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November 01, 2001 |

Microsoft Settlement May Face Challenges Under Public Comment Law

Now that Microsoft and the Department of Justice are approaching a settlement of their landmark antitrust case, the focus will shift to a phase that will allow outsiders to challenge the settlement. A 1974 law requires a 60-day period for public comment on the case before a federal judge decides whether to accept a settlement. Although it is unlikely the Microsoft deal will be derailed, the comment period will be anything but usual.
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April 27, 2007 |

Day Pitney Enters Strategic Alliance With Minority-Owned D.C. Firm

Day Pitney has gone public with plans it hopes will make it more attractive to corporations clamoring for larger numbers of minority attorneys on their outside counsel teams.
3 minute read
January 27, 2003 |

Civil Actions

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April 13, 2010 |

Mohawk Industries Settles Class Action for $18 Million

After six years of intense and complex litigation, Mohawk Industries and employees who claimed the carpet maker had depressed wages by hiring undocumented workers have agreed to settle for $18 million. A Georgia federal judge on Monday granted the parties' motion to preliminarily approve the settlement and certify the class.
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May 01, 2007 |

Day Pitney's Alliance With Minority-Owned Firm Targets Diversity Push

Day Pitney went public last week with plans it hopes will make it more attractive to corporations clamoring for larger numbers of minority attorneys on their outside counsel teams. The question is how general counsel will look upon the firm's new "strategic alliance" with Gray Haile, a minority-owned corporate law boutique based in Washington, D.C. "We hope that the arrangement will be attractive to corporate America and its diversity initiatives ... ," Day Pitney co-managing partner James Sicilian said.
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April 24, 2007 |

Day Pitney Forges Alliance With Minority-Owned Firm

Day Pitney went public Monday with plans it hopes will make it more attractive to corporations clamoring for larger numbers of minority attorneys on their outside counsel teams. The firm announced its "strategic alliance" with Gray Haile, a minority-owned corporate law boutique based in Washington, D.C. Both firms will remain independent but "will co-counsel on transactions when appropriate and jointly pursue new business opportunities," a written statement from Day Pitney said.
3 minute read
September 10, 2002 |

S&L Cases Moving, but Government Draws Flak

Federal judges have begun issuing decisions on liability or damages in multiple Winstar suits brought by savings and loan institutions against the federal government. But plaintiffs' attorneys say the litigation has been stalled because the government is not trying to settle any of the cases. Cooper & Kirk's Charles Cooper says government lawyers are conducting a "scorched earth" defense, never accepting an adverse ruling.
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November 20, 2007 |

GC Applies Dinner Table Lessons to Career

Matthew P. Drain learned his most important early lessons about law and life at the dinner table, where his family typically lingered over highly articulate discussions that Drain compares to "a moot court program at law school." Those family talks ultimately led Drain to a 30-year career in corporate law. The Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta recently named him one of its corporate attorneys of the year.
5 minute read
May 03, 2010 |

CIVIL ACTIONS

The following cases were recently filed in the Washington-area district courts. This information is provided by the courts' online bulletins.
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