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June 13, 2005 |

Accepting the Material Adverse Risks

Johnson & Johnson's $25.4 billion proposed acquisition of Guidant Corp. of Indianapolis will likely go forward despite litigation surrounding Guidant's Ventak Prizm 2 Model 1861 defibrillator, implanted in about 24,000 people. Guidant was sued on June 1 in federal court in Indiana for not warning patients of a short-circuiting problem. It also faces a wrongful death suit to be filed by the family of a college student whose death in March was allegedly caused by the defect and an FDA investigation.
7 minute read
March 11, 2011 |

Kenyon & Kenyon Wins Airbag Patent Fight for Delphi

In a fight over automotive airbag systems, Delphi Automotive Systems and its lawyers at Kenyon & Kenyon won a resounding victory on Wednesday in their patent infringement struggle against rival Automotive Technologies International.
2 minute read
June 05, 2009 |

Detroit Firm Hit With $33 Mil. Claim Over Lacrosse Stick Patent

A Detroit law firm has been walloped with a $33 million legal malpractice suit over a lacrosse stick patent.
2 minute read
August 10, 2009 |

Obama Taps 3 For California Judgeships

The president's been doing his part to boost Asian-American numbers on the federal bench here lately, including with some of his Friday nominations to the Northern and Central districts.
4 minute read
April 06, 2009 |

Companies sweat over bonus turmoil

Revelations that insurance giant AIG handed out $165 million in bonuses after accepting billions of dollars in a massive governmental bailout touched off a public furor — and planted a legal bull's-eye on corporations. The lawsuits range from corporate officers who allege their companies reneged on bonuses to officers who believe they were fired for protesting them.
5 minute read
August 10, 2009 |

Obama Nominates Five New Judges, Three U.S. Attorneys

That didn't take long. Hot on the heels of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation as the next Supreme Court justice, the Obama administration has let loose a round of five new judicial nominations, including two for circuit court openings.
2 minute read
June 12, 2002 |

High-Speed Death

A Michigan auto dealership that failed to complete the title transfer on a car involved in a fatal accident has been hit with a $12 million jury verdict. At trial, the plaintiff's attorney cited Michigan's Owner Liability Statute, arguing that since the dealership did not get a signature on the title transfer, the dealership owned the car at the time of the accident and was responsible for the driver's actions.
3 minute read
May 14, 2012 |

Writers' case spurs fee fight

For a class of older television writers suing studios, networks and talent agencies for age discrimination, a $70 million settlement reached in 2010 was a happy ending. For the writers' lawyers, though, it was only the opening act in a story line that might seem cliché to some of their clients — a fight over money.
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