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February 25, 2003 |

In re Managed Care Litigation

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What's the Right Standard for Inequitable Conduct? A Federal Circuit Judge Calls for the Court to Make Up Its Mind
Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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For two decades the Federal Circuit has debated inequitable conduct, with two lines of cases holding claimants to vastly different standards of proof. The result: double the number of inequitable conduct claims. Now a Federal Circuit judge is calling for his colleagues to bridge the schism, once and for all.

December 02, 1999 |

Lap-Dance Liberty Fighter

As counsel to skin merchants for the past 30 years, attorney Roger Jon Diamond fights for the right of lap dancers to slither and shimmy under the aegis of the First Amendment. He has battled on behalf of the adult entertainment industry across the U.S., convincing bedroom communities they can't seal their borders to topless and nude clubs. It has worked well for him, judging from his response to a question on his win-loss record. After a thoughtful silence, he says, "I'm trying to think of when I've lost."
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June 21, 1999 |

Merger Means Shuffling of Legal Teams

Honeywell employs about 70 in-house lawyers; AlliedSignal has 64. Honeywell's top legal officer, Edward D. Grayson, will work on the integration team, but he has not determined whether he will remain once that process is completed. The new firm, which will be called Honeywell and will have its headquarters at AlliedSignal's Morristown, N.J., base, will also pare away an undetermined number of in-house attorneys, AlliedSignal Inc.'s top legal officer, Peter M. Kreindler said.
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February 08, 2006 |

Justice Alito's Green Day

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s staff is still in flux, but he has already picked up two law clerks from predecessor Sandra Day O'Connor. And on Feb. 21, he'll be taking the bench for a baptism not by fire but by water. Three cases challenging the scope of the Clean Water Act have environmentalists worried about how Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts will come down on the issue of federal jurisdiction and regulation. One attorney says the cases pose "starkly different visions of federal power."
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Judge Approves $4 Billion Criminal Plea over BP Oil Spill
Publication Date: 2013-01-29
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A federal judge in New Orleans has accepted BP's $4 billion criminal plea agreement over its role in the catastrophic 2010 oil spill that fouled the Gulf of Mexico. But BP's lawyers still have plenty of work to do managing the company's massive liabilities over the disaster.

September 25, 2001 |

New, Costly Obstacles for Overseas Commerce?

Border delays. Export restrictions. Trade sanctions. Overseas investment vulnerability. The international trade sector is bracing for the ripple effects of the Sept. 11 attacks and America's unfolding war. Already, businesses are reporting a slowdown in moving goods into the country, as the U.S. Customs Service remains on its highest level of alert. Trade experts anticipate there will be more repercussions still.
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August 01, 2006 |

Midlevel Associates Survey: Firms Improve, but Complaints Continue

With the results of The American Lawyer's 2006 midlevel associates survey comes the realization that not necessarily every associate aims for partnership. But one thing that has stayed the same is the level of frustration. And though the lack of communication between associates and partners continues to be a major gripe, at least one firm has taken heed of last year's poor survey score to make improvements. Plus: Take a look at how smaller and midsize boutiques rank against Am Law 100 and 200 firms.
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Fifth Circuit Sides With BP on 'Windfall' Oil Spill Claims
Publication Date: 2013-10-02
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A divided federal appeals court panel has ruled that BP PLC should have been allowed to temporarily block payment of claims from the $9.6 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement while challenging the methods by which those payments were being calculated.

September 11, 2003 |

Make-or-Break Moment for Physicians' Class Action

When James B. Tilghman Jr. steps to the lectern to ask the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to bless the biggest class action it has ever considered, he'll face a court known for being unfriendly to such enormous class actions. It will be a make-or-break moment for the multibillion-dollar racketeering case that doctors have brought against 10 insurers that collectively control about half the nation's managed care market.
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