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July 25, 2011 |

The Score: NFL Contract Talks Close in on Endzone

Pro football's five-month-long work stoppage appears over as DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the decertified players' union (left) takes a proposed ten-year pact to a vote. Meanwhile, the global implications of the other pro sports labor lockout are growing.
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September 04, 2006 |

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Seeking to polish their credentials in a tough job market, law students are pursuing double degrees. One option now gaining in popularity is a four-year program in which students earn a J.D. and a master's degree in journalism at the same time.
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June 05, 2001 |

Georgia Firm Moves From First Union to Wachovia

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April 07, 2006 |

Panel supports arbitration to resolve tobacco disputes

Employing broad language, the New York Appellate Division, First Department, handed tobacco companies a victory yesterday by ruling that disputes over reductions in their payments to the states under a $206 billion nationwide settlement must go to arbitration.
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April 10, 2006 |

Tobacco companies handed a win; states may face $1B loss

By Daniel Wise, New York Law Journal Employing broad language, New York's Appellate Division, First Department, handed tobacco companies a victory Thursday by ruling that disputes over reductions in their payments to the states under a $206 billion nationwide settlement must go to arbitration.The ruling has enormous fiscal implications for the states since the reduction could amount to more than $1 billion a year.
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April 07, 2006 |

Tobacco Companies Handed a Win; States May Face $1B Loss

A New York appellate panel handed tobacco companies a victory Thursday by ruling that disputes over reductions in their payments to the states under a $206 billion nationwide settlement must go to arbitration. Under the settlement, which compensates states for funds spent treating smoking-related illnesses, the states receive $6.2 billion annually from 45 participating companies. The ruling has enormous fiscal implications for the states as the reduction could amount to more than $1 billion a year.
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June 06, 2013 |

Am Law 100 Trio Tune In for Television Station Tie-Up

Debevoise & Plimpton, Fried Frank, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher are advising on an all-stock merger between Media General and New Young Broadcasting that will create a television broadcast company with 30 stations in 27 markets.
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Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Publication Date: 2010-07-13
Practice Area: Constitutional Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Leval, Pooler and Hall, C.JJ.
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: CARTER PHILLIPS, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC (R. Clark Wadlow, Jennifer Tatel, David S. Petron, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Ellen S. Agress, Maureen A. O'Connell, Fox Television Stations, Inc., New York, NY, on the brief), for petitioner Fox Television Stations, Inc. Robert Corn-Revere, Ronald G. London, Amber L. Husbands, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC; Jonathan H. Anschell, Susanna M. Lowy, CBS Broadcasting Inc., New York, NY, for petitioner CBS Broadcasting Inc. Seth P. Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; John W. Zucker, ABC, Inc., New York, NY, for petitioners ABC, Inc., WLS Television, Inc., and KTRK Television, Inc. Wade H. Hargrove, Mark J. Prak, David Kushner, Julia Ambrose, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Raleigh, NC, for intervenor ABC Television Affiliates Association. Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Parul P. Desai, Matthew Wood, Media Access Project, Washington, DC, for intervenors Center for Creative Voices and Future of Music Coalition. Michael R. Patrick, Renzulli Law Firm, White Plains, NY; Robert M. O'Neil, J. Joshua Wheeler, Eisha Jain, The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, for amici curiae The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression and The Media Institute. Nancy Winkelman, Timothy K. Lewis, Carl A. Solano, Mark Fowler, Jerald Fritz, Henry Geller, Newton N. Minow, James H. Quello, Glen O. Robinson, Kenneth G. Robinson, Jr., Schnader Harrrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for amici curiae former FCC Commissioners and Officials. Christopher Hansen, Benjamin Sahl, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union, New York Civil Liberties Union, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Directors Guild of America, First Amendment Project, Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture, the National Coalition Against Censorship, National Federation of Community Broadcasters, PEN American Center, Screen Actors Guild, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Woodhull Freedom Foundation, Writers Guild of America, West, Writers Guild of America, East. Steven H. Aden, Patrick A. Trueman, Alliance Defense Fund, Washington, DC; Joel B. Campbell, Law Offices of Richard J. Yrulegui, Fresno, CA, for amici curiae Focus on the Family and Family Research Council. Robert W. Peters, Robin S. Whitehead, Morality in Media, Inc., New York, NY, for amicus curiae Morality in Media, Inc. Robert R. Sparks, Jr., Christopher T. Craig, Sparks & Craig, LLP, McLean, VA, for amicus curiae Parents Television Council. Thomas B. North, St. Ignace, MI, for amicus curiae Decency Enforcement Center for Television.
For defendant: MIGUEL ESTRADA, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., (Susan Weiner, NBC Universal, Inc., on the brief) for intervenors NBC Universal Inc. and NBC Telemundo License Co. JACOB LEWIS, Associate General Counsel, for Austin C. Schlick, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. (Joseph R. Palmore, Deputy General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC; Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas M. Bondy, Anne Murphy, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, on the brief), for respondents.
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Before: Leval, Pooler and Hall, C.JJ.Decided: July 13, 2010CARTER PHILLIPS, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC (R. Clark Wadlow

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