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Glaxo Mega-Deal Puts DOJ on Track for Record Year of FCA Recoveries
Publication Date: 2012-07-02
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With the $3 billion civil and criminal deals reached Monday with GlaxoSmithKline, it's shaping up to be an incredible year for health care settlements under the False Claims Act.

November 26, 2007 | Law.com

Blood Money Paid by Chiquita Shows Company's Hard Choices

Chiquita Brands International says it had to pay off Colombian terrorists to protect its employees. The Justice Department says the company simply made an "expedient" choice. An exhaustive look at the four-year probe finds that neither side is exactly right. Documents, as well as interviews with attorneys from both sides, paint a portrait of a GC and a company giving in to extortion. It is the stuff of spy thrillers, describing veiled threats of violence, secret payments and an excruciating moral dilemma.
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January 24, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Handicapping Bush's Judicial Nominations

With President Bush's decision to renominate 12 contentious appeals court candidates, the die seemed cast for a repeat of nominee-related filibustering in Congress. A relatively simple compromise could free up some judges, but divisions seem to be hardening. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has effectively threatened to stop filibusters with a rare parliamentary maneuver referred to by fellow Republicans as the "constitutional" option but described by Democrats as the "nuclear" option.
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October 22, 2007 | Law.com

New Study Suggests Veteran Advocates Sway Supreme Court

Dramatic new research by Georgetown University Law Center professor Richard Lazarus shows that more and more Supreme Court cases are brought and argued by the seasoned veterans who have honed Supreme Court practice into a fine, and exclusive, art form. Lazarus claims that the increasing dominance of the Supreme Court Bar is beginning to have an impact on the Court's doctrine. Increasingly, Lazarus says, the modern-day Court is ruling in favor of "monied interests more able to pay for such expertise."
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July 24, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Obscure Alien Tort Claims Act Resurfaces With Alarm

If you're a business and you haven't yet been sued under this law, don't worry, you will be.
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Morgan Lewis Beats HP Securities Suit over Hurd Conduct
Publication Date: 2013-08-12
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Plaintiffs lawyers at Kirby McInerney and Glancy Binkow claimed that Hewlett-Packard duped investors by issuing ethics guidelines that then-HP CEO Mark Hurd was busy flaunting with TV "cougar" Jodie Fisher. A judge in San Francisco didn't buy it.

November 13, 2006 | Law.com

The NLJ 250 Chart (51-100)

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September 02, 2003 | Law.com

Court, Bar, Brace For McCain-Feingold Argument

On most September days, the majestic U.S. Supreme Court chamber is empty except for the occasional lecture given to tourists about the architecture and history of the courtroom. But on Sept. 8 the high court will be packed to the rafters as the justices hold an extraordinary four-hour session to consider the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. Seating is so tight that lawyers arguing in the case will be restricted to five guests each in the courtroom.
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Despite Best Efforts of a Raft of Big Firm Defense Counsel, Sprawling MDL over Bank Overdraft Fees Survives Motion to Dismiss
Publication Date: 2010-03-16
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Do banks have the right to charge huge penalty fees for checking account overdrafts? A senior judge in Florida ruled that 15 cases raising such allegations can proceed to discovery in litigation that could cost the banks hundreds of millions of dollars.

March 01, 1999 | Law.com

Branding is Law Firms' New Buzzword

Long a cornerstone of consumer marketing, the notion of branding is being stretched in a new direction these days by law firm consultants and their in-house counterparts. Despite all the effusiveness, though, no one seems to agree on exactly what branding is or how a law firm is supposed to do it. Nor is there yet any evidence that branding actually works in the legal business.
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