IPOs Kept Corporate Groups Busy in 2004
What a change one year can make. Last year, Silicon Valley mourned what had been the worst year for IPOs since 1979, and heavyweights like Wilson Sonsini had only a handful of IPOs. Altogether in the U.S., there were only 86 offerings. But this year was the best since 2000, with 250 IPOs being priced. Led by Google's $1.6 billion offering, the the flow of deals gave much needed relief to the previous year's drought.Ninth Circuit Tops New-Judge Wish List
Hoping the political winds are favorable, the Judicial Conference of the United States announced Tuesday that it will seek an omnibus judgeship bill that will buttress the federal courts with 57 new jurists. Eleven of the judges would be slated for the circuit courts, including seven for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Courts of Appeals.Measuring Damages to Trees and Pets
Over the past year, appellate courts have shaped the body of law to allow more than mere market value as compensation, explains Robert Wright of Horvitz & Levy.Sierra Club v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Judge Rules Against Tiffany's in EBay Claim
EBay lost in a Paris court on the counterfeiting issue, but won big in New York.TB Case Brings Up Complex Legal Issues
The incident involving Atlanta lawyer Andrew Speaker has raised questions about the government's power to prevent epidemics.League of Wilderness Defenders-Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. United States Forest Service
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