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N.J. Wraps Up Last Big Profiling Case
New Jersey has settled the last major piece of litigation to arise out of the racial-profiling scandal of the 1990s. The state and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority agreed to pay $775,000 to 12 plaintiffs who claimed they were subjected to harassment from state troopers because of their race. This brings the total amount paid to plaintiffs and lawyers over the course of the decade-long scandal to $19.5 million.If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to tackle the long-simmering question of whether so-called "pay-for-delay" deals between drug companies violate antitrust law, it'll likely be up to Williams & Connolly's Kannon Shanmugam to establish that the deals pass muster.
Pfizer Litigators Endure Beast of a Beauty Contest
Pfizer Inc. summoned lawyers to a New York ballroom last year for a sort of beauty contest, giving 103 firms the chance to compete for 20 coveted spots as preferred litigation providers. The process ultimately involved two consultants, featured a 50-page Request For Information and stretched on for nine months. One law firm partner, echoing others' sentiments, would later call the selection experience "the most painful ever." Now Pfizer is using the same process to select labor and employment counsel.Delaware federal court is on pace to see a 50 percent spike in patent case filings, according to an analysis by Perkins Coie partner James Pistorino.
Lanco, Inc. v. Director, Division of Taxation
The physical presence requirement applicable to use and sales taxes is not applicable to income tax and New Jersey may constitutionally subject a foreign corporation to the Corporation Business Tax where the corporation has no physical presence in the state and derives income from a New Jersey source only pursuant to a license agreement for the use of trademarks and service marks with another corporation that conducts a retail business here.Don't Mess With New Jersey Contracts
Korean giant Ssangyong -- which produces everything from footwear to jet fuel -- had won many battles in its war against a small Iowa importer. But after five years of litigating in four states, the importer won $23 million in federal court in Iowa. His ace in the hole? New Jersey case law, which is tougher than most states' when it comes to breach of contract.Trending Stories
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