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February 06, 2002 |

Amicus Brief to High Court Shows DOJ No Friend of Baker's

R. Robin [email protected] U.S. Justice Department has challenged a legal tactic used by Georgia Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker. A DOJ friend-of-the-court brief, submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, maintains that a panel with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals erred in ruling that state attorneys can remove a suit against the state to federal court and then claim immunity under the 11th Amendment.
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December 04, 2006 |

Civil Actions

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February 06, 2009 |

Going AWOL from life

When "Wendy and Lucy" begins, our heroine, Wendy Michelle Williams, excellent is already into the wild, so to speak. We meet her wandering through the Oregon woods, playing fetch with her best pal, Lucy, an irresistible yellow-brown Lab mix.Like Emile Hirsch in 2007, Wendy is headed for Alaska. Not so much for the spirituality but for the more mundane possibility of a job in a fish cannery.
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April 16, 2007 |

Justices to ponder imperiled species

The Pima pineapple cactus and the Huachuca water umbel will anchor an extraordinary relay of environmental cases in the nation's high court this term as the justices wrap up their argument docket.
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February 18, 2008 |

Sound legal analysis

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued its opinion in Stoneridge. The court concluded that certain nonspeaking defendants were not liable under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 because the investors at issue did not rely on anything these defendants said or did. The inability to plead reliance as to these defendants � a critical element of a cause of action under Section 10(b) � required dismissal. The court's conclusions are legally sound and squarely grounded in its prior precedent.
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September 24, 2012 |

'Sunbeam' Protects Trademark Licensees, But Questions Remain

Proskauer Rose partner Jeffrey W. Levitan writes: The law surrounding the rights and obligations of both licensees and licensors under rejected intellectual property licenses has been uncertain for many years. Perhaps the Seventh Circuit's recent entrance into the fray will provide the impetus for a final determination on this important issue.
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June 26, 2013 |

Hong Kong Judge Slams Bank for "Downfall" Firing

Hong Kong's High Court ruled that Jefferies Group had wrongfully fired an employee who sent out an electronic newsletter linking to a parody video featuring an actor playing Hitler.
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January 31, 2005 |

Litigating landmark lawsuits

Profile: Marvin Krislov, vice president and general counsel, The University of Michigan
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April 01, 2004 |

Sam's Club Comes Clean

N the two years since Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., decided to create a separate legal department for its subsidiary, Sam's Club, the two retailers have faced a number of government investigations and private lawsuits, targeting everything from environmental problems to labor practices. In January the first GC of Sam's Club, Kirk Forrest, stepped down. He was replaced by John Peter J.P. Suarez, head of enforcement and compliance assurance at the Environmental Protection Agency. Two weeks after Suarez resigned from
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January 09, 2006 |

Let a thousand low prices bloom

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. long has had its detractors, but this has got to sting- and other offbeat items.
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