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Gas Buyers Reach $21.6 Settlement in 'Hot Fuel' MDL
Publication Date: 2012-06-19
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Everyone knows that fuel prices tend to go up in the summer. But are consumers in warmer states also getting less gas than they're (over)paying for? That's what a class of gas purchasers alleged in five-year-old consolidated litigation over "hot fuel" that settled on Friday.

Coppola Sues Cork and Bottle Maker over Not-So-Fine Wines
Publication Date: 2009-12-08
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Director Francis Ford Coppola's wine company claims that faulty bottles and caps it bought from Vinocor USA turned 55,000 cases of international wines from its "Encyclopedia" collection into a useless collection of vinegar.

Research in Motion to Pay Visto $275 Million to Settle Patent Litigation
Publication Date: 2009-07-16
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All good things must come to an end, and from what we gather the global patent war between Research in Motion and Visto has been a very good thing to the lawyers involved. On Thursday, both companies announced that they had agreed to settle all litigation over RIM's Blackberry patents, with RIM paying Visto $267.5 million. In exchange RIM gets access to all Visto patents and acquires some of its intellectual property.

January 04, 2010 |

Litigation Department of the Year: Gibson Dunn

When other firms and conventional strategies come up short, clients in deep trouble turn to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher -- helmed by marquee partners like Ted Olson -- for fresh, aggressive thinking and innovative rescues. "I call them lifeboat lawyers, because our careers depend on them," says Wal-Mart Executive Vice President Thomas Mars. For those rescues, and a broader record of excellent work for hard-pressed clients, The American Lawyer names the firm its Litigation Department of the Year.
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July 27, 2004 |

Boston in Common

The first time Judith Droz Keyes attended a Democratic National Convention was in 1968, and she never got inside. At the time, her husband was in Vietnam, in the same squadron as John Kerry. Eight months later, Keyes' husband died in battle, spurring her to participate in the anti-war movement. That's where she met Kerry. Keyes, a Morrison & Foerster partner, is now attending her second Democratic Convention -- only this time she's inside, along with dozens of other attorney delegates.
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October 09, 2009 |

Non-L.A. Firms Breaking Into Entertainment Law

When Summit Entertainment LLC needed an attorney to help promote its new vampire movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," General Counsel David Friedman turned to someone he knew well: an old colleague from his former job at Paramount Pictures.
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Ninth Circuit Sides With Athletes in EA Video Games Case
Publication Date: 2013-07-31
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Electronic Arts and its lawyers at Davis Wright Tremaine and Keker & Van Nest got mixed tidings Wednesday in a pair of decisions from the Ninth Circuit. But the news was mostly bad for the video game maker, and nothing but good for plaintiffs lawyer Steve Berman.

December 26, 2006 |

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December 28, 2006 |

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August 15, 2008 |

10 N.Y. Firms Listed as Best for Women

Roughly half of the law students across the country presently involved in on-campus interviews have a personal stake in this question: Exactly which large firms are best for women? Conveniently, the second annual survey by Flex-Time Lawyers and Working Mothers Magazine was released Tuesday, listing the nation's top 50 shops in terms of work-life balance, mentoring opportunities for women, retention of female attorneys and family accommodation.
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