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October 18, 2004 |

The Usual Suspects

Certain Am Law 200 firms dominate the field when it comes to attracting work from leading U.S. companies' law departments. It's a pattern that has held true year after year. Says one consultant by way of explanation: "There's a certain degree of comfort in the big names."
6 minute read
September 05, 2012 |

N.Y. Residence Is Key to Rights to Marilyn Monroe Images

A federal appeals panel has ruled that the heirs to Marilyn Monroe's estate did not inherit the rights to her publicity because she was a resident of New York, where such rights are not recognized posthumously.
5 minute read
June 21, 2010 |

Even Heroes Make Mistakes: Veterans Courts Give Those Who Served in Combat a Second Chance

Veterans Court programs taking root in four Texas counties offer assistance to defendants who carry the invisible scars of war. Dallas has the newest Veterans Court with seven participants so far. Judge Mike Snipes (pictured) presides over Dallas' Veterans Court.
9 minute read
June 09, 2003 |

Mix Up Over Bill's Effective Date Causes Run on Courts

The personal-injury suits arrived at civil courthouses across Texas by the box load, filed by plaintiffs lawyers scrambling to beat a deadline they thought had been set by lawmakers who recently passed one of the strictest tort reform measures the state has ever seen. District clerks in major urban counties were swamped on May 29, the last day many lawyers assumed that they could file suits and not be subject to some provisions of the new law, House Bill 4.
8 minute read
October 24, 2012 |

Attorney's work for airport funds is Broward's biggest bond sale ever

Albert del Castillo worked a $621.3 million bond sale for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport that will fund some of the costs of a massive runway extension project.
4 minute read
April 03, 2013 |

Akerman quartet lead OPKO in pair of transactions

Christina Russo, Esther Moreno, Mary Carroll and Teddy Klinghoffer guided OPKO in its $290 million acquisition of Cytochroma, then helped the company close a $175 million private offering
3 minute read
January 25, 2013 |

Suits & Deals

Large settlements and verdicts in New Jersey.
5 minute read
October 10, 2013 |

Conundrums of Controlling-Shareholder Deals

What is an in-house counsel to do when a controlling shareholder seeks to enter into a transaction with the corporation?
4 minute read
June 29, 2009 |

Supreme Court Rules for White Firefighters in Title VII Case

In a dramatic ending before it recessed for the summer, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled, 5-4, that the city of New Haven, Conn., violated the civil rights of white and Hispanic firefighters when it tossed out the results of a promotion exam after no African-Americans had passed it.
7 minute read
February 22, 2010 |

Richard Marmaro — Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Taking a calculated risk on an immunity deal, Richard Marmaro set in motion a chain of events that exploded one of the government's highest-profile stock option backdating prosecutions.
3 minute read

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