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October 30, 2000 | Law.com

Baker's Recipe

Once the only U.S. firm with offices around the globe, Chicago-based Baker & McKenzie's domination of the international market has been its biggest asset. But it's facing ever-greater competition in the global arena as firms merge across borders and others establish worldwide practices. In response, Baker is seeking to boost its brand name and erase the perception that the firm is a franchise operation.
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June 22, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Corporate Defendants Prevail at High Court

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday made it easier for corporate defendants to seek and win dismissal of lawsuits filed by investors alleging stock fraud or market manipulation. By an 8-1 majority, the Court raised the threshold that plaintiffs must cross in initial pleadings to show that defendants had the intention to deceive or defraud.
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May 31, 2001 | Law.com

Antitrust Group Wants Speedier Merger Reviews

Arguing that year-long antitrust reviews serve no one, officials at the American Antitrust Institute are proposing guidelines to expedite negotiation of consent decrees. The guidelines call for merging parties to submit detailed information with their Hart-Scott-Rodino filing about potential antitrust issues. The agencies then would give the deal priority consideration.
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September 27, 2000 | Law.com

The Sidney Olympics

Some of the most intense Olympic competition took place in less-than-exotic places, such as the Southern District of New York and the faraway Northern District of California. We have been introduced to events like synchronized suing and legal gymnastics. And don't forget, says Lawrence Siskind, track and field, where the "long jump to a conclusion" event was won by the Wen Ho Lee DOJ prosecutors team.
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March 17, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

Court Gives Boost to Those Claiming Fear of Cancer from Asbestos Injury

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June 06, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Clinton Leads Fundraising Among New York Attorneys

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April 19, 1999 | Law.com

Assault on the Vault

While Glendale Federal's recent $909 million victory against the federal government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims received wide notice, little attention has been paid to a key factor in the California bank's success: the sophisticated collaboration among lawyers representing plaintiffs in Glendale and about 120 other related cases.
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April 20, 1999 | Law.com

Winstar

Glendale Federal's $909 million verdict against the government earlier this month sent an unambiguous message: Many of the financial institutions and millionaire investors burned by the savings-and-loan bailout in of the 1980s are poised to now make the federal government pay a heavy price.
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FCC Asks for En Banc Rehearing of Second Circuit Ruling that Indecency Policy Is Unconstitutional
Publication Date: 2010-08-26
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The Second Circuit has already twice determined that a 2004 FCC policy banning fleeting expletives is unconstitutional. Will the judges agree to give one more round of consideration to the difference between "dickweed" and "dickhead"?

September 26, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Upcoming PRLDEF Fund-Raisers

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