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September 14, 2004 |

Judge Slashes Fees in Microsoft Class Action

San Francisco-based Townsend and Townsend and Crew is getting less than half the attorney fees it sought for winning a $1.1 billion California consumer class action against Microsoft. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Paul Alvarado awarded 35 firms $112.4 million in fees and costs, saying the $270 million requested was unwarranted given the relatively low level of risk it faced in pursuing the case.
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July 18, 2007 |

Four S.F. Firms to Lead LCD Price-Fixing Case

In a proposed nationwide price-fixing class action against companies related to liquid crystal display products, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston has just handed four San Francisco attorneys the key role of interim lead counsel. Interim lead counsel status gives those attorneys broad authority to direct the litigation against LCD product manufacturers, including Samsung and LG Philips, and gives them the inside track to be named lead counsel if the class is certified.
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July 11, 2012 |

Ex-Football Players, EA to Face Ninth Circuit

When football legend Jim Brown sued Electronic Arts Inc. in 2009 for using his likeness in its video games, EA argued that its games are expressive activity protected by the First Amendment.
7 minute read
March 20, 2000 |

Gun Pact Gives Plaintiffs New Ammunition

Just as the admission by the Liggett Group that nicotine is addictive sped settlements in tobacco litigation, an agreement between Smith & Wesson and government agencies suing the gun industry could put pressure on other gun makers to settle. The nation's biggest gun maker on Friday signed a 21-page, precedent-setting pact outlining procedures to make guns safer and to take steps for keeping them out of the hands of criminals and children.
3 minute read
October 01, 2012 |

Big Suits

Antitrust is in the spotlight as Visa and MasterCard settle a class action for $7 billion and Microsoft gets a $3.5 billion suit tossed.
14 minute read
October 10, 2001 |

Lawyers Still Adjusting to a Post-Sept. 11 World

Although litigators say they are returning to pre-Sept. 11 patterns of air travel, many attorneys are still adjusting and making changes in the way they run their practices. Attorneys increasingly are using video and teleconferences to move litigation along, and are using their staffs in more creative ways -- like scouting out airport lines in advance -- to avoid wasteful delays.
5 minute read
March 29, 2007 |

Backdating Plaintiffs Win Early Rounds

Recent rulings have carved out a victorious first round for civil plaintiffs in stock-options backdating cases after judges refused to dismiss four of their suits. At issue in most of the cases was whether plaintiff shareholders should have demanded books and records from the companies' boards of directors before filing their lawsuits. Some of the plaintiffs successfully pleaded "demand futility" by showing that directors were not objective or that their acts were not of sound "business judgment."
3 minute read
September 14, 2000 |

Holocaust Suit Against French Banks Proceeds

Holocaust survivors may continue to press their claims against French banks for looting assets, after a New York federal judge denied motions to dismiss two class actions. In the consolidated lawsuits, U.S. citizens and foreign nationals seek the recovery of cash, records, art and other property allegedly wrongfully taken from them and their family members during the Nazi occupation of France.
5 minute read
December 19, 2000 |

Runners-Up: Holocaust Attorneys

This was the year Holocaust reparations cases came to a head. A few trial lawyers tackled the greatest evil in history and forced a resolution. Beyond providing money for Polish peasants and Florida retirees with a painful past, these pacts established a new principle: Abetting genocide doesn't pay. It was about "going after the guy who sells the barbed wire," says NYU Law School's Burt Neuborne.
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Chance for Lead Counsel Spot in BP Litigation Brings Swarm of Lawyers
Publication Date: 2010-09-28
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All-stars of the plaintiffs bar make their pitch for a place on the plaintiffs' steering committee in the BP oil spill MDL.

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