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March 20, 2003 |

El Paso Edges Toward Settlement

The state of California is approaching a massive settlement with El Paso Corp., the Texas-based natural gas company accused of artificially driving up prices during California's 2001 power crisis. While the company denies an agreement is imminent, a source familiar with the negotiations said one is close and outlined a $1.7 billion deal. Should the deal go through, several lawyers will be up for a big payday.
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Jones Day, Kirkland & Ellis Beat Back California State Court Appeal in Cipro Pay-To-Delay Case
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
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Since the Supreme Court denied cert in March in federal antitrust litigation over a $400 million Bayer settlement that kept Barr Labs from selling a Cipro knock-off, plaintiffs lawyers have pinned their hopes on state court litigation over the deal. Now those hopes have been considerably dimmed.

Companies Settle Employee 'No-Poach' Case for $20 Million
Publication Date: 2013-09-23
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Intuit Inc., Lucasfilm and Pixar will pay a total of $20 million to settle a class action on behalf of former employees who claim the companies illegally suppressed salaries by striking pacts with other high-tech businesses not to raid each other's ranks.

December 17, 2004 |

Last-Minute Gifts

We gave prominent California judges and lawyers a mission: Find a book that would make a good holiday present for a lawyer. They didn't let us down.
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Canadian Firm's Ties to Milberg Figure in Fight for Sino-Forest Lead Counsel Role
Publication Date: 2012-01-10
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Ties to U.S. plaintiffs firms may be valuable to Canadian firms pressing securities class action claims north of the border, but such relationships may also carry risks. In a decision appointing firms to lead a shareholder class action against Sino-Forest Corp., a judge in Ontario explored whether the Toronto firm Kim Orr should be disqualified from the bidding because of the firm's prominent ties with Milberg.

October 11, 2004 |

Sidebar

Flu hits Hastings hard. Not the illness. The vaccine; Titillating accusations; If only the election was later; Jennifer Watch: Week 5.
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Privacy Class Actions May Be Too Big to Settle
Publication Date: 2013-10-11
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Plaintiffs appear to be in the driver's seat in two big privacy class actions against Google.

December 27, 2006 |

A Very Public Prosecutor

Two-term Attorney General Bill Lockyer pushed the office into consumer and environmental protection cases � and into the headlines.
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July 06, 1999 |

NYC v. NYS in Securities Suit

The pension funds for New York City and New York State are fighting over control of a massive securities fraud litigation. The litigation, which will probably combine some 40 lawsuits, stems from April's 48 percent nosedive in the stock price of McKesson HBOC Inc., the nation's largest drug wholesaler. The state and city pension funds have filed competing motions to be named as lead plaintiff in the shareholder class action. At stake: Millions of dollars in fees for the winning pension funds' legal team.
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In re: Simon II Litigation Memorandum
Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Weinstein On September 6, 2000, individual and representative plaintiffs in ten existing actions filed a consoli

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