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September 12, 2013 |

Twitter and Hilton Ride Wave of IPOs

The much-anticipated initial public offering of the social networking company was made official Thursday, along with those for Hilton Worldwide and the U.K.'s Royal Mail, all of which enlisted the efforts of a handful of leading Am Law 100 and global firms.
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September 13, 2010 |

Tax Attorney, Former Quellos Exec Plead Guilty to Massive Tax Scheme

Former Quellos Group investment firm chief executive Jeffrey Greenstein and tax attorney Charles H. Wilk pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from an illegal tax shelter that enabled wealthy clients, including philanthropist Robert Wood Johnson IV and Hollywood mogul Haim Saban, to avoid paying taxes on $1.3 billion in capital gains. Greenstein and Wilk agreed to pay the IRS $7 million in penalties, plus $400,000 to cover prosecution costs, and to give speeches at their graduate schools about business ethics.
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April 12, 2010 |

The Class Action Fairness Act, five years later

Class actions increasingly proceed in federal court, but the law has not eliminated forum-shopping.
7 minute read
August 25, 2008 |

What's your juror taking?

As the percentage of Americans taking various medications skyrockets, some jury consultants and lawyers have begun asking potential jurors what kinds of medications they are taking. They're concerned about potential side effects associated with medications that can affect a person's ability to concentrate, sit for long periods of time and otherwise act as jurors. A secondary reason for asking is strategic — to bounce jurors they don't want and use medications as an excuse.
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The Future Is Now: The Booming Brazilian Legal Market
Publication Date: 2010-10-01
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A half-dozen international law firms have opened offices in Brazil in the past two years. We asked partners at two prominent Brazilian law firms about their new neighbors.

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May 23, 2005 |

Comacho v. Texas Workforce Commission

40 TEX. ADMIN. CODE � 811.2(A) and (B) are inconsistent with the federal Medicaid statute, as they impose additional requirements for obtaining benefits.
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January 31, 2011 |

Guy From "CHiPs" -- No Not Erik Estrada, the Other One -- Admits Security Fraud

An actor who starred as one of two California highway officers in the 1970s TV series "CHiPs" was sentenced Friday to serve three years probation for conspiring to commit securities fraud.
2 minute read
January 04, 2011 |

MGA pleads to retain counsel — or at least for a delay of Bratz doll retrial

The manufacturer of the Bratz doll, facing the "horns of a difficult dilemma," has petitioned a federal appeals court to reinstate its lead counsel, whose firm was disqualified about three weeks before going to trial against Mattel Inc.
4 minute read
November 24, 2008 |

Court mulls early release of Uighurs from Gitmo

WASHINGTON AP - A federal appeals court seemed reluctant on Monday to release 17 Turkic Muslims being held without charges at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, questioning whether judges rather than a president can order their freedom into the United States.In a showdown over presidential power, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.
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September 17, 2012 |

Hogan Lovells Bolsters IP Practice with Group from Haynes and Boone

Hogan Lovells is expanding its intellectual property practice, adding four partners in Silicon Valley and one in San Francisco.
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