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Law360 Study: Federal Court Litigation Increased By Nine Percent Last Year
Publication Date: 2009-01-08
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Have you thanked a litigator today? In a season of dismal law firm financial reports, a new study by Law360 suggests that if it weren't for litigation, 2008 could have been much, much worse.

In Rare Move, AARP Joins Pharma False Claims Act Case as Plaintiff's Co-Counsel
Publication Date: 2010-10-13
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The huge non-profit often shows up as an amicus in qui tam litigation, but this appears to be the first time AARP is wading directly into the fray.

Kellogg Huber and Latham Line Up Behind Starbucks in Distribution Dispute With Kraft
Publication Date: 2011-01-07
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At stake is a $500 million-a-year distribution deal in which Starbucks gave Kraft exclusive rights to market and sell its coffee at grocery stores. In a recent filing, Starbucks asserts it has the right to revoke the deal.

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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October 29, 2009 |

Fla. Managing Partners Survey Shows Year of Retrenchment

Firms across South Florida slashed expenses this year by cutting attorneys and staff, renegotiating with vendors and eliminating lavish firm dinners and retreats, according to a Daily Business Review survey of 76 area law firm leaders. Revenue per lawyer dropped or remained flat at 48 percent of firms last year, with large firms hardest hit, according to the survey. And just 34 percent of managing partners expect increased partner profits this year compared with 70 percent last year.
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California High Court Finds Insurers Liable for Cleanup Costs in Long-Running Environmental Disaster Case
Publication Date: 2009-03-12
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The state may have been partly responsible for the release of toxic chemicals at the Stringfellow Acid Pits site more than 40 years ago. But its insurers have to share in the $500 million cost of cleaning up the mess, the state supreme court ruled this week.

January 27, 2003 |

A First Monday First

The first Monday in October this fall will be an unusual one. The U.S. Supreme Court will commence its fall term that day, Oct. 6, as dictated by law and tradition, but it will not hear oral arguments. The reason? Yom Kippur falls on that day, and the court last week announced that no arguments would be held "so that Yom Kippur may be observed."
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March 07, 2003 |

Two Conferences: Same Time, Different Coasts

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D.C. Appeals Court Rules FedEx Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees
Publication Date: 2009-04-21
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Those orange-and-blue uniforms aside, the D.C. Circuit says FedEx drivers aren't actually employees, saving the overnight service the expense of paying their benefits.

October 23, 2003 |

The Counsel You Keep

When William Lytton arrived at scandal-ridden Tyco International Ltd., in September 2002, he faced a ton of work.
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