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October 31, 2005 | Law.com

Pfizer Litigators Endure Beast of a Beauty Contest

Pfizer Inc. summoned lawyers to a New York ballroom last year for a sort of beauty contest, giving 103 firms the chance to compete for 20 coveted spots as preferred litigation providers. The process ultimately involved two consultants, featured a 50-page Request For Information and stretched on for nine months. One law firm partner, echoing others' sentiments, would later call the selection experience "the most painful ever." Now Pfizer is using the same process to select labor and employment counsel.
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February 19, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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November 16, 2000 | Law.com

New Crew to Take Key House Roles

When the 107th Congress convenes in January, regulatory agencies will face not only a new boss in the White House, but new chairs of several key oversight committees in the House. Lawyers, lobbyists, and staffers are saying Reps. W.J "Billy" Tauzin, R-La., has the edge for heading the Commerce Committee and F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-Wis., is all but assured the Judiciary Committee.
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March 08, 2010 | National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE

DLA wines and dines Kelly; Wone murder suspects want three, not one; coming to the defense of Guantanamo defenders; Craig gives thumbs-up to cameras in Supreme Court; jumping ship for flexibility; GM gets three lobbying shops in as many months; and legalizing gay marriage makes a memo unnecessary in this week's column.
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July 30, 2004 | Law.com

Strange Brew

Matthew Powers had a problem: His potential star witness, the Nobel Prize-winning inventor of PCR, was also an outspoken flower child with a taste for LSD and tales of alien abduction. But this wasn't a typical infringement suit. The defense attorney had a heart attack and the suit saw more cast turnover than "Law & Order." In the midst of the madness the Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner and co-counsel Edward Reines landed a $19.8 million verdict for Applied Biosystems.
11 minute read
February 24, 2003 | National Law Journal

Inadmissible

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July 11, 2001 | Law.com

Steady State

Corporations that expect Federal Trade Commission competition bureau director Joseph J. Simons to be a pushover could be in for a rude shock. Though likely to be less aggressive than his Clinton administration predecessors, the former Clifford Chance partner said that he is not afraid to challenge anticompetitive mergers in court, and many in the antitrust bar seem to agree.
10 minute read
July 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Playing 3-D Chess

In many of the biggest disputes from our 2009 Arbitration Scorecard, one battleground isn't enough.
18 minute read
October 10, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Global Minerals and Metals Corp., plaintiff-appellant v.Holme, defendants-respondents

Company Failed to Investigate Claims Before Signing $15 Million Severance; No Fraudulent Inducement
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MasterCard and Visa Settle DOJ Antitrust Case; AmEx Brings in Boies and Cravath and Vows to Fight
Publication Date: 2010-10-04
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The last time the Justice Department made a run at the credit card industry, it regarded AmEx as a victim of a conspiracy between Visa and MasterCard. Boies, who represented AmEx in its follow-on private suit, says the government's changed view of AmEx is wrong.

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