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January 19, 2007 |

Indian Tribes Bet on Big Firms

More large law firms are representing tribes in litigation and transactions -- formerly the territory of boutiques. It's a result of more money and more legal problems for tribes whose complex layers of laws can be challenging and interesting for lawyers. Paula Yost joined Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in 1999 and was quickly thrust into the complexities of federal Indian law. She's since co-founded the firm's Indian law practice group, which encompasses more than 25 lawyers across the country.
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August 13, 2003 |

Trailers Parked

In a significant victory for movie studios, a federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that movie "trailers" are an art form protected by copyright law and therefore cannot be streamed on the Internet without permission. The judge also ruled that the "fair use" doctrine does not protect a company that created its own version of such trailers after the studios requested that theirs be taken off the Internet.
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March 15, 2010 |

Credibility was at issue in 2009's largest verdict

Plaintiff lawyers' attack on Abbott's credibility and case theory may have helped Centocor score a $1.67 billion verdict — the largest verdict last year, according to NLJ affiliate VerdictSearch's Top 100 Verdicts of 2009.
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August 16, 1999 |

He's Not Just Monkeying Around

Imagine your clients asking you to help them patent a half-chimpanzee, half-human creature to be used as the ultimate lab rat. This is precisely what Stuart Newman and Jeremy Rifkin requested of lawyer Patrick Coyne. However, the two scientists are morally opposed to the creation. The patent, they say, would temporarily prevent anyone else from making the beasts. The application has put the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in an awkward position, for it raises questions that go into the realm of philosophy.
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July 06, 1999 |

Telecom: Fight for the Future

While Wall Street is showing signs of coming down from its Internet high, Congress is just getting started on a high-tech trip of its own. And if Congress is interested, that means that K Street is cashing in. Washington is seeing multiple telecom wars, including over whether to reopen the Telecommunications Act of 1996. while the 1996 law dealt primarily with phone service, lawmakers today face a host of new complexities as they try to sort out and shape the telecom landscape.
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In Major Pay-to-Delay Momentum Shift, Pennsylvania Judge Green-Lights Antitrust Class Actions and FTC Claims Against Cephalon and Generics
Publication Date: 2010-03-30
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This could be a game changer, folks--and it couldn't come at a more critical moment for opponents of the deals that keep generic drugs off the market.

February 02, 1999 |

Atlanta Mayor Itching to Sue Gun Makers

Atlanta is expected this week to join other American cities that have sued the gun industry claiming that their products are unreasonably dangerous.
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