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November 06, 2012 |

Wilson Sonsini Advising Netflix as Icahn Circles Media Company

The Silicon Valley-based Am Law 100 firm is advising its longtime client Netflix, which adopted a poison pill on Monday to ward off a potential takeover bid by activist investor Carl Icahn, who recently bought almost 10 percent of the on-demand streaming media and movie rental company.
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December 07, 2011 |

Former Players Sue NFL Over Concussions Policy

A dozen former pro players are suing the National Football League, claiming a flawed policy on concussions, coupled with league misuse of the anti-inflammatory drug Toradol, ultimately caused them long-term brain injuries.
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May 10, 2006 |

Hollywood Litigator Fields Ducks Pellicano Net

Like many of his clients, Bertram Fields had become tabloid fodder: Magazines, TV and newspapers point out nearly every week that the Hollywood litigator is a key target in the probe of notorious private eye Anthony Pellicano. Yet the frequent Pellicano client has remained beyond prosecutors' grasp for nearly four years. And the February indictment of Terry Christensen, based on taped phone conversations with Pellicano, has only underscored the difficulty in pursuing Fields: So far, there's no smoking gun.
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March 26, 2012 |

How a Move to Chicago Fueled Latham's Rise

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June 23, 2010 |

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

The material-support statute, 18 U.S.C. §2339B, is constitutional as applied to the forms of support that plaintiffs seek to provide to foreign terrorist organizations, namely, training, expert advice or assistance, service and personnel.
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May 27, 2010 |

Ministry says $80M-plus trust is mismanaged

When Margaret Simpson died in 2003, she left behind some $80 million to $110 million in land and other assets that are now at the center of a dispute pitting two trustees-one of them a lawyer-against In Touch Ministries Inc., the religious broadcasting organization founded by Charles F. Stanley, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta.
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November 30, 2009 |

Collection Lawyers Fleeced In Check Scams

At least two sizeable Connecticut law firms have fallen victim to sophisticated international swindlers posing as major European or Chinese companies in need of debt collection help. The initial inquiry is often in an e-mail, which offers the law firm a chance to work for a large foreign corporation with several million dollars in unpaid bills in the U.S. An attorney signs a formal-looking retainer agreement. Suddenly, he receives a six-figure "debt payment" sent by one of the so-called client's customers, in the form of an authentic-looking bank check.
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March 20, 2003 |

Sample Content License Agreement

Web site owners who engage in e-commerce will often seek to sell, distribute or otherwise exploit content owned by third parties in connection with their online presence. The following sample license agreement defines the relationship between licensors and licensees of content-related rights by setting forth the term of the license, fees, IP rights and warranties.
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April 27, 2011 |

High court disbars four, suspends two

The Supreme Court of Georgia on Tuesday issued the following discipline decisions:In the Supreme Court of GeorgiaDecided: April 26, 2011S10Y1978, S11Y0364, S11Y0369. IN THE MATTER OF JOHN J. LIEB.PER CURIAM.These disciplinary matters are before the Court on three Reports and Recommendations of the special master, Peter R. Olsen.
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June 11, 2013 |

Employment Law Lessons From the Penn State Scandal

The injuries to children, trust and reputation that Jerry Sandusky caused — and some former Penn State University administrators allegedly compounded — may never fully heal. But some good may come out of this tragedy, if Penn State and other institutions and employers learn from it.
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