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IPO Case Hits Big Snag At Second Circuit
A federal appeals court Tuesday vacated class certification in six key cases in the massive litigation over dot-com era initial public offerings - a potentially devastating setback for plaintiffs in the biggest consolidated securities class action in U.S. history.U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP; Counsel For The Debtors And Debtors In Possession; Shelley C. Chapman, Esq.; Brian E. O'Connor,
District Judge John F. Keenan U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: For Plaintiffs: Gary M. Osen, Esq., Joshua D. Glatter, Esq., Cindy T.
U.S. Firms in London Say They're More Merger-Minded
Legal Week's annual survey of U.S. firms in London reveals that 47 percent of respondents would consider a merger with a U.K. firm, up from 39 percent last year and just 29 percent in 2005. The trend may signal that firms realize how hard it is to grow organically in the London legal market, which by some measures is now the most costly in which to operate worldwide. Putting additional pressure on U.S. firms: the weak dollar and the related disadvantage in attracting heavy-hitting London partners.The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge PLAGER. Circuit Judge RADER concurs in the result
Given that patent litigation brought by non-performing entities (n�e patent trolls) continues in full blossom, it's no surprise that Big Firm castaways are leaping in to get a piece of the action on the plaintiffs side. But representing trolls carries risks for lawyers who earned their patent pedigrees at defense firms, as a pair of decisions highlighted on Thursday.
Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department JOSEPH COVELLO, J.P. FRED T. SANTUCCI CHERYL E. CHAMBERS PLUMMER E.
Bradley on Law: Where He Stands
During his nearly two decades in the Senate, Bill Bradley never sat on the Senate Judiciary Committee and was never a major player in congressional debates over crime policy or civil justice reform. As his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president continues to gather momentum, Bradley may not have spelled out his views on the legal system, but the nonlawyer is by no means without strong opinions on the subject. Bradley appears to eschew the simplistic, sound-bite approach to legal issues.U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK For Plaintiffs: Stuart M. Grant, James J. Sabella, Megan D. McIntyre, Jeff A. Almeida, Christine M. Mackintosh, and Jill Agro, Gr
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