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Bank of America Settles Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Mortgage Claims for $2.8 Billion
Publication Date: 2011-01-03
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The deal, which comes before the agency that oversees Fannie and Freddie filed any suit against BofA, is the best indicator to date of the potential value of buyback claims against issuers of mortgage-backed securities. The bad news for investors? Analysts say BofA's $2.8 billion payout is a bargain for the bank.

Rambus Clears (Some) Entries in Its Endless Docket
Publication Date: 2009-06-12
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We could devote a whole blog to the litigation warhorse that is Rambus Inc., but in the interest of diversity (and our sanity), we've settled for occasional roundups as events warrant. That time, loyal readers, has come again, with a pair of recent developments that lend at least a tiny bit of clarity to Rambus's long-term prospects.

Banks Face More Setbacks in Megabucks Credit Union Cases
Publication Date: 2013-09-13
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In the latest win for the National Credit Union Administration, financial institutions including Royal Bank of Scotland and Wells Fargo lost a bid to dodge claims that they duped Kansas-based U.S. Central Federal Credit Union into pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into residential mortgage-backed securities.

April 27, 2010 |

Federal Circuit to rehear case involving conduct before patent office

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently ordered an en banc rehearing of a case to hash out whether the court should change the standard for when a lawyer's conduct before a patent office can disqualify a patent or some of its claims.
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October 18, 2004 |

Supreme Court Short List: If Kerry Wins ...

Even without knowing precisely who would be named to the Supreme Court under a President Kerry, one thing is certain -- his justices would be very different from President Bush's: less ideological, less hostile to constitutional privacy rights and more likely to take each case on its own terms. And as Jeff Bleich, Brian Hochleutner and Sam Weinstein write, Kerry's actual choices would inevitably depend on when a vacancy occurs and who is doing the vacating.
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February 09, 2007 |

Corporate Counsel Are Reaping the Benefits of Private Equity Boom

Awash in cash and business, private equity firms are rushing to hire in-house lawyers. There's no official count, but the numbers of PE corporate counsel appear to be way up -- with more increases expected. For those caught up in the new boomtown cycle, there's a palpable excitement at being the "it" lawyers of the moment, and the opportunities appear endless. Another big plus: In contrast to the typical in-house scenario, attorneys who move into private equity firms aren't sacrificing cash.
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September 07, 2001 |

'Bush v. Gore' Lives On

Federal judges in three states have rejected motions to dismiss voting rights cases based on Bush v. Gore, and one, in California, specifically pointed to the decision. The suits claim that the punch-card voting system, the type that earned notoriety in Florida, violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The cases have brought sharply divergent responses from a bench that got little guidance from the high court.
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December 01, 2011 |

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Siri can handle many daily tasks for lawyers.
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Apple and Eminem's Music Publisher Settle Copyright Suit
Publication Date: 2009-10-05
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In the closely watched trial, Emimen's label contended Apple was illegally selling songs via iTunes. Apple said it had a license. After a week of trial, the two sides struck a confidential deal.

Jim Badke and Sona De of Ropes & Gray
Publication Date: 2012-04-05
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Badke and De capped their eight-year defense of Nova Biomedical and Becton Dickinson by persuading a judge for the second time that an Abbott patent was procured by deceiving the PTO, even after Abbott persuaded the Federal Circuit to raise the bar for proving inequitable conduct.

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