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March 27, 2008 |

New Deals

Providing a much-appreciated piece of good news on Wall Street, Visa Inc. set a record for initial public offerings, selling 446.6 million shares at $44 each and raising $19.7 billion. Also, faced with the threat that angry shareholders might scuttle the deal, JPMorgan Chase and Co. has raised its offer for Bear Stearns to $10 a share from $2.
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January 25, 2008 |

Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co., Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis

Drug Maker Not Shown To Be Entitled To 'Noerr-Pennington' Antitrust Immunity
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September 27, 2004 |

Supreme Court Ponders Religion's Place

The U.S. Supreme Court convenes in a closed conference today to consider more than 1,900 new cases. Leading the list of cases that might be granted review are several First Amendment establishment clause disputes involving prison inmates' religious rights and Ten Commandments displays on public property. The Ten Commandments cases have been grabbing the headlines, but it's the Virginia prison rights case that may have a better chance of being granted review.
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July 11, 2001 |

Steady State

Corporations that expect Federal Trade Commission competition bureau director Joseph J. Simons to be a pushover could be in for a rude shock. Though likely to be less aggressive than his Clinton administration predecessors, the former Clifford Chance partner said that he is not afraid to challenge anticompetitive mergers in court, and many in the antitrust bar seem to agree.
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May 07, 2009 |

Contingency cases buoy Boies Schiller

David Boies makes it out to Las Vegas a few times a year. In February he checked into the Encore, the newest hotel developed by Steve Wynn a client on the Strip. Boies had some legal business in town, but he was mainly there to relax and gamble.Craps is his game. Boies enjoys the social aspect of chatting up fellow gamblers and cheering on the dice roller.
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January 07, 2011 |

Treasure Hunters Hit Government Over WikiLeaks

Florida deep-sea explorers are using newly leaked documents to try to force the U.S. government out of its ongoing legal battle with Spain over a valuable shipwreck treasure. • Are They BANKING On It? BofA Scrambles Amid WikiLeaks Nightmare • ALSO SEE: How to Avoid Becoming the Next Target • Pfizer CEO Out, Now WikiLeaks Is Chiming In • Visit Corporate Counsel's WikiLeaks Center
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Appeals Court Decision Spells End to Gift Card Patent Litigation
Publication Date: 2009-05-01
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In a potentially ruinous suit for the gift card industry, a company called Every Penny Counts claimed that all gift cards violated its patents on technology for transferring "excess cash." The Federal Circuit thought differently.

Motion Is Filed for Preliminary Approval of Credit Card "Swipe Fee" Settlement
Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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The already heated battle over the proposed $7 billion credit card "swipe fee" settlement is about to get even more contentious. On Friday, the law firms representing a proposed nationwide class of seven million merchants filed a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement. The numerous trade groups and retailers that have criticized the deal will now 30 days to voice their objections.

January 06, 2000 |

Traitor To His Class

Fred Baron is the very model of a modern class action plaintiffs' lawyer. He wears the tailored shirts, flies around in a private jet, and has made tens of millions of dollars representing thousands of victims of corporate wrongdoing. But Baron is not a modern class action plaintiffs' lawyer. In fact, he has all but killed the practice. Baron, the incoming president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, has an old-fashioned view of tort cases -- he likes to litigate them one at a time.
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