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February 06, 2006 |

Secret Sources Safe in Securities Suit

Corporate defendants are not entitled to know the identity of confidential informants in securities fraud cases if the plaintiff is able to plead sufficient "other facts" that support the claim, but the plaintiffs are required to turn over the names and addresses of every witness with "relevant information," a federal judge has ruled. The ruling comes in a suit by CIGNA investors who allege that the company and three top executives made false and misleading statements about the company's finances.
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December 09, 2008 |

Will former clients haunt Holder

One afternoon shortly after the 2001 inauguration, Eric Holder Jr. considered his future from his lavishly appointed office in the Justice Department's Robert F. Kennedy Building, still his a while longer, until his Republican successor arrived. One of his old friends, Covington Burling's Thomas Williamson Jr.
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September 17, 2003 |

People in the News

Movers and Shakers in the Philadelphia legal community.
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June 17, 2005 |

Genocide Suit Principles Are Reaffirmed

Recent case law has done nothing to change the principle that corporations may be held liable under international law for violating norms of universal concern such as the prohibitions on genocide and torture, a federal judge has ruled. Southern District of New York Judge Denise Cote this week rejected the argument of oil company Talisman Energy Inc. that newer U.S. Supreme Court and 2nd Circuit decisions have changed the landscape for corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. �1350.
4 minute read
June 04, 2004 |

Class Action Yields $60.7 Million in Legal Fees

In a decision brimming with praise, a federal judge has awarded $60.7 million in attorney fees to the lawyers who brought an antitrust class action against the leading makers of corrugated paper products and secured some $202 million in settlements. Senior U.S. District Judge Jan E. DuBois granted the full amount requested by the team of over 200 lawyers who together logged more than 51,000 hours during six years of litigation.
6 minute read
May 08, 2006 |

Food-Poisoning Plaintiffs Gain New Tactic

In litigation over a deadly food-poisoning outbreak traced to two turkey processing companies, a federal judge is breaking new ground by holding that victims may use the alternative liability doctrine to pursue claims against both companies, without having to prove which of the two caused their injuries. Lawyers for both manufacturers had moved for summary judgment dismissal of the suits, but the judge concluded that the alternative liability theory creates "an exception to the general causation rule."
6 minute read
December 10, 2001 |

Federal Judge Approves $5.75 Million Payout in Unisys Shareholder Suit

A federal judge in Philadelphia approved a $5.75 million settlement in a shareholders' suit against e-business solutions company Unisys and awarded the plaintiffs' lawyers one-third of the fund, or nearly $1.9 million. The suit accused Unisys and several of its top executives of issuing misleading statements about expected profits from long-term contracts with British Telecom that falsely inflated the stock price.
5 minute read
September 13, 2007 |

Broadcom Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc.

A patent holder's deceptive conduct before a private standards-determining organization may be condemned under antitrust laws.
4 minute read
October 30, 2002 |

Federal Judge Refuses to Certify Class in Bias Case

A federal judge in Philadelphia has refused to certify a proposed class action against Aramark Corp. brought by a group of black workers who claim they were constantly harassed and unfairly disciplined by their white supervisors. Aramark is the nation's largest provider of outsourcing services. The judge found that common questions among class members don't "predominate" because the suit is seeking both monetary and injunctive relief.
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