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December 17, 2004 |

Calif. Supremes to Decide When Settlement Demands Equal Extortion

Self-styled "Lord of the Dance" Michael Flatley will soon perform for a new, highly demanding audience -- the California Supreme Court. This week the court unanimously agreed to review a case in which the world-famous dancer is suing an Illinois lawyer for $100 million for alleged extortion. Lawyers for the defendant claim a lower court decision to let the suit proceed opens attorneys to criminal, in addition to civil, liability for extortion when making aggressive settlement demands.
3 minute read
March 06, 2007 |

Midsize Eastern Firms Get Aggressive in L.A.

Los Angeles has morphed into a recruiting hotbed in the past nine months as several midsize firms from the East Coast aggressively opened offices. Several of those firms lured large groups of lawyers from well-known local firms in a legal market rife with dissolutions and an unusually high number of defections. "The last six months, particularly on the west side of L.A., have been hot," says Roger Warin, chairman of Steptoe & Johnson, which opened its second Los Angeles office, in Century City, last July.
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July 31, 2006 |

Calif. High Court Slaps Misuse of Anti-SLAPP Laws

Former paralegal Peggy Soukup and famed Irish dancer Michael Flatley don't know each other, but they share one thing in common: Both won cases last week clarifying California's complex anti-SLAPP law. By a unanimous vote in two rulings involving three cases, the state Supreme Court ruled that anti-SLAPP motions and their counterparts, SLAPP-back suits, can't be used by defendants to protect speech or activities that are illegal as a matter of law.
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May 26, 2006 |

Reining in a Vicious SLAPP Circle

Take extortion, rape allegations and malicious prosecution, mix in a world-famous Irish dancer and a few angry Southern California attorneys and you have the unique ingredients for a major ruling on the state's anti-SLAPP law. Next week, the California Supreme Court will hear arguments in three cases that could determine how much protection the statute provides individuals -- lawyers in the cases at hand -- allegedly sued for exercising their free speech rights.
6 minute read
February 01, 2010 |

Deals & Suits

AMD prevails over Intel in antitrust dispute, with an assist from Thomas McCoy.
16 minute read
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February 07, 2006 |

Hollywood PI Pleads Not Guilty to Racketeering

Anthony Pellicano, served Monday with an indictment that underscores the breadth of a case that prosecutors say is still ongoing, has pleaded not guilty to charges of federal racketeering and wiretapping. Although the indictment named no specific lawyers or firms, it says that information allegedly obtained through wiretapping was used as a "tactical advantage in litigation" to learn opponents' plans. Actor Sylvester Stallone is among those whose telephone communications were allegedly intercepted.
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June 09, 2000 |

Lights, Camera . . . Oyez

Los Angeles courts attract more celebrities than Lakers games: "Clueless" producers, distributors who play "Hardball," a star's stunt double who says she got a raw deal, a musician's would-be biographer, and a Broadway actor who didn't consent to the use of his image to promote a popular play worldwide will all be making appearances in courtrooms near you.
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October 01, 2008 |

The Man Hollywood Loves to Hate

With the tenacity of a pit bull, Marc Toberoff helps creators and their heirs wrest back control of their copyrights from studios and publishers.
12 minute read
June 01, 2010 |

Firms No Fans of Facebook Community Pages

Bimbos at Baker & McKenzie, slaves at Skadden, whipping boys at McDermott Will. These groups, and their firms, now have their own Facebook pages automatically generated by the social networking site's new feature called Community Pages. For brand-conscious firms, it's a bit mortifying.
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