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November 24, 2009
Court Dashes Ex-CEO's Dreams of $100 Million for Music Deal
Warner Music Group mogul Edgar M. Bronfman Jr. is not obligated to pay former Simon & Schuster CEO Richard E. Snyder more than $100 million for work Snyder insists he did to facilitate Warner Music's purchase by Bronfman's investment group, the New York Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
Drugmakers Get Double Dose of Bad News Over HRT Products
A jury returned a $34 million verdict Monday against two drugmakers over hormone-replacement therapy drugs that the jury found caused a plaintiff's cancer. A $75 million punitive damages verdict from another HRT case in October was unsealed after the other verdict was rendered Monday.
Orrick-Levi Strauss Deal Underscores Growth of Alternative Billing
Alternative fee billing has been a buzzword for decades, but many say the recession has finally given the trend some teeth. Witness Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's broadest alternative fee arrangement ever, in which Orrick will handle all of Levi Strauss' legal work worldwide.
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'Happy Gilmore' Golf Shot Breaches Duty of Care
It has now been judicially decreed that the "Happy Gilmore" golf shot is a breach of the standard of care required when playing on a course with others. Looking at the facts of the case, Bruce Carton concludes they're pretty much what you would expect from a bachelor party that involved pot, tequila, lots of beer, "power slides" in golf carts and clubs smashed against trees.
Who's Ponying Up for Cuomo?
New York Attorney General -- and possible gubernatorial candidate -- Andrew Cuomo has received big campaign contributions from lawyers representing clients being investigated by his office. Is that legit?
Rookie Ambassador Gets Big Send-Off
"If you stop sending me e-mails about Foster's beer and your favorite Crocodile Dundee lines, I'll re-friend you," former Munger lawyer Jeff Bleich told a crowd after being sworn in as ambassador to Australia.
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Madoff Watch
Bernard Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme has rocked the financial world, sparking a range of legal proceedings. Keep up with Law.com’s coverage and the latest filings in civil, criminal and bankruptcy actions in our special section.
Crisis on Wall Street
As Wall Street's woes continue, Law.com presents ongoing coverage of the financial meltdown from across the globe, with ALM updates on what it means for law firms and lawyers. See if your law firm is on The Layoff List.
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HP Officejet 8500 Masters the Essentials
Who hasn't heard the phrase "jack-of-all-trades, master of none"? Perhaps Hewlett-Packard Development Corp., because the new HP Officejet 8500 All-In-One Printer is a jack-of-all-trades in generating computer output -- print, scan, copy and fax -- but it seems to have mastered them all.
Attorney-Actress Performs Career Balancing Act
Jennifer Snyder, who practices labor and employment and entertainment law at Dilworth Paxson, already had a full-blown acting career by the time she was 9 years old. So it may not come as a surprise that she continues to balance her law career with ventures in the performing arts.
EDD Tale: Caught in the Middle
When an e-discovery provider was assigned the job of looking for e-mail evidence in a recent business dispute, it seemed like just another job until the company found itself on the receiving end of a motion for contempt for reporting that 70,000 files had been deleted from a computer.
Externalize Document Storage in Microsoft SharePoint
A controversy has been brewing in law firms as more documents find their way into Microsoft SharePoint's SQL Server: Is SharePoint a viable replacement for a DMS? Mark Gerow, of Fenwick & West, discusses the case for moving documents out of SQL Server using an "External Blob Store."
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