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Supermarket Magnate Ron Burkle Turns to Litigation in Barnes & Noble Takeover Fight
Publication Date: 2010-05-07
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There's nothing quite like the spectacle of billionaires being nasty to one another via the court system. And that's what we've now got in the battle for control of the troubled bookseller Barnes & Noble.

February 08, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

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Cactus King wins $41,000 in counterclaim against plant seller. Deputy wasn't fired in retaliation, judge says. Car, city bus played role in collision. Gas station, patron equally at fault for slip-and-fall accident.
5 minute read
September 10, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Judge Denies 'Grossly Inflated' Fee Request in Entirety

Four law firms, including Chadbourne & Parke and Williams & Connolly, that submitted a $2.7 million fee request after winning $12,500 for their client should go away empty-handed, a federal judge has ruled.
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August 26, 2003 | Law.com

NYU Law Professor Helps to Shape Iraq's Constitution

When Noah Feldman's cell phone goes off, the call is likely to be from Baghdad and the caller is likely to ask complicated questions about constitutional law -- in Arabic. On Aug. 11, the interim Iraqi Governing Council named a constitutional committee to draft a blueprint for the future of representative government. Feldman, 33, a scholar of international law and practitioner of American constitutional law, provided legal counsel in the run-up to the committee's formation, and still advises long distance.
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August 24, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Heiress Sues Law Firm Over Trust Fund Losses

The daughter of the founding family of General Growth Properties has filed a monster lawsuit against Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, alleging the Chicago-based firm created a bewildering mix of investment vehicles through which they mismanaged her trust fund — costing her at least $300 million.
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August 14, 2003 | Law.com

Texas Supremes Deny Republicans' Mandamus Writ

Without comment, the Texas Supreme Court has denied a petition for writ of mandamus sought by Republican state officials in an effort to force 11 Democratic state senators who fled to New Mexico back to the state Senate to work on congressional redistricting. The court's action came about 2 1/2 hours after Democrats argued that the state's highest civil court lacks jurisdiction to consider such a mandamus.
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Jones Day Presses for Discovery Against Barclays, Alleging 'Significant Discrepancies' in Bank's Fire-Sale Purchase of Lehman Brokerage
Publication Date: 2009-06-22
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Did Barclays get too good a deal when it bought Lehman's brokerage only days after the investment bank filed for bankruptcy? At the time, Barclays was hailed for saving hundreds of jobs, but now Lehman litigation counsel at Jones Day are demanding documents that tell the tale of "the short, tumultuous period of time" when the deal was struck.

May 04, 2012 | Law.com

Google Argues Authors' Group Lacks Standing in Copyright Suit

Authors Guild attorney Joanne Zack told Judge Denny Chin that to expect hundreds of thousands of authors to "individually litigate is unfair," and asked him to certify the case as a class action against the online search giant.
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October 23, 2006 | Law.com

YouTube Purges 30,000 Copyrighted Files

The popular video-sharing site YouTube deleted nearly 30,000 files after a Japanese group complained of copyright infringement. The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, found 29,549 video clips such as television shows and music videos posted on YouTube's site without permission, an official from the group said last week. Some have suggested the startup eventually could be sued by copyright holders, especially with deep-pocketed Google about to buy it for $1.65 billion in stock.
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September 09, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

ACC Celebrates Two Wins on Privilege

The Association of Corporate Counsel celebrated two key developments last month in the protection of attorney-client privilege in government investigations. A 2nd Circuit ruling supporting the rights of corporate defendants to have unfettered access to counsel in a case involving former KPMG partners and new corporate prosecution guidelines issued by the Department of Justice dealt a death blow to the "Thompson memo." The ACC has been working to reverse the policy, said Susan J. Hackett, GC of the ACC.
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