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Litigator of the Week: Record $625M Award against PwC Proves You Don't Need Big Law for Big Wins

Stephen Sorensen scored the biggest damages award ever against a global public accounting firm, and broke new legal ground along the way.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Investors Seek Records Over Pharma Company's Cancer-Drug Resale Scheme

Investors in Pennsylvania-based AmerisourceBergen Corp. have sued in Delaware for access to books and records of the pharmaceutical firm, stating that they are considering launching a civil lawsuit over a scheme by its subsidiaries to skim and repackage cancer drugs for sale across the country.
1 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Fraud Suit Continues Energy Firms' Fight Over $268M Coal Mine Acquisition

Seneca Coal Resources accused Cliff Natural Resources and its brass of concealing a range of liabilities associated with the two West Virginia mines as it exited the coal business.
1 minute read

Law.com

From Hot Dogs to High Court: Cravath's Evan Chesler

The law firm chairman led American Express to victory last week in his first Supreme Court argument. It's a long way from his job as a kid at Yankee Stadium.
1 minute read

The Recorder

Beating Beats: A Q&A With the Susman Lawyer Behind the $25M Verdict Against Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine

Susman Godfrey partner Brian Melton led a team that won a $25 million verdict for client Steven Lamar in a royalty dispute over the high-end, celebrity-endorsed headphones.
1 minute read

The Recorder

Two Counties Ask California Supreme Court to Block Lead Paint Initiative

“Having won a landmark judgment against them in court, we will not allow them to undermine the judicial process through this unconstitutional abuse of the initiative system," a Santa Clara County lawyer says.
1 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Fraud Claim Survives in Contract Suit Over Environmental Liability

A breach of contract suit over the sale of a contaminated chemical site in New Jersey can be expanded to include claims that the seller concealed information about its remediation efforts and tried to stick Ashland Inc. with the bill for the cleanup, a Delaware judge has ruled.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Everything Went to Hell': Coral Gables Attorney Sues Former Co-Counsel Over Tobacco Cases

Two plaintiffs attorneys are fighting each other after their plan to work together on smoker cases disintegrated. Tobacco litigation is expensive to bring because cigarette makers put on aggressive defenses.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Federal Circuit Zeros Out Coke Zero Trademark Win

The Federal Circuit gave new impetus to a long-running battle between Atlanta's The Coca-Cola Co. and rival Royal Crown Cola/Dr. Pepper Snapple over the use of the word Zero in no-calorie sports and soft drinks.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Clayton County Loses Effort to Collect Atlanta Airport Concession Property Tax

With a decision that seems likely to affect other similar businesses, Clayton County has lost its bid to collect property taxes from airport shops located outside the Atlanta city limits.
1 minute read

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