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June 17, 1999 | Law.com

FCC's Role in Telecom Mergers Questioned

Charging that the Federal Communications Commission's review of telecommunications industry mergers is impeding competition, several members of Congress are pushing proposals to alter the agency's role in the process. Some say the FCC is slowing down deals among phone, cable and wireless companies by sitting on merger applications, applying arbitrary evaluation standards and imposing costly conditions on merging parties.
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May 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Big Suits

USA/UBS; Citibank Shareholder Derivative Litigation; Congoleum Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; FTC vs. Whole Foods; Parmalat Securities Litigation; SEC v. Automated Trading Desk Specialist, et al.
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Apple and Sextet of Tech Firms Lose Dismissal Bid in Employee Antitrust Class Action
Publication Date: 2012-04-19
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You don't often hear complaints about working for Apple, Google, Intel, Lucasfilm, Adobe, Intuit, or Pixar. But according to plaintiffs lawyers at Lieff Cabraser, Berger & Montague, and Grant & Eisenhofer, employees at the companies were the victims of a conspiracy to suppress their salaries and keep them tied down at their jobs. And on Wednesday, a judge in San Jose ruled that the lawyers had come up with enough evidence to allow their case to move forward.

November 26, 2003 | New York Law Journal

FSP Inc. v. Societe Generale

Court to Consider Whether New Alleged Facts Render Dispute 'Exchange Related' for Arbitration
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Stuart Grant of Grant & Eisenhofer and Randall Baron of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Publication Date: 2011-10-06
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The plaintiffs lawyers' shareholder suit over last year's leveraged buyout of Del Monte Corporation finally ended Thursday with Del Monte and Barclays agreeing to a combined $89.4 million settlement. But Grant said the case will also have a lasting change on the way big deals are financed.

IP Litigation Roundup: FRANDtastic Friday
Publication Date: 2012-11-02
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Standards-essential FRAND patents were big news over the past week, as was litigation over Google's moneymaker AdWords. Plus, looking ahead to Supreme Court arguments in a case over sneakers that could leave a big footprint in patent and trademark law.

The Global Lawyer: Yukos and its $100 Billion Trial Balloons
Publication Date: 2012-07-29
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On July 20 a group of Spanish funds won a $2.6 million arbitration award that cost nearly $15 million in unawarded fees, and may well be vacated by a Swedish court. Good investment? Hell yes, from the viewpoint of the oligarchs who used to control Yukos Oil Company, and fronted the fees.

July 15, 1999 | Law.com

Telecom Merger Conditions Cause Stir

Telecommunications attorneys are buzzing about the conditions that the Federal Communications Commission's staff proposed June 29 regarding the merger of regional phone companies SBC Communications and Ameritech. The merger conditions, which must be approved by the full Commission, are the most far-reaching and potentially expensive of any imposed on merging phone companies. If the conditions are approved, some telecom attorneys worry that it will be even more difficult to get mergers through the FCC.
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July 02, 2012 | National Law Journal

Bar fight erupts in D.C.

A proposal to give the District of Columbia Bar's Board of Governors more control over the budget of the bar's disciplinary arm has sparked a backlash, with officials on the disciplinary side warning that the changes could threaten the bar's ability to police its members.
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Patent Heavyweights in War Over Translation Technology
Publication Date: 2013-06-16
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A looming trial in the case will showcase two of the country's most fearsome patent litigators — Douglas Lumish of Latham & Watkins for TransPerfect and Charles Verhoeven of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan for MotionPoint.

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