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May 30, 2008 |

The A-List (51-200)

Lawyers like to lament the passing of their fabled past, when partners knew each other on sight, firms contented themselves to operating in one ZIP code and junior associates were not a menacing anonymous horde threatening to take out their frustrations via the blogosphere. As it happens, in the big-firm world those days aren't gone, they've just moved to the Am Law Second Hundred ranks, where firms are prosperous and growing steadily but retain the possibility of old-fashioned cohesion.
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June 18, 2013 |

Chicago's Next US Attorney Faces Urgent Dilemma

Chicago's next U.S. attorney faces a dilemma sprung from the twin evils bedeviling America's third-largest city.
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June 03, 2010 |

Lawyers in DeKalb school case reflect high stakes

A private attorney helping DeKalb County prosecutors bring a racketeering case against the former school superintendent and three others once helped bring down an ex-sheriff for public corruption and murder. The lawyers representing the defendants include three former prosecutors. One helps professional athletes sign multimillion-dollar contracts and stay out of jail.
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December 29, 2009 |

News In Brief

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Perfecting the Art of War: Fish & Richardson
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
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Fish & Richardson partner John Gartman talks about how litigation over software patents has changed in the last decade.

Orbimed Advisors, LLC v. Winston & Strawn LLP, 13708-2010
Publication Date: 2011-07-15
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Court: Supreme Court, New York County: Part 10
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Case number: 13708-2010

Cite as: Orbimed Advisors, LLC v. Winston & Strawn LLP, Index 13708-2010, NYLJ 1202500469888, at *1 (Court, Decided July 6, 2011)Justice Judith J. Gische/p

September 01, 1999 |

Justice's Secret Weapon Against Microsoft

While the Department of Justice was reeling from a June 1998 ruling that seemed to doom its claim that Microsoft violated antitrust laws, David B. Fein got to work. Hired by Joel Klein, DOJ's antitrust chief, with less fan fare than David Boies, the in court star for the government, Fein's investigative work and preparation of witnesses may have turned the tide against Microsoft.
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March 11, 2003 |

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July 27, 1999 |

Employers Easy Escape

In a Conn. auto accident case, a settlement with the employee defendant unexpectedly allowed her employer to escape all financial liability. Much to the plaintiff's surprise, his release of the employee was held, as a matter of law, to release the employer - even though the plaintiff made no reference to the employer, took no money from it and had no intent to release it. Plaintiff's attorney Stephen R. Bellis, says the state Supreme Court justices "took a step back, relying on 19th century common law..."
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June 07, 2000 |

Whatever Happened to Y2K?

Well into the new year, the accepted wisdom says the "millennium bug" was a bust. The expected wave of litigation never materialized. Yet there have been lawsuits over the costs of pre-2000 remediation, and a monster of a Y2K insurance coverage case is attracting national attention as it unfolds in federal court in New Jersey.
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