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Lead Counsel Named in Bear Stearns Class Actions
Publication Date: 2009-01-07
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Labaton Sucharow and Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo get the nod--but there wasn't much competition. Plus: How many securities class actions were filed in 2008, anyway?

January 16, 2007 |

Alschuler Grossman's Great Divide

Marshall Grossman and Larry Stein, the heavyweights behind Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan, officially divorced Jan. 1 after a yearlong tug-of-war over the future of the 90-lawyer firm they fused together seven years ago. Now they have their own firms, just one floor apart in a Santa Monica, Calif., building. The split leaves Grossman (pictured) head of a 40-plus-lawyer commercial litigation firm with a shortened name -- Alschuler Grossman -- and with thoughts of making a quick marriage to a national firm.
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Greenberg Traurig Still on the Hook in Ponzi Class Action, Judge Rules
Publication Date: 2011-06-10
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A federal judge in Arizona refused to dismiss claims that Greenberg helped to facilitate a $200 million fraud allegedly run by its former client, Mortgages Ltd.

Judge Tosses Malpractice Suit Against McDermott
Publication Date: 2013-08-05
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Theranos Inc. and its lawyers at Boies Schiller claimed that McDermott, Will & Emery failed to stop a former partner from funneling the company's confidential information to family members pursuing competing patents.

December 06, 2005 |

China Tries New Tactics in Patent Fight

As China strives to shed its counterfeiter image and enhance its global economic standing, litigation against the country is growing. Because losing a suit could block entry to the U.S. market, Chinese companies are hiring prominent American law firms to represent them in U.S. courts. "What we're seeing now is that the Chinese are becoming much more educated about the IP system and what they can and cannot do," says Cecilia Gonzalez, Howrey's intellectual property practice co-chair.
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January 21, 2003 |

Losing It All

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January 06, 2003 |

Inadmissible

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Gibson Dunn Plays Preemption Card in $45 Million Spam Case
Publication Date: 2009-05-05
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Thanks to California's stringent antispam law, ValueClick was facing potentially enormous damages in a case in which Hypertouch accused the Internet ad company of sending out 45,000 e-mails containing false claims. But Gibson Dunn successfully argued that Hypertouch's claims were preempted by the federal CAN-SPAM Act.

February 02, 2005 |

Double Agent

In this new era of corporate criminal investigations, fundamental shifts are taking place in the corporate defense practice. While working to uncover wrongdoing, the investigating lawyer used to present a united front on behalf of both the corporation and its employees. The lawyer jousted with the government and sought to limit the flow of information. Today, the investigating lawyer essentially acts as a fact-finder with a badge -- the newest (and highest-paid) government agent.
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ERISA Plaintiffs Settle with Bear Stearns for $10 Million
Publication Date: 2012-03-21
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A long-running ERISA class action against Bear Stearns ended with a whimper this week when employees who claimed to have lost $215 million when their retirement savings were invested in Bear Stearns stock agreed to settle for $10 million.

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