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June 10, 1999 | Law.com

Cosby Case Conviction Scuttled

Citing faulty jury instructions, a federal appeals panel late yesterday upset Autumn Jackson's 1997 extortion conviction. Jackson was seeking $40 million from Bill Cosby to keep quiet about her claim that she is the popular entertainer's illegitimate daughter. The ruling from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for Jackson and two co-defendants, after finding the trial judge mistakenly failed to tell jurors that an "extortion" conviction requires proof of "wrongful" demands.
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February 01, 2010 | The Recorder

Monthly Lateral Report

The latest lateral moves.
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June 01, 2010 | The Recorder

BASF Deems 6 of 7 'Well-Qualified'

None of the S.F. judge-hopefuls were deemed "not qualified" or "exceptionally well-qualified." One is rated "qualified."
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October 17, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

Silicosis Claims Split Plaintiffs' Bar

The so-called phantom epidemic of silicosis has become a hot potato for the plaintiffs bar.
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April 07, 2005 | Law.com

Chevron Deal Another Mega-Merger With Mega Money

What's $16.4 billion to Terry Kee? Over the course of 26 years representing ChevronTexaco, the Pillsbury Winthrop partner has grown accustomed to monstrous mergers. So working on Chevron's acquisition of fellow oil giant Unocal Corp. was old hat -- even if it was a ten gallon. Lawyers at DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary got to participate in a celebrity wedding of sorts when they represented Emmy winner Pinnacle Systems Inc. in its sale to Oscar winner Avid Technology Inc. for $462 million.
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April 22, 2010 | The Recorder

New Merger Guidelines Get Mixed Reviews

Dechert partner Paul Denis, who helped draft the original guidelines, said the new version is "not as helpful to the business community and the bar" and gives the government too much flexibility.
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Satyam Class Action Defendants Seek Passage to India
Publication Date: 2009-11-10
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Satyam Computer Services auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers and Lovelock & Lewes want the securities class action pending against them in New York dropped on grounds of forum non conveniens. India's courts are more than capable of hosting the litigation, wrote their lawyers at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in a motion to dismiss filed Monday.

March 20, 2006 | Daily Report Online

Lawyer in 'Da Vinci Code' case casts doubt on Dan Brown's testimony

By DAVID STRINGER, Associated PressLONDON AP - Arguments closed in "The Da Vinci Code" copyright case with the lawyer for the men suing the publisher of the blockbuster novel suggesting that author Dan Brown's testimony was unreliable and questioning why his wife, who helped research the best seller, did not testify.
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March 31, 2004 | Law.com

Vermont Torts to Govern Suit Against IBM

A Westchester County, N.Y., judge has ruled that a teenager with birth defects can sue IBM in New York under the laws of Vermont, where the young woman's father worked in an IBM factory and allegedly contaminated his pregnant wife with chemicals. The ruling establishes tort rights for Vermont plaintiffs among those suing IBM in New York over chemicals at its plants in East Fishkill, N.Y., and Burlington, Vt.
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July 23, 2001 | Law.com

Death of a 'Pac-Man'

Indianapolis doesn't spring to mind when we think of cutthroat lateral hiring. But Johnson Smith has long been that town's rebel, regularly raiding the larger firms for top talent. The "Pac-Man" firm, Indy lawyers called the fast-growing Johnson Smith, which peaked at more than 60 transplants. Live by the lateral sword, die by the lateral sword -- on May 8, after merger plans fell through, the firm called it quits.
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