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February 04, 2009 |

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August 08, 2013 |

Three Ex-Members Of Burns White Form Litigation Boutique

Three former members of Pittsburgh-based Burns White, including the chair of its construction group and co-chair of its business practices group, have left the firm to start Burke Cromer Cremonese, a litigation boutique with a focus on professional liability.
3 minute read
April 18, 2012 |

Judge Murphy's long ride on bench

When U.S. District Judge Harold Murphy was growing up in Haralson County west of Atlanta during the Great Depression, his father bought a mule and put his sons to work raising cotton because "he decided us boys better go to work before we got in trouble.""I tell you," said the 85-year-old Murphy at a meeting of the Atlanta chapter of the Federal Bar Association last week.
9 minute read
May 26, 2010 |

Texas Rangers to file for Chapter 11

The Texas Rangers, the Major League Baseball team controlled by billionaire Thomas Hicks, filed for bankruptcy to complete a $575 million sale to investors led by Hall of Fame pitcher and team president Nolan Ryan and his partner Chuck Greenberg. Texas Rangers Baseball Partners, whose parent is Hicks's HSG Sports Group LLC, listed assets and debt of $100 million to $500 million in Chapter 11 documents filed today in U.
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October 04, 2010 |

Champion of Free Speech or Bullying Jackass?: Deputy AG Targets Gay College Kid With Blog

An assistant attorney general is using his personal blog to target the openly gay leader of the University of Michigan's student assembly, calling him a racist with a "radical homosexual agenda." The lawyer claims that when he's not at work, he has the right to say whatever he wants.
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May 19, 2009 |

Prospect of Gitmo prisoners in US stokes fears

WASHINGTON AP - President Barack Obama is reaching out around the world to find new homes for Guantanamo Bay detainees. But he is running into trouble in his own backyard.Rep. Frank Wolf, a Republican lawmaker who represents some of the Virginia suburbs outside Washington, is fighting the possibility that Obama will resettle 17 Uighurs - Turkic Muslims from western China - in or near his district.
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November 17, 2005 |

IT Software Company Goes Private

Wilson Sonsini partner John Fore represented Serena Software Inc. in its $1.2 billion acquisition by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Nokia Deal Takes Aim at BlackBerryDozens of lawyers were involved in cell phone provider Nokia Corp.'s $430 million acquisition of Intellisync Corp.
3 minute read
May 01, 2013 |

Stepping Up to the Plate

The general counsel of the baseball players union always goes to bat for his men; and other Moves.
11 minute read
August 27, 2013 |

The Innovators: Patrick Oot

Patrick Oot traverses from rock-and-roll to e-discovery and the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
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Delaware Chancellor Chandler Leaving Bench for Private Sector
Publication Date: 2011-04-25
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Chancellor William Chandler III is known for decisions that gave broad deference to corporate boards, including the 2006 Disney decision and this year's Airgas ruling. Vice Chancellor Leo Strine appears to be the leading candidate to succeed him. Chandler hasn't yet identified the firm he'll join.

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