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April 13, 2011 | Legaltech News

9th Circuit Rejects Bid to Reopen Facebook-ConnectU Settlement

The 9th Circuit rejected the Winklevoss twins' effort to undo a settlement that had ended scorched-earth litigation with archenemy Facebook. Noting that the deal ConnectU founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and Divya Narendra were seeking to reverse is far more valuable now than it was when they entered mediation, a three-judge panel found the settlement enforceable.
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February 27, 2013 | National Law Journal

High court limits SEC's time to seek civil penalties

In seeking civil penalties for fraud, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must bring an enforcement action within five years of the alleged misconduct, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. The court rejected the SEC's argument that the clock should start running from the date the fraud was discovered, or at least could have been discovered.
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May 01, 2008 | Law.com

THE GERMAN LAWYER: Allen & Overy's Quiet Entrance

If Linklaters has entered the Dusseldorf market "a bang," Allen & Overy's 2007 move was far more muted.
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June 13, 2008 | Law.com

Will Obama's Camp Have Room for Lawyers Who Backed Clinton?

Just how far those in Hillary Clinton's lawyer fan base will be able to wriggle into Barack Obama's inner circle -- and possible administration -- is an open question. Right now, the Obama campaign insists there's room for everyone, but Obama insiders agree that the tent definitely won't be big enough for some Clinton supporters. Moreover, unity on the campaign trail is one thing, but giving Clintonites offices in the executive branch is quite another.
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April 20, 1999 | Law.com

Atheist's Rights Violated by A.A.

A split 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday stuck to its guns in finding, for a second time, that an atheist drunk driver's constitutional rights were violated when he was forced, as a condition of probation, to participate in a religion-tinged Alcoholics Anonymous program.
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December 07, 2000 | Law.com

2nd Circuit Takes Another 'Swing' at Fair Use Doctrine in Copyright

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to permit a golf supplier to use the term "swing" to describe what is done with a golf club. The court considered whether the phrase "swing, swing, swing," in a commercial to the tune of swing music, constituted trademark infringement. The court's decision should be considered in the context of the limited jurisprudence on the "fair use" defense under trademark law.
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March 05, 2007 | National Law Journal

Prepacks reduce time and costs of business filings

In instances when a manageable number of claimants can engage in substantive prefiling negotiations, the prepackaged bankruptcy process is a quick, effective and less costly method of corporate reorganization.
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July 08, 2009 | Law.com

Government Seeks Life Sentence for Marc Dreier

In anticipation of Monday's sentencing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Streeter has recommended that attorney Marc Dreier receive 145 years in prison for defrauding hedge funds and other victims of more than $400 million through a series of schemes over a seven-year period. Defense attorney Gerald Shargel appealed to Judge Jed Rakoff for a sentence that is "both rational and proportionate" -- a non-guidelines sentence somewhere between 10 years and 1 month and 12 years and 7 months in prison.
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June 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

DEALS IN BRIEF: Shaken and Stirred

Consolidation in the beverage industry.
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September 11, 2006 | National Law Journal

Suit tries to bottle up Ex-Coke GC

When W. Thomas Haynes was reorganized out of his job as general counsel for The Coca-Cola Co. subsidiary Coca-Cola North America in 2001, the company gave its blessing for him to take a position as executive director of the Coke bottlers association.
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