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September 08, 2005 |

Howard Rice Loses Litigation Partner to Dechert

Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin lost its former litigation group chairman, H. Joseph Escher, to Dechert this week. Escher, who gained prominence as lead California counsel for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in class action, governmental and product liability matters, said he was drawn to Dechert because of its ranking in defense litigation. The latest in a string of partners to leave Howard Rice in recent months, Escher said his decision was not related to his former colleagues' departures.
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December 17, 2004 |

Microsoft Class Claims Questioned

A company set up to encourage California consumers to take advantage of a class action settlement with Microsoft Corp. has hit a road bump. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Paul Alvarado said at a hearing Thursday that he is concerned about the way the Settlement Recovery Center is soliciting consumers to participate in the settlement.
3 minute read
December 05, 2002 |

Nymex Suit Pushes Copyright Envelope

In a high-stakes intellectual property dispute, the New York Mercantile Exchange has accused its electronic rival -- online commodity marketplace IntercontinentalExchange -- of copyright infringement for allegedly using Nymex-created prices for natural gas futures. Nymex's suit claims that its prices are protected because they are included in its automated database, which is registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.
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February 16, 2010 |

Can You Be More Specific?

Lee Ann Stevenson, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, writes that lack of specificity when describing alleged trade secrets has long been the bane of defendants in trade secrets cases. Recent cases suggest that courts around the country are becoming increasingly impatient with plaintiffs who seek to rely on vague and general descriptions of alleged trade secrets until after discovery is underway.
10 minute read
August 14, 2008 |

New Deals

In a $1.2 billion deal, Sony Corp., leading manufacturer of audio, video and information technologies, has acquired full control of its subsidiary recording company, Sony BMG, formed in 2004 from a joint venture with German partner Bertelsmann AG. The new, wholly owned music company will be called Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Also, Nationwide Financial Services Inc. has accepted a $2.4 billion buyout offered by parent company Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
4 minute read
September 19, 2008 |

SEC bans short-selling of 799 financial stocks

WASHINGTON AP-The federal government, trying to boost investor confidence in the face of a market crisis, took the unprecedented step Friday of temporarily banning a practice of betting against financial stocks.The move by the Securities and Exchange Commission will temporarily ban what is called short selling of 799 financial stocks.
4 minute read
October 14, 2009 |

Wary investors seek higher yields without higher risk

Wealth managers say clients who fled to cash after last fall's economic meltdown are cautiously dipping their feet back into financial waters.
8 minute read
July 13, 2007 |

Suits & Deals

Large settlements and verdicts in New Jersey.
5 minute read
April 05, 2000 |

Vote by Advisory Commission on E-Commerce To Extend Internet Tax Ban Lacks Supermajority

In its final meeting before submitting its report to Congress, the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce voted to support a proposal that no Internet sales taxes be collected until at least 2006 in states where the Internet sellers have a brick-and-mortar presence. But the vote of 11-1 with seven abstentions tells the story of an acrimonious meeting. Those abstaining, as well as members of Congress, argued that the lack of a two-thirds "supermajority" makes the commission's vote moot.
7 minute read
March 01, 2010 |

Singh v. United Cerebral Palsy of New York City

Free With Registration: Defendant Had No Notice of Allegedly Defective Door Condition, But Res Ipsa Loquitur Issues Prevent Dismissal
10 minute read

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