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June 05, 2007 |

Homebuilder Beazer Faces Barrage of Suits for 'Reckless Tactics'

A Texas-based commercial lender has sued home building company Beazer Homes USA Inc., its board, and current and former executives, claiming that their "reckless tactics" have resulted in multiple federal investigations. The shareholder derivative suit claims that Beazer arranged mortgages through its lending arm for unqualified buyers, leading to numerous foreclosures that have undermined Beazer's financial stability. The federal case is one of seven brought by Beazer shareholders and employees.
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Kick the Can: Fried Frank Claims Victory for Novelis in Aluminum Pricing Contract Dispute with Coca-Cola Bottlers
Publication Date: 2010-07-12
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The details of the case are almost as closely guarded as the secret recipe of Coke, but at stake was the price of hundreds of millions of pounds of aluminum.

Magazine Defendants Lose Supreme Court Bid to Dodge Antitrust Claims
Publication Date: 2013-01-08
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to second-guess an appellate court's decision to revive an antitrust suit against a big swath of the magazine industry, handing a win to bankrupt magazine wholesaler Anderson News and its lawyers at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman and Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel.

Kasowitz Benson Files Antitrust Suit for Magazine Wholesaler Against Rivals and Publishers
Publication Date: 2009-02-10
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Source Interlink, a magazine wholesaler, is on the ropes. But according to a suit filed by Source's lawyers at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, that's because a group of publishers, distributors, and wholesalers has plotted to run Source out of business. At a preliminary injuction hearing on Friday, Kasowitz will try to end the alleged conspiracy.

Latham Survives Motion to Disqualify in Antitrust Case
Publication Date: 2013-09-04
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Latham & Watkins can proceed as lead trial counsel for a defendant in a massive antitrust class action, a Washington federal district trial judge ruled on Tuesday, denying a motion to disqualify the firm.

May 07, 2003 |

Employee Sues Mirant Over Loss of Retirement Benefits

Energy marketer Mirant Corp. faces a potential class action that claims the firm violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The suit, filed in federal court in Georgia by a retired Mirant employee, says that corporate officers must restore losses the companies' retirement plans sustained. Those plans included investment portfolios of Mirant stock for thousands of the firm's employees.
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December 29, 2000 |

4th Circuit Surprise

Roger Gregory is no ideologue. And that could make all the difference when the dust settles on his controversial appointment to the famously conservative 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Named last week as a recess appointee by President Clinton, Gregory is as levelheaded and scholarly as his appointment was political. And that may be his best weapon for securing life-tenure confirmation by the Senate.
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October 17, 2007 |

Monroe County, Georgia Power Square Off Over Property Taxes Before State Supreme Court

The Georgia Supreme Court heard a case this week that's gotten the attention of a host of power companies. The dispute between Georgia Power and the Georgia county of Monroe concerns whether counties can modify assessment calculations of the value of real property from the value proposed by the State Board of Equalization. Monroe issued a 2003 tax bill for $5.98 million based on its own assessment; The state's assessment would have resulted in a bill of less than $2 million.
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What Does BofA's $410 Million Bank Overdraft Settlement Mean for Other Defendants in the Ginormous Overdraft MDL?
Publication Date: 2011-02-07
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With class certification briefing due next month, BofA may turn out to have been smart for getting out early from this sweeping MDL, which alleges that more than a dozen banks fleeced their most vulnerable depositors by charging exorbitant overdraft fees.

March 15, 2001 |

Georgia Juvenile Court Judge to Quit, Blames Pay Shuffle

Cobb County, Ga., Juvenile Court Presiding Judge James F. Morris is stepping down, and money is the reason. The 57-year-old Morris, who has been a juvenile court judge for 11 years, says he hasn't seen a dime of the $170,000 the Legislature earmarked for Cobb juvenile judges last year. That money, Morris says, went directly from the Legislature to Cobb's coffers.
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