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Judge Appoints Interim Class Counsel in Trillion-Dollar Libor Class Action Litigation
Publication Date: 2011-12-01
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Class action litigation is beginning to take shape over allegations that major banks manipulated Libor, the benchmark rate used to calculate interest on trillions of dollars in securities globally. On Monday the federal district court judge hearing the litigation consolidated 20 class complaints, and appointed interim class counsel.

April 30, 2010 |

Well, It Could Have Been Worse: Lessons of The Am Law 100

That's the best that can be said for The Am Law 100 law firms last year. Three of four key categories fell, while profits per equity partner edged up by 0.3 percent (thanks to aggressive cost-cutting). And the tough choices are just beginning ...
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August 30, 1999 |

Into Thin Air

Move over Los Angeles, here comes Silicon Valley. While Southern California law firms used to take the lead in setting associate salaries statewide, their northern counterparts are now setting the pace, according to a survey of 30 firms conducted by Cal Law, the online service affiliated with California Law Week .
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The Global Lawyer: Down With Columnist Impunity
Publication Date: 2012-12-28
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How well did Global Lawyer columnist Michael Goldhaber fare with his 2012 advice and predictions for Chevron in Ecuador, SEC rule-making, and international human rights litigation?

May 01, 2009 |

Big Suits

USA/UBS; Citibank Shareholder Derivative Litigation; Congoleum Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; FTC vs. Whole Foods; Parmalat Securities Litigation; SEC v. Automated Trading Desk Specialist, et al.
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October 19, 2009 |

Redbox picks an antitrust fight

Hollywood movie studios are turning up the volume against DVD kiosk company Redbox, recruiting some of the nation's top antitrust experts to wipe out three lawsuits whose outcomes could determine the future of the DVD market.
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June 21, 1999 |

Arbitration is No Simple Matter

The arbitration clause in Rafael Crespo's employment contract was just that--a clause, short and sweet. And that was its undoing. Mr. Crespo was a building supervisor until the building owners fired him in 1995. He wanted to sue them, but his bosses insisted that he was barred by a clause his union had negotiated saying that all differences over the application or performance of any part of the contract must go to binding arbitration. His attorneys responded that the simple reference to all differences
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May 03, 1999 |

Inside View of Rare Public Deposition

The first public deposition in the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case was hosted in Washington D.C. by American Online. As one of the rare depositions open to the public, there was nothing ordinary about the April 27 proceeding, although no one expected startling revelations from the man to be questioned -- Peter L.S. Currie, Netscape Communications Corp.'s CFO when the company agreed to be bought by AOL last November.
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June 28, 2007 |

THE A-LIST 2007

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Chevron Accuses Patton Boggs of Fraud in Ecuador Case
Publication Date: 2013-05-10
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Chevron is going after the largest law firm to represent the plaintiffs who won a $19 billion environmental pollution judgment against the company in Ecuador. In a motion filed on Friday, Chevron alleges that Patton Boggs tried to cover up evidence that the judgment was the product of bribery and ghostwriting.

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