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March 18, 2004 |

Drowning in Paper

Encompassing more than 500 court orders and 40 million pages of documents -- and with $289 billion at stake -- United States v. Philip Morris Inc. is a massive lawsuit whose challenges are becoming increasingly evident. The mammoth piece of litigation is set to go to trial this fall before D.C. federal judge Gladys Kessler, whose hands-on approach and strict scheduling are credited with keeping the unwieldy case on track.
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Tobacco Companies Win Jury Verdict in $455 Million Case Brought by City of St. Louis and Hospitals
Publication Date: 2011-04-29
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"I know it sounds kind of bad to say, but hospitals, they make money on our bad habits," said Altria lawyer Diane Sullivan in her summation to the jury. "There were no smokers who will get any money from this lawsuit."

Google Turns the Tables, Wins Injunction in Suit Alleging Microsoft Was Beneficiary of Unfair Competition for Government Contract
Publication Date: 2011-01-05
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For a while now, Microsoft has been angling to get government trustbusters to investigate Google, but on Tuesday, it was Google that scored a victory in a case involving competition in the awarding of a $60 million contract for an Interior Department e-mail system.

September 15, 2004 |

Being Dan Webb

Winston & Strawn partner Dan Webb, dubbed a "superlawyer" by The New York Times, is used to handling companies' high-profile legal matters -- ranging from Wyeth's fen-phen woes to a Microsoft trademark beef -- but even he calls an upcoming federal proceeding "the mother of all trials." Webb is the lead lawyer for Philip Morris USA Inc., the nation's biggest cigarette maker and currently at the center of a $280 billion racketeering suit that the DOJ has filed against the tobacco industry.
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Bartlit Beck Beats Back Philadelphia Firefighters' Hearing Loss Claims Against Federal Signal
Publication Date: 2010-06-28
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With Bartlit Beck's two wins and one loss in three Federal Signal siren cases in three years, the hearing loss litigation offers a case study in how a couple of evidentiary rulings can alter a trial's outcome.

November 13, 2006 |

The NLJ 250 Chart (151-200)

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November 02, 2012 |

Ten More Awards Worth Noting

The next ten highest personal injury recoveries in New Jersey over the last year.
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October 11, 2007 |

Associates Class of 2007

The Law Journal's eighth annual magazine devoted to new associates at New Jersey law firms.
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September 22, 2004 |

Being Dan Webb

You want to be Dan Webb. You want Jack Welch calling you when his divorce gets ugly. You want former Illinois Gov. George Ryan calling you when federal prosecutors indict him for fraud and racketeering. You want The New York Times anointing you a "superlawyer"; clients happy to pay your $700-an-hour fee. It must be great to be Dan Webb. Of course if you were, you would've spent May holed up in Gilmer, Texas, a fleck of a town in East Texas whose claim to fame is its annual Yamboree yam festival.
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