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June 10, 2013 |

Differing Standards of Adequacy Complicate Patent Infringement Cases

Thomas Rohback and Aaron Feigenbaum of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider write: Given the Supreme Court's reasoning in two major decisions on pleading standards, it would appear that patent cases, which are, without a doubt, complex and remarkably expensive, would unquestionably be subject to the 'Twombly'/'Iqbal' threshold of plausibility based on allegations of fact. But that is not the law - or at least it is not the law as pronounced by the Federal Circuit.
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March 04, 2013 |

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December 25, 2006 |

Slave Descendants Suffer Setback

A federal appeals court has rejected most claims by slave descendants that they deserve reparations from some of the nation's biggest insurers, banks and transportation companies.
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August 27, 2012 |

Sullivan and Wachtell help seal M&T purchase of Hudson City

M&T Bank Corporation announced on Monday that it will acquire Hudson City Bancorp Inc. in a cash and stock deal valued at $3.7 billion. Hudson City will merge into a subsidiary of M&T, allowing M&T to expand into the eastern United States.
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February 11, 2013 |

Mary Jo White's Husband to Step Down from Cravath Equity Partnership Upon Confirmation

Mary Jo White and her husband have amassed assets of at least $16 million, according to a financial disclosure form filed by the Debevoise & Plimpton partner who has been nominated to be the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The form, which she filed last week with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, also shows that White received slightly more than $2.4 million as a Debevoise partner last year. White's husband, a Cravath, Swaine & Moore equity partner, will also move to nonequity status if she is confirmed, presumably to ease conflict problems.
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October 20, 2009 |

Jury awards $9.2 million in harassment suit; appeal awaits

A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded a former account executive of an Alpharetta mortgage company $9.2 million in damages over sexual harassment and assault claims she made against the company CEO. The jury of four men and four women rendered the damages verdict against AME Financial Corp. and the company's chief executive officer, James L.
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October 13, 2008 |

Bank collapses cause new fear for lawyers

Following the failure of California's IndyMac and the very real potential of other bank collapses, lawyers have been flooding bar associations with questions about whether they would be responsible for client trust accounts if a bank fails.In response, bar associations have been posting guidance to lawyers on their Web sites, holding internal meetings on the issue and issuing formal ethics opinions.
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July 03, 2002 |

3rd Circuit Justices Did Well in Recent U.S. Supreme Court Term

The Supreme Court of the United States, in its just-completed term, issued a total of 80 opinions, 75 of which were signed and five of which were per curiam.
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