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October 07, 2009 |

Star Turn for Hollywood Newcomers

A few players are catching their big break in entertainment law, but for most, there's still no business in show business.
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Fulbright Wins Dismissal of Alien Tort Claims Against El Paso
Publication Date: 2010-04-06
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The going keeps getting rougher for Alien Tort Statute plaintiffs. A Houston judge has concluded that 193 victims of terrorist bombings in Israel don't have standing to sue U.S. oil companies that made allegedly illegal payments to Saddam Hussein under the auspices of the U.N. Oil for Food program.

October 07, 2009 |

Star Turn for Some Hollywood Newcomers

When Summit Entertainment needed an attorney to help promote its new vampire movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," general counsel David Friedman turned to an old colleague from his former Paramount Pictures job. That lawyer, Nancy Derwin-Weiss, had moved to Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon and helped it break through the barriers that have frustrated more than one East Coast firm's ambition to go Hollywood. And at least three other firms from outside California are using similar tactics to get into entertainment law.
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May 15, 2006 |

Pro Bono Contributions to New Jersey Legal Services Programs

Notice to the bar.
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Negotiations Continue In UBS Tax Dispute
Publication Date: 2009-07-13
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The litigation between the U.S. and the Swiss bank UBS is beginning to take on the feel of a high-stakes diplomatic summit. A hearing had been set for today in Miami federal court, where the Internal Revenue Service is trying to force UBS to reveal the names of wealthy Americans with offshore accounts suspected of cheating on their taxes. But on Monday, a federal judge gave the parties more time to negotiate.

August 22, 2005 |

In re G-I Holdings, Inc.

Where plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that its subsidiaries cannot be held liable for the asbestos-related claims against it under any theory of successor liability or "alter ego" (piercing the corporate veil), its motion to strike defendants' jury demand is denied as to both issues since had defendants initiated an action for recovery on their claims, they would have been seeking monetary damages which is a legal remedy entitling them to a jury trial, as is piercing the corporate veil.
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In re American International Group, 08 Civ. 4772
Publication Date: 2010-09-29
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Cite as: In re American International Group, 08 Civ 4772, NYLJ 1202472640317, at *1 (SDNY., Decided September 27, 2010)Judge Laura Taylor Swainp class="dec

November 30, 2010 |

Percent of Female Attorneys (PA Only)

The following is a list of Pennsylvania law firms ranked by the percentage of womenas reported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
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April 24, 2006 |

Small Atlanta Firm Helps Danish Co. Buy $463 Million Business

Forget that meeting across town. Lawyers from Welch Spell, a small Atlanta firm, recently held meetings in six cities as part of an agreement aimed at helping Danish-based Coloplast to buy two business lines from California's Mentor Corp. and expand into the still-fertile area of penile implants. Purchase price: $463 million. Welch Spell partner Laurance D. Pless says the transaction was a complicated one, involving more than a dozen lawyers on both sides. Says Pless: "There were a lot of 16-hour days."
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