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December 27, 2010 | Daily Business Review

High court agrees to 'big term' for class actions

In the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act, Congress altered the class action landscape by shifting much of that litigation from state courts to federal courts. Now business hopes the U.S. Supreme Court will take the next step.
7 minute read
September 15, 2005 | Legaltech News

BlackBerry Blues

Somewhere along the way, in the six years since Research in Motion Ltd. introduced the BlackBerry, the e-mail message device became the company's destiny. Then a federal court injunction in a patent infringement suit threw RIM's future in disarray and threatened to knock the BlackBerry out of the U.S. market. Worse, RIM's tormenter was not IBM Corp., Motorola Inc. or some other tech behemoth, but NTP Inc., an obscure patent-holding company in northern Virginia.
15 minute read
July 26, 2004 | National Law Journal

To (b)(2) or not to (b)(2)?

Is there a person alive who does not know that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been sued in a gigantic class action? On June 21, U.S. District Judge Martin J. Jenkins of the Northern District of California certified the largest employment discrimination class action in American history. The putative class consists of approximately 1.5 million women who have been employed at 3,400 Wal-Mart stores during the past five years.
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June 13, 2011 | National Law Journal

FantasySCOTUS: The new 'Law & Order' bloc

In this week's column, we explore the new "Law & Order" bloc that emerged in Michigan v. Bryant and Sykes v. U.S. and predict whether that bloc will reunite in a pending confrontation clause case, Bullcoming v. New Mexico.
17 minute read
April 06, 2001 | Law.com

ICANN Has Hands Full Adding New Domains

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' approval in November of seven new top-level domains was supposed to help alleviate Internet traffic on the overburdened ".com," ".net" and ".org" domains. Now new problems have arisen concerning the registration and sale of domain names.
8 minute read
June 09, 2003 | National Law Journal

Weil's New Chapter

Even after the retirement of its legendary leader, Harvey Miller, the bankruptcy team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges looms large. But competitors are closing in.
16 minute read
February 02, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Dropping the Nickel' in a Civil Context

Imagine this: You are defending a civil suit in which your client, an accounting firm, has been sued by a plumbing supply company for damages in excess of $20 million.
10 minute read
October 30, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

'Fair Value' and Discounting in N.J. Shareholder Oppression Cases

The New Jersey Oppressed Shareholder Statute allows an oppressed minority shareholder in a closely held corporation having 25 or fewer shareholders to bring suit in the N.J. Superior Court.
8 minute read
December 20, 2010 | National Law Journal

Big term for class actions

7 minute read
August 03, 2005 | National Law Journal

The most talked-about cases of the 2004-2005 term

From something old�the revisiting of the death penalty for juveniles�to something new�file-sharing on the Internet�the 2004-2005 Supreme Court term offered a variety of challenges to capture the attention, indignation or appreciation of the public.
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