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The 2010 Lateral Report Buyer's Market
By most measures, 2009 was a dismal year for the legal industry. One notable exception to the drumbeat of record layoffs and bankruptcy actions: By our count, there were also a record number of lateral partner moves in The Am Law 200.Azerbaijan Bribes Put One Mogul on Trial, Another in Exile
In July, following a six-week trial, a jury in New York found American entrepreneur Frederic Bourke Jr. guilty of knowing about bribes that helped grease the wheels in the privatization of an Azerbaijan state oil company. But thanks to a bizarre series of legal events, Viktor Kozeny -- the alleged mastermind behind the bribery scheme -- is living in the Bahamas, while Bourke, an investor who merely knew of the bribes, is preparing for a possible prison term.Gloria Allred: The attorney people love to hate
She's been called an ambulance chaser, an opportunist, a made-for-TV attorney and a shameless publicity hound.Plaintiffs Lawyers Raked Over the Coals Regarding Silica Suits
Plaintiffs lawyers who filed silicosis suits on behalf of thousands of clients got their turn before a U.S. House panel investigating the controversy over the mass screening process that led to the filing of many of those cases. Among the issues covered were allegations that one firm that has claimed not to be involved in asbestosis litigation financed another firm involved in that practice and that a firm paid a screening company only for X-rays showing positive signs of silicosis.Cite as: MLSMK Investment Company v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., Index 10-3040-cv, NYLJ 1202499634383, at *1 (Court, Decided July 7, 2011)Before: Mclaughlin, Poo
Complaint in 'Netscape Communications Corp. v. Microsoft Corp.'
In its action against Microsoft Corporation, Netscape Communications Corporation seeks relief under §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, portions of the District of Columbia Code and the common law, for harm resulting from Microsoft's alleged anticompetitive conduct in the markets for Intel-compatible personal computer operating systems and Web browsers worldwide.Trending Stories
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