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September 21, 2011 |

Pending Bankruptcy Bill Spurs Debate

A congressional subcommittee held a hearing last week on proposed legislation that would restrict the venues in which a company can choose to file bankruptcy. While the bill's supporters argue that it is vital because small creditors are often left behind in corporate bankruptcies, its opponents contend the legislation is an unnecessary remedy to a nonexistent problem.
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August 06, 2003 |

GC Must Help Start Agency From Scratch

Joe Whitley just can't stay away from Uncle Sam. At least that's how friends of the former Alston & Bird partner explain his willingness to take on one of the more formidable legal jobs in government: general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Raging Battle Over Copyright
Publication Date: 2013-09-16
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Frank "Peter" Petrella helped world middleweight champion Jake LaMotta teach actor Robert De Niro how to box for the Academy Award-winning film Raging Bull. Now Petrella's daughter is taking those fight lessons into a different arena — the U.S. Supreme Court.

September 13, 1999 |

Tort Lawyers Give Up Punies

Rarely does a lawyer get the chance to leave $4.5 billion on the table. But when plaintiffs' lawyer Brian Panish proposed to forgo most of the punitive damages his client had won in a suit against General Motors, he joined a small but significant trend: offering to trade big punitive damages for a corporate defendant's promise to make changes that may prevent future injuries. All this adds up to plaintiffs' lawyers behaving contrary to the greedy lawyer stereotype and giving up money to promote safety.
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Times Mirror Magazines, Inc. v. Las Vegas Sports News, L.L.C., d/b/a Las Vegas Sporting News
Publication Date: 2000-05-04
Practice Area: trademarks
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Judge: Alito, Barry and Aldisert, Circuit Judges
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For plaintiff: Malcolm J. Gross
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Case number: No. 99-1299

The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.OPINION OF THE COURTALDISERT, Circuit Judge.The issue on appeal is whether the district court erred byprelim

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October 01, 2010 |

Monthly Lateral Report

The latest lateral moves.
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December 20, 2010 |

Two judges earn public admonishments for behavior

There is some dispute about the judge's exact phrase. A commission found he said either that a male lawyer "was incompetent and just stood in the courtroom scratching his balls and picking his nose" or "scratching his ass and picking his nose."
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November 21, 2011 |

BofA's clash with Fannie escalates over loan buyback stance

Bank of America told Fannie Mae it refuses to cooperate with the U.S. mortgage firm's new stance on loan buybacks, setting the lender up for a potential surge in claims and penalties.
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August 17, 2009 |

A broken business model

For better or worse, the current economic debacle has stalled substantial annual increases in billable hours and led many leaders of the profession to declare that the current law firm business model is broken and must be replaced.
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September 23, 2004 |

Delta Woes Unlikely to Make Local Billings Soar

Meredith [email protected] a potential Chapter 11 filing looming, Delta Air Lines' business woes could mean millions of dollars in legal fees. But despite the airline's longstanding and extensive relationships with Atlanta firms, local lawyers may not get huge billings from the company's reorganization.Delta's bankruptcy counsel is a New York firm, Davis Polk Wardwell.
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