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Delaware's Laster Slashes Plaintiffs Fee Request by 95 Percent in Sauer-Danfoss Case
Publication Date: 2011-05-05
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The plaintiffs lawyers, led by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, had asked for $790,000 for getting additional disclosures for shareholders in a failed tender offer. Wrote Delaware vice-chancellor J. Travis Laster: "Plaintiffs never engaged in meaningful litigation activity." But they still got $75,000.

July 31, 2007 |

Lawyers Find Real Revenue in Virtual World

Lawyers in the online virtual world Second Life act like lawyers, but they practice law through an alter ego, a digital character called an avatar, with virtual clients that have real legal problems like landlord-tenant, contract and intellectual property issues.
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June 01, 2007 |

Lone Star

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May 26, 2000 |

L.A. Confidential

When Los Angeles's Board of Police Commissioners proclaimed "a new era" in 1998, claiming to have implemented drastic reforms urged by the Christopher Commission in response to the Rodney King beating, many people had doubts. Now, with Los Angeles facing the Rampart scandal, the police commission is on the defensive. The Christopher Commission, which was headed by big-firm lawyers, had entrusted the Police Commission, led by big-firm lawyers, to carry through the reforms intended to prevent major scandals.
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N.Y. Federal Judge Revives MBS Claims Against Banks
Publication Date: 2013-05-01
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U.S. District Judge Harold Baer reversed a prior ruling in light of NECA v. Goldman Sachs, an influential ruling on standing from the Second Circuit.

Motorola Bows Out of Smartphone Wars with RIM Settlement; RIM Still Has a Long Way to Go
Publication Date: 2010-06-14
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Motorola was a bit player in the patent litigation that will shape the cell phone landscape in the next few years. And now it has exited the stage. Plus: The ITC votes to proceed with an investigation of HTC's allegations against Apple.

Allen v. Scholastic Inc., 10 Civ. 5335 (SAS)
Publication Date: 2011-01-12
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
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Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
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For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Joseph Anthony Patella, Esq., Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY Michele Pat Schwartz, Esq., Andrews Kurth LLP, Dallas, TX Thomas Russell Kline, Esq., Andrews Kurth, LLP, Washington, DC
For defendant: For Defendant: Claudia Elizabeth Ray, Esq., Dale Margaret Cendali, Esq., Courtney Lee Schneider, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY *1
Case number: 10 Civ. 5335 (SAS)

Cite as: Allen v. Scholastic Inc., 10 Civ. 5335 (SAS), NYLJ 1202477800189, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 6, 2011)District Judge Shira A. Scheindlinp class="

January 16, 2004 |

Point Man

Sometimes it seems Paul Clement is everywhere, arguing cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and shepherding terrorism cases through lower courts, a sensitive assignment that speaks of his stature within the Bush administration. If, as some expect, Solicitor General Theodore Olson steps down at the end of the Supreme Court term, Clement is the likely successor. His name has also been floated for the D.C. Circuit.
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September 03, 2003 |

Standing Room Only

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court chambers will be packed for an extraordinary session on the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. Seating is so tight that lawyers arguing in the case will be limited to five guests each -- far fewer than informally allowed in more routine cases. The argument was set weeks before the Court's traditional opening with the hope that the justices would rule before the presidential campaign gets going in earnest.
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June 04, 2007 |

Texas Two-Step: Giuliani and Houston's Bracewell Learn the Politics of Dancing

When Houston's Bracewell & Patterson hired Rudolph Giuliani as partner two years ago, they got a real catch who would bring instant name recognition to the firm's fledgling New York office. In return, Giuliani got a pile of cash, an easy job and partners with ties to Texas Republicans. But politics can test the best of unions. In recent months the political spotlight has become increasingly uncomfortable for the former New York City mayor, the firm -- now known as Bracewell & Giuliani -- and its clients.
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