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January 25, 2010 |

Man Who Settled Vioxx Suit Sues Three Firms and Three Lawyers

An Ohio man who accepted an approximately $100,000 settlement for his Vioxx personal-injury claim has filed a negligence suit against three Houston firms and three Houston lawyers, alleging the defendants made paperwork errors in his case file that reduced the size of his settlement. The plaintiff said that he should have received a settlement totaling more than $436,000.
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September 01, 2005 |

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Madoff Monday: Merkin Pays Up in N.Y. AG's Case, and 'Net-Winners' Lose Out at High Court
Publication Date: 2012-06-25
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The NYAG's $410 million settlement with J. Ezra Merkin didn't sit well with Madoff trustee Irving Picard, who's still pressing his own $500 million case against Merkin. But Picard can console himself with some welcome news from the Supreme Court, which declined to meddle with his formula for assessing Madoff customer claims.

AIG Claims '98 Percent' Win over BofA Dismissal Bid in $10 Billion MBS Case
Publication Date: 2012-05-24
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American International Group was forced through a menacing gauntlet over the last few weeks in its $10.5 billion mortgage-backed securities case against Countrywide and Bank of America. But according to AIG and its lawyers at Quinn Emanuel, the company emerged late Wednesday with barely a scratch.

February 24, 2006 |

How to Address a Demand for a 'Voluntary' Waiver

In recent times, there is perhaps no other factor that has applied greater pressure on the attorney-client privilege than the federal government's insistence on waiver as an indication of cooperation. For a corporate target, the immediate and practical implications of a waiver are serious, including the inability to assert the privilege in potential downstream or parallel litigation. This review of recent applicable law can help a corporation facing a waiver demand determine the best course to take.
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March 16, 2010 |

Jury Awards $15 Million in Accident Case, Clears Lawyerless Chrysler

A Georgia jury held an alleged drunk driver responsible for $15 million in damages to a girl injured in a car accident, but the plaintiff likely will get only a fraction of the award because the driver has few resources and the designer of the seat, which broke during the wreck, was cleared by the jury. Complicating matters was the bankruptcy-mandated dismissal of what was then DaimlerChrysler from the case. The verdict form contained a line allocating blame to Chrysler, but no one represented the automaker at trial.
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December 04, 2003 |

Pennie Pinching

In what will be its second major California acquisition in the past 10 months, Morgan Lewis Bockius will absorb virtually the entire Palo Alto, Calif., office of mega intellectual property boutique Pennie Edmonds.
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June 22, 2005 |

Convicted IP Lawyer May Be Reinstated

Malcolm Wittenberg may soon be returning to the practice of law. Last week the California Supreme Court rejected the State Bar's petition to have the former Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May partner disbarred. Wittenberg, an intellectual property attorney, was convicted of insider trading in 2001, and the State Bar Court suspended him for three years. State Bar prosecutors had argued that Wittenberg deserved harsher punishment.
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September 10, 2002 |

Firms Seek Balance Between Business And Remembrance

Though a year has passed, the wounds terrorists inflicted on our nation in one unforgettable morning are still fresh. The anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has left firm managers with a difficult decision: how to acknowledge the day and provide support for attorneys and staff while trying to carry on with business as usual.
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