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INADMISSIBLE: 'Savior of Baseball' Revisits Classic Case
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor presided over a re-enactment of Flood v. Kuhn, the 1972 decision that re-affirmed the court's much criticized position that pro baseball was exempt from antitrust laws. Plus: former adversaries work together, Cole's a no-show, questions about Apple tax, an IRS suit, Stovell's paternity case, and D.C. Circuit approves audio in this week's column.MCI-Verizon Plans to Slash Legal Team
The proverbial blood may soon hit the floor, thanks to Verizon's proposed $6.7 billion acquisition of MCI. The two telecom giants currently boast 357 attorneys, a number set to shrink if the deal proceeds. And outside law firms would likely lose a big client as well. The deal is far from complete, but as Timothy Casey, MCI's former chief technology counsel puts it, "Every firm that has a telecom practice is going to get squeezed" by telecommunications industry consolidation.Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection List of Ineligible Attorneys
Notice to the bar.How Am Law 100 Firms Use Twitter
Adrian Dayton writes that there was a time when big, respectable law firms would never use silly words like Tweet, Twitter and Twitterverse. In January, the Time Blawg blog noted that many of the largest U.K. firms had never sent a single tweet, and Dayton saw a similar trend in the U.S., in December. How have things changed since then?How are AmLaw 100 firms using Twitter?
Twitter presents one more platform for law firms to build their reputations.The Bankruptcy Files: Toll Roads and Railroads
Despite a dip in bankruptcy filings over the past year, Cleary, Kirkland, Verrill Dana, and Willkie have grabbed lead roles in recent Chapter 11 cases for toll road operator American Roads, textbook publisher Cengage Learning, embattled rail company Montreal, Maine & Atlantic, and nationwide ambulance operator Rural/Metro.Trending Stories
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