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New York Law Journal

Aprile v. Men of Invention LLC

Third, Fourth Counterclaims Conclusory Allegations Without More, Dismissed
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

EEOC Reports Uptick in Systemic Discrimination Case

A report from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shows the agency has ramped up its work on systemic discrimination cases, achieving a significant increase in the number of these matters investigated annually since 2011.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Jones Day, Bracewell and Others Advise $4B Pipeline Deal

A group of attorneys from Jones Day, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Troutman Sanders and Balch & Bingham are representing Southern Co. in the planned acquisition from Kinder Morgan of a 50 percent equity interest in the Southern Natural Gas pipeline system.
27 minute read

New York Law Journal

OneWest Bank v. Melina

National Bank is Citizen Only of State Where Its Main Office Is Located
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Declines to Require Buyer to Complete Merger Transaction

Parties who at the signing of a merger agreement are eager to close may have a change of heart if intervening adverse market conditions reduce or eliminate the economic benefits.
19 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Court Boots Plaintiff, Counsel Over Fee Motion

Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III, in a strongly worded ruling, has booted the representative plaintiff and Pomerantz counsel from an unresolved derivative suit, saying their bid to collect $540,000 in interim fees as they exited the "botched" litigation was made with "little grace."
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Janssen Hit With $70M Verdict in Latest Risperdal Trial

A unanimous Philadelphia jury July 1 handed down a $70 million verdict against Janssen Pharmaceuticals in the latest trial over the antipsychotic drug Risperdal.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Firm Loses $42K Fee Award in Judgment Reversal

The state Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a lower court misapplied the summary judgment standard in determining a defendant to prior litigation paid a New Jersey firm and its client with settlement money that did not belong to him.
7 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Judge Rules Del. Jurisdiction Didn't Reach Tech Defendants, Requiring Dispute Dismissal

A Delaware federal judge has dismissed a complaint alleging misuse of confidential information by an advertising company and its marketing arm, because the plaintiff failed to establish personal jurisdiction over the defendants.
8 minute read

International Edition

Chinese Insurance Group Buys Auto Website with Help from Paul Hastings and Sullivan & Cromwell

Paul Hastings and Sullivan & Cromwell played lead roles in a $1.6 billion deal that saw China's Ping An Insurance Group buy a 47.7 percent stake in Chinese automobile website Autohome Inc. from Melbourne-based Telstra Corp. Ltd.
14 minute read

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