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N.Y. attorney general drops damages claim against ex-AIG CEO

N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has dropped a claim for damages against Hank Greenberg, the former CEO of American International Group Inc. (AIG), reportedly in an effort to expedite a fraud case against the executive.
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Aeropostale executive convicted over kickback conspiracy with vendor

The former chief merchandising officer at Aeropostale Inc., hallowed clothing retailer for middle school girls, was convicted on Thursday for fraud and conspiracy.
2 minute read

International Edition

Legal Week Law - quarterly peer review

A round-up of the best legal briefings in Legal Week Law from the past three months
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International Edition

Snapshot of the industry - Legal Week Law's top downloads in numbers

Jon Levene rounds up an action-packed three months since the beginning of 2013 with an overview of the best of Legal Week Law
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International Edition

Consistency is key so pan-Europe patent court does not raise as many issues as it solves

After decades of false starts, European patent litigation is now set to enter the brave new world of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The UPC has been born from a commendable desire to reduce the cost of European patent coverage, simplify the complex web of enforcement via country-by-country litigation and achieve pan-European harmonisation. But the UPC's gestation has been highly controversial. Almost universally condemned in its detail by patent judges and patent bars across Europe, it has been driven forward as an uncompromising old-school grand European project.
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International Edition

Resistance to criminal Bar reforms escalate as protests disrupt northern courts

The chairman of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has appealed to the public to back protests against Government reforms of criminal advocacy, following an all-day meeting of Northern Circuit barristers this week that led to disruption at courts in the north of the UK. The Northern Circuit of the Bar met in Manchester on Monday (22 April, pictured top) to address the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) plans to introduce price-competitive tendering (PCT) for legal aid contracts, which could see criminal work awarded to the lowest bidder regardless of expertise.
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Inside Counsel

Judge tosses grads’ suit against Brooklyn Law School

A group of Brooklyn Law School graduates evidently arent earning impressive salaries, and they wont be earning any money in the form of damages either.
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Judge dismisses racial discrimination suit against United Continental

United Continental Holdings Inc. is free of a racial discrimination lawsuitfor now.
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Jilted exec sues former partners over Fox Mobile deal

A business executive is suing his former partners for ditching him.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Labeling lawsuit defenses

This year has seen a continuation of the product liability trends of 2012: namely, plaintiffs attorneys including manufacturers of food, beverages, tobacco, medicines and medical devices as their primary targets.
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