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January 16, 2007 |

Paul Clement Stays Cool in High Court Hot Seat

At age 40, Paul Clement is one of the youngest solicitors general of the United States in history. As the Bush administration's top advocate at the Supreme Court, he manages much of the government's courtroom war on terror. His has been a stunningly quick rise -- and so far, unimpeded by the political grenades lobbed his way. At the end of Bush's term, Clement may be looking toward a career as a top tier member of the private Supreme Court bar, perhaps a judgeship, even a spot on the high court itself.
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The Biggest Winner in Tuesday's $421 Million Pharma FCA Deals? It Just May Be a Little Company in Key West and Its Three-Lawyer Georgia Law Firm
Publication Date: 2010-12-08
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Does the name Ven-a-Care ring a bell? It should. The onetime in-home medical services company has been a full-time False Claims Act whistleblower for more than a decade. And after its $88 million cut from Tuesday's settlements, Ven-a-Care and its longtime law firm have reaped close to $200 million in FCA bounty.

October 24, 2008 |

Accolades

Two hundred lawyers representing 40 private firms and corporate law offices were honored earlier this month by MFY Legal Services for their volunteer counsel to indigent New Yorkers. Also, attorneys from 18 Manhattan firms and a Westchester County law school are set to be honored for their assistance to women and children victimized by domestic violence this Monday at a benefit dinner for Sanctuary for Families.
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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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Skadden Knocks Out Derivative Suit Against Baxter International
Publication Date: 2012-09-20
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Plaintiffs lawyers at Scott + Scott had alleged that Baxter's CEO and various directors and officers botched the company's response to problems with the blood thinner heparin and a line of infusion pumps, leading to recalls that cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.

July 01, 2013 |

Which Firms Provide the Best Outside Counsel?

The BTI Consulting Group's "Benchmarking Corporate Counsel Management Strategies" report has some late-breaking trend data for GCs, including a look at the law firms that are providing the best outside counsel.
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May 26, 2004 |

Jousting With Giants

Fittingly, one of Alan Morrison's last acts for the Public Citizen Litigation Group was asking Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself in the Cheney case due to Scalia's hunting trip with the veep. The event captured a key truth about Morrison, who has long argued before the Court and will soon teach at Stanford: He's fearless both about challenging powerful interests and about befriending, or at least being cordial to, their allies and icons.
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With New Teva Settlement, New York's Drug Pricing Recovery Tops $110 Million
Publication Date: 2010-11-11
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The confidential Teva deal is the largest settlement yet for New York City and several N.Y. counties claiming pharmaceutical companies systematically overcharged for their drugs.

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