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December 07, 2007 | Law.com

Southern Co. Wants More From Witness Who Knew Less

After two-plus years of fighting a $2 billion case between Southern Co. and representatives of former subsidiary Mirant, lawyers are acting a tad testy. Now in the closing stages of discovery, the case has spawned a barb-laden dispute over the 14-hour deposition of a witness for MC Asset Recovery, the group representing Mirant and its unsecured creditors who claim that Southern stripped Mirant of cash, saddled it with debt and spun it off, essentially propelling its progeny into a Chapter 11 reorganization.
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September 14, 2006 | Law.com

Federal Judge Questions Data Used by Smokers to Define Class

Eastern District of New York Judge Jack B. Weinstein expressed skepticism Wednesday over a proposed class action lawsuit that would seek as much as $200 billion in damages against the tobacco industry for its allegedly deceptive marketing of light cigarettes. In a daylong hearing, Weinstein wondered how the plaintiffs could define a viable class -- and accurately assess damages -- when the tens of millions of people who have smoked light cigarettes might have chosen to do so for any number of reasons.
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March 09, 2005 | Law.com

Football as Metaphor

Some Americans may have hoped the trial of Army reserve Specialist Charles A. Graner Jr., of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, would illuminate how exactly we wound up in the moral and military quagmire of Iraq. Failing that, says our commentator, those still groping for answers should look to "Friday Night Lights." If audiences missed why the film Larry King called "one of the greatest sports movies ever made" was applicable to Iraq, they overlooked what jock films do.
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November 25, 2009 | Law.com

New Approaches to Getting a Law Firm Job

"Turn out the lights; the party's over." Such may be the refrain of the 2009-2010 law school recruiting season, says attorney Steven C. Bennett. For law students, "downsized" associates and other lawyers in transition, these may be stressful times. For law firms, the financial turmoil may herald changes in the recruitment process and a fundamental restructuring of employment in the profession. Bennett provides some steps that job-seekers may consider to help adapt to the new recruitment practices.
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February 12, 2007 | Law.com

Hotwire Suit Close to Takeoff

Internet travel companies have made a fortune pulling in small amounts of cash from lots of consumers. But plaintiffs lawyers might get the last laugh by dinging them with lots of small damages in class actions. Attorneys suing several online hotel brokers believe they're nearing a breakthrough in litigation over minor charges on customers' bills. San Francisco firm Gutride Safier expects to get a class certification order shortly in a case against the company that operates travel booking Web site Hotwire.
6 minute read
January 02, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Unpublished Opinions

Unpublished state and federal court decisions.
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March 17, 2005 | Law.com

Alexander Schoch: The Negotiator

3 minute read
March 03, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Newsbriefs

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August 14, 2007 | Law.com

Anti-Suit Injunctions Involving Multinational Companies Split Circuits

A Florida federal court has blocked a Costa Rican distributor from taking legal action against a multinational company outside of the United States, the latest example of an issue some lawyers believe will reach the U.S. Supreme Court. The case involves the touchy topic of American courts barring foreign court proceedings through anti-suit injunctions, which has caused a divide in the circuit courts. One lawyer says multinationals shouldn't assume contract agreements will prevent suits in other countries.
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Gibson Dunn Knocks Out Qui Tam Suit For One For-Profit School Client; Another Hit with DOJ, State Fraud Claims over Recruiter Incentives
Publication Date: 2011-08-09
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Gibson Dunn partners Timothy Hatch and Wayne Smith have spent years battling claims that their for-profit educational company clients ripped off the government by taking student loan money while skirting federal rules on recruiter pay. They can expect to stay busy.

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