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October 24, 2005 |

In re Congoleum Corp. et al.

In this prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization, evidence of prepetition conduct by a law firm is relevant to a review of a debtor's application to retain the firm as special insurance counsel; the bankruptcy judge should not have granted the application where the firm had acted as counsel for the debtor in negotiating a pre-petition settlement with asbestos injury claimants represented by attorneys with whom the firm had been co-counsel in insurance matters for those same claimants.
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January 17, 2003 |

N.J. Wraps Up Last Big Profiling Case

New Jersey has settled the last major piece of litigation to arise out of the racial-profiling scandal of the 1990s. The state and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority agreed to pay $775,000 to 12 plaintiffs who claimed they were subjected to harassment from state troopers because of their race. This brings the total amount paid to plaintiffs and lawyers over the course of the decade-long scandal to $19.5 million.
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Williams & Connolly Takes Pay-For-Delay Fight to the Supreme Court
Publication Date: 2012-08-27
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If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to tackle the long-simmering question of whether so-called "pay-for-delay" deals between drug companies violate antitrust law, it'll likely be up to Williams & Connolly's Kannon Shanmugam to establish that the deals pass muster.

October 31, 2005 |

Pfizer Litigators Endure Beast of a Beauty Contest

Pfizer Inc. summoned lawyers to a New York ballroom last year for a sort of beauty contest, giving 103 firms the chance to compete for 20 coveted spots as preferred litigation providers. The process ultimately involved two consultants, featured a 50-page Request For Information and stretched on for nine months. One law firm partner, echoing others' sentiments, would later call the selection experience "the most painful ever." Now Pfizer is using the same process to select labor and employment counsel.
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Delaware Is the Hot Venue for Patent Litigation
Publication Date: 2013-09-16
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Delaware federal court is on pace to see a 50 percent spike in patent case filings, according to an analysis by Perkins Coie partner James Pistorino.

August 22, 2005 |

Lanco, Inc. v. Director, Division of Taxation

The physical presence requirement applicable to use and sales taxes is not applicable to income tax and New Jersey may constitutionally subject a foreign corporation to the Corporation Business Tax where the corporation has no physical presence in the state and derives income from a New Jersey source only pursuant to a license agreement for the use of trademarks and service marks with another corporation that conducts a retail business here.
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August 28, 2000 |

Don't Mess With New Jersey Contracts

Korean giant Ssangyong -- which produces everything from footwear to jet fuel -- had won many battles in its war against a small Iowa importer. But after five years of litigating in four states, the importer won $23 million in federal court in Iowa. His ace in the hole? New Jersey case law, which is tougher than most states' when it comes to breach of contract.
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July 11, 2005 |

Suits & Deals

Large settlements and verdicts in New Jersey.
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October 11, 2004 |

Martha Stewart's Endgame

If after Stewart's prison term, the government proceeds to retry her, it will once again expend enormous government resources . . . to do what, precisely? And if the government elects not to retry her, the likeliest outcome will be outright dismissal of all charges. Stewart would then be eligible to return to the board of her cherished company.
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March 14, 2008 |

J. Walter Thompson USA Inc., plaintiff-appellee v. First BankAmericano, third-party defendant-appellant

Drawer�s Post-Alteration Failures Will Not Bar Recovery Under UCC �Substantial Contribution� Test
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