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January 29, 2010 |

LegalTech Descends on New York

As improvements in information technology continue to impact e-discovery, online research, case and matter management, and time and billing software, lawyers are better equipped to render quality legal services, retain more clients, and master the business of law. What are the next improvements in IT for the legal profession? Law.com Technology Editor Sean Doherty previews the advances expected to share the spotlight at LegalTech New York, being held Feb. 1-3.
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In re American International Group, 08 Civ. 4772
Publication Date: 2010-09-29
Practice Area: Business Law
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Case number: 08 Civ. 4772

Cite as: In re American International Group, 08 Civ 4772, NYLJ 1202472640317, at *1 (SDNY., Decided September 27, 2010)Judge Laura Taylor Swainp class="dec

May 02, 2005 |

Extreme Takeover

At key moments in what would be the longest merger fight in U.S. history, PeopleSoft and its lawyers fought among themselves about as much as they jousted with Oracle. PeopleSoft waived privilege to make a point with a Delaware judge and then sat back while a new counsel blunted its effect. It campaigned for DOJ intervention, but watched in horror as one of the toughest judges in the West presided over the antitrust suit. The battle became the latest example of the wrenching choices faced by merger targets.
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May 01, 2005 |

Extreme Takeover

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February 01, 2006 |

United States, appellant v. Osama Awadallah, defendant-appellee

Panel Rejects Bid to Remove Judge From Terror Trial; Judge Acted Within Discretion in Ruling on Evidence
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Dreier: 'I Just Lost My Mind'
Publication Date: 2009-07-08
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Acts of contrition by the mighty who have fallen are an art form. Now Marc Dreier, who will be sentenced Monday, steps onto the stage to say how very sorry he is for running a fraudulent law firm. In a letter to Manhattan federal judge Jed Rakoff filed today, Dreier describes the crazy, tortured life he's led. It's worth reading.

May 02, 2000 |

Names Behind the News

Who's coming and going at firms across the country.
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E&Y and PwC Can't Cite Fait to Dodge Securities Claims
Publication Date: 2013-09-10
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The auditors hoped to use to the Second Circuit's 2011 decision in Fait v. Regions Financial to escape securities claims related to the bankrupt oil shipping company Overseas Shipholding Group. A judge in New York wasn't having it.

IP Litigation Roundup: Autumn Closeout Edition
Publication Date: 2012-09-30
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The waning days of September brought the end to a slew of big patent cases involving R.J. Reynolds, Freddie Mac, LG, and others, with Verizon alone agreeing to pay more than $500 million to put two separate infringement suits to rest.

February 10, 2005 |

Pillsbury Inks Deal with D.C.'S Shaw Pittman

San Francisco-based Pillsbury Winthrop and Washington, D.C.-based Shaw Pittman announced Wednesday that they intend to merge, creating a 900-lawyer giant with national reach and global ambitions. The two firms signed a letter of intent Monday and said they expect the deal to be ratified by partners in March and finalized by April 4. If that happens, the newly minted Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP would catapult into the top quarter of the AmLaw 100 list.
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