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January 06, 2010 |

3rd Circuit Tosses $33 Million Verdict Against Bank, Broker Charged With Aiding Ponzi Scheme

Dealing a huge setback to the victims of the $1 billion Ponzi scheme operated by Pennsylvania businessman Robert Bentley, the 3rd Circuit on Monday overturned a jury's verdict of more than $32.7 million against a bank and a broker accused of helping Bentley to keep the scheme alive. The court said the receiver cannot pursue claims against those who assisted Bentley's firm by giving it access to more cash and investors -- even if those acts ultimately resulted in a deepening of the insolvency of Bentley's firm.
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July 06, 1999 |

Telecom: Fight for the Future

While Wall Street is showing signs of coming down from its Internet high, Congress is just getting started on a high-tech trip of its own. And if Congress is interested, that means that K Street is cashing in. Washington is seeing multiple telecom wars, including over whether to reopen the Telecommunications Act of 1996. while the 1996 law dealt primarily with phone service, lawmakers today face a host of new complexities as they try to sort out and shape the telecom landscape.
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January 31, 2006 |

Biggest Losers

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May 11, 2006 |

Newsbriefs

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July 03, 2006 |

The Legal Pro Page

News about legal professionals.
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November 24, 2009 |

Drugmakers Get Double Dose of Bad News Over Hormone-Replacement Therapy Products

A Philadelphia jury returned a $34 million verdict Monday against two drugmakers over hormone-replacement therapy drugs that the jury found caused a plaintiff's breast cancer. And a $75 million punitive damages verdict from the end of October in another hormone-replacement therapy, or HRT, mass tort case was unsealed by court order after the other jury verdict was rendered around 2 p.m. Monday.
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November 16, 2010 |

Recent Actions

Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of Nov. 8. House members are scheduled to return to session Nov. 15; Senate members are scheduled to return Nov. 16 for caucus elections.
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Litigator of the Week: Owen Pell of White & Case
Publication Date: 2012-09-20
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A jury might really sink its teeth into Norex Petroleum's claims against a collection of Russian billionaires and oil companies. But unfortunately for Norex, over the span of 10 years Pell has led the way in convincing three different courts in Manhattan to dismiss the case without ever reaching the merits.

April 18, 2011 |

The 2012 APPELLATE HOT LIST

We asked our readers to nominate firms with at least one significant appellate win between May 2011 and May 2012 and that had an impressive track record overall. We supplemented the results with our own research to arrive at the list of 16 firms you'll find here.
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April 27, 2007 |

Suits & Deals

Large settlements and verdicts in New Jersey.
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