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November 08, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Court Bars Disappointed Bidder From Suing for Spectrum Profits

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August 19, 2004 | Law.com

White-Collar Wizard

Everyone says former WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers doesn't have a chance of winning his trial for allegedly directing the largest accounting fraud in U.S. corporate history. But his lawyer, Reid Weingarten, thinks differently. A series of successes -- including the acquittal of former Tyco GC Mark Belnick -- has propelled the Steptoe & Johnson partner onto the rich and rarefied list of the top white-collar criminal defense lawyers in the country.
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May 08, 2003 | Law.com

Attorney Fees in Personal Injury Cases Targeted

Petitions were filed Tuesday with lawyer discipline authorities in New York and 11 other states to limit attorneys' contingency fees in personal injury cases that reach quick settlements. The nationwide effort, spearheaded by Washington, D.C.-based Common Good, would limit attorney fees to their hourly rates in fast-settled tort cases, with a maximum cap of 10 percent of the recovery.
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November 10, 2005 | Law.com

Court Bars Disappointed Bidder From Suing for Spectrum Profits

The False Claims Act does not permit the remedy of disgorgement of profits for a disappointed bidder in the government's auction of wireless spectrum licenses, a New York federal judge has ruled. Judge Paul A. Crotty found that R.C. Taylor, who brought a qui tam action under the False Claims Act alleging fraud in the bidding process by more than 50 individuals and companies involved in the auctions for licenses, cannot be awarded the profits made by some of the defendants when they resold their licenses.
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October 01, 2004 | Law.com

Who's in the Lobby

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July 23, 2012 | National Law Journal

At big firms, equity gender gap continues

Firms talk a good line, but how many can demonstrate that they are promoting a strong percentage of women into the equity-partner ranks? Our survey shows slow progress for women partners at large firms.
7 minute read
April 20, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Wilmer, Hale and Dorr Merge

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March 01, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

Deals & Suits

Comcast/NBC; Exxon Mobil/XTO; Cobell v. Salazar; In re Lehman Brothers Holdings; Texas v. Merck; In re Marsh & McLennan
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October 09, 2000 | Law.com

Door Opens on Patients' HMO Suits

HMOs face the sharpest attack yet on their nearly inviolable protection from patient lawsuits. Using a recent Supreme Court decision originally hailed as a victory for HMOs, plaintiffs' attorneys are seeking to remove the protections that have kept HMOs out of state courts -- and they've gotten a boost from the Department of Labor's endorsement of patients' right to sue HMOs under state law.
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Samsung Strikes Out in Antitrust Suit Against Panasonic over SD Memory Cards
Publication Date: 2012-01-04
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For the second time in five months, Panasonic's lawyers at Dewey & LeBoeuf persuaded a federal judge in San Francisco to dismiss Samsung's antitrust claims against Panasonic over a patent licensing deal involving secure digital memory cards.

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