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February 03, 2003 | Law.com

Brobeck Looks for Answers

The financial wrangling was underway Friday as lawyers and staff at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison scrambled to find new jobs in the aftermath of the firm's sudden collapse. Brobeck and its bankers are in negotiations that could keep the firm out of bankruptcy. Decisions are pending about how much -- if any -- severance the firm will pay and whether partners will have to dip into their savings to help pay off the firm's obligations.
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December 06, 2006 | National Law Journal

Where Will the Troubles End for Sonsini and HP?

Wilson Sonsini Chairman Larry Sonsini, who has plotted his career and his law firm's path to dominance with the precision and focus of a master, found himself this year in a place he never expected to be: testifying before Congress on his role as outside counsel to Hewlett-Packard, caught up in a boardroom spying scandal. Sonsini and his firm have faced criticism before -- over alleged conflicts and investments in client stock -- but now they face a crisis that might not blow over.
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Federal Circuit Guts Inequitable Conduct Defense, Patent Infringement Plaintiffs Rejoice
Publication Date: 2011-05-25
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The ruling is a huge victory for Abbott, its lawyers at Munger, Tolles & Olson, and patent infringement plaintiffs everywhere.

August 20, 1999 | Law.com

Cable Companies Lose Tax Appeal

In a costly setback for the cable TV industry, New York's Tax Appeals Tribunal ruled that all cable companies are primarily in the entertainment business and are not entitled to the lower corporate tax rate provided for transmission companies. Cable operators argued a distinction be made between companies that produce programs for cable TV and companies that serve as the "transmission conduit." But the tribunal determines it "from the perspective of [a company's] customers - what they buy and pay for."
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April 28, 2003 | Law.com

Bank Withdrawal

During the late 1990s, the relationships between law firms and banks began to break down. Firms, overwhelmed with more lucrative work, dumped the banks as clients. Now, the boom is over. Firms that counted on tech deals are hungry again for investment banking work. But they're finding it tough going. "Clearly there were investment banks that were less than thrilled about their relative pecking order as a client," says Laura Berezin, a Cooley Godward partner who heads the firm's investment banking practice.
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November 16, 2001 | Law.com

2001 Summer Associates Survey: From Mayer Brown to Wolf Block

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September 11, 2001 | Law.com

California Firms, Courts Close in Wake of New York, D.C., Attacks

Stunned by today's terrorist attacks that brought down New York's twin World Trade Center towers and devastated the Pentagon, San Francisco officials shut down the vulnerable Civic Center region, home to numerous court offices, while the state capitol evacuated, and major law firms closed offices in San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C.
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Backed by New Quinn Emanuel Lawyers, Schwab Rips Plaintiffs Lawyers and Moves to Terminate $235 Million MBS Class Action Settlement
Publication Date: 2010-11-09
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Stepping in for Schwab's lawyers from MoFo, the new team from Quinn says plaintiffs lawyers breached the proposed settlement--and endangered their $20 million fee--by bringing new claims.

Jury to Hear Samsung Destroyed Evidence in Showdown with Apple
Publication Date: 2012-07-25
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Will the jury in Apple's blockbuster iPhone and iPad copycat trial care that Samsung "kept the shredder on" when it knew litigation was on the horizon? Barring a last-minute settlement shocker, it looks like we're going to find out. Plus, Apple asks for treble damages, upping the price tag for Samsung's alleged infringement to $7.5 billion.

April 13, 2009 | Law.com

Instant Appeal Certified in Chocolate Price-Fixing Case

Facing accusations of price fixing, leading chocolate manufacturers in the United States have persuaded a Pennsylvania federal judge to certify an immediate appeal of his decision not to dismiss 87 consolidated antitrust suits. Lawyers will be closely watching the interlocutory appeal because it promises to give the 3rd Circuit its first opportunity to define the scope and effect of the U.S. Supreme Court's seminal 2007 Bell Atlantic Co. v. Twombly decision on price-fixing cases.
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