders the pesticide maker to turn over to plaintiffs a document describing a strategy to discredit the rural Illinois court system. "[This document] has nothing to do with trial strategy or the preparation of this case for trial ... but much to do with fostering a negative public perception of our judicial system," wrote Circuit Judge William Mudge.

April 30, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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February 24, 2006 | Law.com

No. 1 Task for Shearman Leader: Keeping the Firm in the Top Tier

With its illustrious history and posh name, Shearman & Sterling strikes many as the epitome of the patrician, white-shoe New York law firm. But the past few years have seen the 1,013-lawyer firm's image tarnished by associate layoffs, partner departures and signs of internal dissent, all capped by a profitability gap between Shearman and its erstwhile peers. Now the firm may be enjoying a fresh start, due partly to firm leader Rohan Weerasinghe and a 22 percent jump in profits per partner.
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February 24, 2006 | Law.com

Shoring Up a Faltering Shearman

After a tough few years, Shearman & Sterling has a new leader charged with keeping the 133-year-old patrician firm in the top tier.
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