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April 14, 2000 |

Expanding the Internet's Domain

New Internet addresses will soon be popping up with roots such as .biz or .store. Companies with famous trademarks fear it is a cybersquatter's dream come true -- many advocate excluding famous marks from new Internet addresses. But small businesses and noncommercial entities oppose the idea. One consumer group has asked the FTC to investigate whether such a restriction is an antitrust violation.
6 minute read
March 19, 2007 |

Attorney Scandal Threatens Gonzales' Job

The damage is done. The Justice Department's top two officials gave misleading information to Congress under oath. The attorney general's chief of staff has resigned, and the job security of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is in serious doubt. Regardless of whether Gonzales becomes a casualty of the U.S. Attorney scandal, former DOJ officials and lawmakers agree that the White House and Justice Department must restore credibility to an office whose impartiality has been seriously undermined.
8 minute read
March 18, 2004 |

As Other IP Boutiques Falter, Finnegan Moves Forward

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner stands as perhaps the healthiest IP boutique in the country -- at a time when other IP specialists have collapsed because of competitive pressure from general service firms, management woes and a turbulent economy. Finnegan's recipe for success includes high-end litigation, a deep bench of institutional clients, a clear succession plan and IP stars like partner Donald Dunner.
11 minute read
August 15, 2002 |

The Brussels Shuffle

Is a new wave of U.S. law firms about to hit Brussels? It's looking that way, with the launch of Washington, D.C.-based Howrey Simon Arnold & White's new competition and litigation practice, and some significant partner poaching elsewhere in recent months. And Brussels-savvy lawyers suspect there'll be more lateral moves soon. Says one: "Several U.S. firms are sniffing around for talent."
3 minute read
December 06, 2011 |

Airlines struggle to both fly and make money

Airlines may defy the law of gravity, but they can't ignore math.When American Airlines sought bankruptcy protection last week, it marked the 189th time a U.S. airline has done so since the government deregulated the industry in 1978. Most lived to fly again, as American probably will. Some were grounded forever.Expensive labor contracts, erratic fuel prices and passengers used to cheap cross-country fares were to blame this time.
4 minute read
May 06, 2010 |

Communists help GE lobby China

Every summer since 2000, General Electric Co. has worked with the world's largest communist party to pick about 25 Chinese executives for the company's leadership program in Crotonville on New York's Hudson River. The training creates potential Chinese allies for GE to help ensure its continued expansion in the world's fastest-growing major economy, company officials say.
4 minute read
March 30, 2005 |

Aviation Law

Steven R. Pounian and Blanca I. Rodriguez, partners at Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, write that the longest-running aviation litigation � involving the Dec. 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland � may finally be drawing to an end after 16 years.
8 minute read
December 26, 2007 |

All-business class MAXjet files for bankruptcy protection, ceases operations

NEW YORK AP - MAXjet Airways ceased operations on Monday - leaving jets on tarmacs and stranding passengers on Christmas Eve - as the all-business class airline said it would file for bankruptcy protection.MAXjet cited soaring fuel prices and the deteriorating credit market for what it called a "drastic measure.
4 minute read
January 30, 2002 |

E.U.'s Differing IP and Antitrust Approach

There is a growing frequency with which U.S. companies have passed muster under U.S. antitrust laws only to be challenged anew by the European Union for the same conduct and with different results. A recent case between IMS Health and NDC Health is a cautionary tale for U.S. companies seeking to protect their intellectual property rights in the European Union in the face of E.U. antitrust principles.
7 minute read
September 24, 2007 |

Pan Am Alleges Sheppard Mullin Helped Ex-GC Conceal His Fraud

The re-reincarnation of the airline Pan American is suing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and one of the firm's D.C. attorneys for legal malpractice, alleging the firm, which represented two of the airline's subsidiaries in the past, breached a fiduciary duty by agreeing to represent Pan Am's general counsel without the company's knowledge. The case provides an interesting, though convoluted, look at what can happen if your wayward in-house counsel lawyers up with one of your outside law firms.
7 minute read

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