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August 14, 2003 |

New Deals

New York lawyers have been busy counseling some major corporate players, including GE -- as it plunks down more than $5 billion to buy an insurance unit -- and Houston-based Dynegy as it carries out a number of refinancing and restructuring moves.
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May 27, 2005 |

Passing Grades

The names of candidates who passed the California Bar Examination.
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December 14, 2006 |

New Deals

In a deal that will create the world's largest publicly traded copper company, New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has acquired Phelps Dodge Corp. for a value of $25.9 billion. Also, Irish software company Riverdeep Group plc has agreed to purchase Boston-based textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. for $3.4 billion.
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Judge 'Reluctantly' OKs SEC Deals with Ex-Bear Stearns Fund Managers
Publication Date: 2012-06-18
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Holding his nose, a federal judge in Brooklyn approved Securities and Exchange Commission settlements with Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, the two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers accused with great fanfare of helping to usher in the great recession.

January 05, 2012 |

Attorneys Reinstated From 2011 Ineligible List

The New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection declares that the following New Jersey attorneys, having fully satisfied the requirements of the annual assessment, are hereby removed from the list of those declared ineligible by Order of the New Jersey Supreme Court dated September 20, 2011 and effective upon publication on September 26, 2011.
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Judge OKs Class Action Against Greenberg Traurig and Quarles & Brady for Roles in Alleged Ponzi Scheme
Publication Date: 2012-03-21
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Both firms face class claims for primary liability and aiding and abetting an alleged $900 million fraud by Mortgages Ltd. and another company. A Quarles & Brady partner has acknowledged to the SEC that he was concerned his client's actions had "a Ponzi scheme feel," according to the plaintiffs.

Federal Circuit Takes Another Stab at Defining Patentability
Publication Date: 2013-02-03
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One of the most common complaints about the U.S. patent system is that inventors are claiming ownership of basic, widely understood ideas. In a case set for oral arguments this Friday, the Federal Circuit has a chance to mollify those critics--or to create new ones.

February 24, 2003 |

Tenure Panel OKs D.C. Judges

D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Frank Schwelb and D.C. Superior Court Judge Cheryl Long have each been approved for an additional 15 years on the bench.
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March 29, 1999 |

Will Piper Play Wedding Song?

Baltimore's Piper & Marbury would catapult itself into the ranks of Washington D.C.'s 20 biggest firms if its current merger talks with Chicago's Rudnick & Wolfe come to fruition. Nationwide, the union would create a firm of roughly 710 lawyers, placing the new entity among the 15 biggest firms in the country. The possible merger is part of a larger movement of consolidation in the legal profession, as firms with complementary strengths seek each other out.
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Sullivan & Cromwell Knocks Out $3.5 Billion Novell Case Against Microsoft, Maybe for Good
Publication Date: 2012-07-16
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After more than a dozen years battling private antitrust claims over Microsoft's alleged stranglehold on the software industry, the company and its lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell may have finally put the last of the cases to rest.

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