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October 03, 2007 |

3rd Circuit to Hear Appeal of Prayer Lawsuit Over High School Coach's Actions

When a high school football coach tells his players to get on bended knee and bow their heads for a moment of silence before a game, is he violating the Establishment Clause by ordering the students to engage in prayer? Or, instead, would the school district be violating the coach's First Amendment rights if it ordered him to stop the practice because parents had complained? Those are the questions a 3rd Circuit panel faces today in an appeal from a New Jersey federal judge's ruling in favor of the coach.
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September 14, 2009 |

Regulator Reveals Litigation Costs for Ex-Fannie Mae Execs

Recent disclosures from the Federal Housing Finance Agency reveal that lawyers representing former Fannie Mae executives Franklin Raines, J. Timothy Howard and Leanne Spencer have received a total of $6.3 million for defending the trio in shareholder suits since Fannie Mae was placed into a conservatorship last year. A close look at court documents indicates that Williams & Connolly, Zuckerman Spaeder and Mayer Brown are the firms representing the three executives.
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Behind the Northwest-Delta Merger: A Reunion of Ex-Government Competition Cops
Publication Date: 2008-11-03
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October 07, 2009 |

Star Turn for Hollywood Newcomers

A few players are catching their big break in entertainment law, but for most, there's still no business in show business.
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February 06, 2006 |

National Abortion Federation, plaintiffs-appellees, v. Gonzales, defendants-appellants

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act Held Unconstitutional; Failure to Include Exception for Mother's Health Cited
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April 13, 2007 |

In re: Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation

Rehearing of IPO Class Action Issue Denied; No Reason to Revise Standard for Class Certification
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January 19, 2004 |

Lea Fastow's Pending Charges Not Dismissed Yet

A federal judge has refused a request from a federal prosecutor to dismiss five charges pending against Lea Fastow, wife of former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow.
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Bransten Puts Her Foot Down in BofA Discovery Row
Publication Date: 2012-08-23
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N.Y. Supreme Court Justice Eileen Bransten, who's overseeing MBIA's big mortgage-backed securities suit against Countrywide and Bank of America, apparently got fed up with a flurry of letters from lawyers battling over BofA's separate $8.5 billion MBS settlement.

November 01, 2009 |

Big Deals

Baker Hughes/BJ Services; Disney/Marvel Entertainment; Silver Lake/Skype
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February 03, 2003 |

Brobeck Looks for Answers

The financial wrangling was underway Friday as lawyers and staff at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison scrambled to find new jobs in the aftermath of the firm's sudden collapse. Brobeck and its bankers are in negotiations that could keep the firm out of bankruptcy. Decisions are pending about how much -- if any -- severance the firm will pay and whether partners will have to dip into their savings to help pay off the firm's obligations.
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