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April 20, 2006 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

The Sony Corp. has acquired the right to purchase from Michael Jackson another 25 percent of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, a catalog including more than 200 songs by the Beatles, which is half-owned by Mr. Jackson and is worth approximately $1 billion. The deal is part of a $320 million refinancing that allows Mr. Jackson to avoid bankruptcy. Also, The Danaher Corp., a manufacturer of medical technology and environmental instruments, has purchased Sybron Dental Specialties Inc. for $2 billion.
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June 12, 2000 | Law.com

HMOs Protected From ERISA Claims

Fearing that the managed health care industry would be destroyed if it ruled otherwise, the Supreme Court on Monday protected HMOs from being sued by disgruntled patients for breach of fiduciary duty under a key federal employment law. "The judiciary has no warrant to precipitate the upheaval that would follow," wrote Justice David Souter for a unanimous court.
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December 02, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Panel Declines to Force Group to Say Stage Sets Were by Calder

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January 10, 2003 | Law.com

Guam With the Wind

This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that comes to them from as far away as any other they've heard -- Guam. But this one may as well have come out of left field. In Nguyen v. United States, the petition for certiorari raises an issue that was never before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that heard the case. That's because the panel itself is the issue; in particular, whether it was legally constituted.
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December 03, 2012 | Law.com

Feds target China affiliates of 'big four' accounting firms

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused five Chinese accounting firms, including affiliates of the United States' "big four," of refusing to produce documents related to an agency investigation of fraud.
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August 27, 2002 | Law.com

In Lyon Hunt, IP Litigators Are the Biggest Game

Law firms are lining up to hire intellectual property litigators, believing their practices are both lucrative and recession-proof. Need evidence? Check out how hot IP litigators at L.A.-based Lyon & Lyon became after the firm announced Aug. 9 that it plans to dissolve. Ralph Baxter Jr., Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's chairman, says he's optimistic that a group of Lyon & Lyon IP lawyers will join his firm.
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January 30, 2012 | Law.com

The Strongest Law Firm Brands in the Land

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February 08, 2006 | Law.com

Bankruptcy Rewrite Predicted to Bring a Flood of Appeals

Instead of consulting bankruptcy judges and courts, legislators relied on the expertise of creditor lobbyists to write much of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act. The result, some bankruptcy experts say, is a mess that will trigger a flood of appeals. The changes to the law are likely to create more competition, and litigation, among creditors. And that litigation will be compounded by the cross-referencing and grammatical shortcomings that the appeals courts will have to resolve.
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August 18, 2008 | New York Law Journal

In Next Term, More Cases, Quicker Arguments Await

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April 10, 2007 | Law.com

Full Frontal Fee Fight

A naked peace protest leads the Supreme Court to take a closer look at fee-shifting statutes.
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