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Second Time's the Charm for Plaintiffs in Antitrust Class Action over Optical Disk Drives
Publication Date: 2012-04-22
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A dozen Am Law firms failed to convince a federal judge in San Francisco to throw out claims that many of the world's leading consumer electronics companies conspired to fix prices for CD, DVD and Blu Ray recordable and rewritable drives.

July 23, 1999 |

101 Victims Take Shot at Gun Makers

The families of victims massacred by a gunman at 101 California St. in San Francisco in 1993 asked a California appeals court on Thursday to do what no U.S. appellate court has ever done: hold a gun manufacturer liable for manufacturing a deadly assault weapon. With a handful of victims' relatives in attendance, the appellate panel gave the plaintiffs' attorney ample time to make his case in two and a half hours of oral argument.
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February 10, 2005 |

Pillsbury Winthrop Inks Merger Deal With Shaw Pittman

San Francisco-based Pillsbury Winthrop and Washington, D.C.-based Shaw Pittman announced Wednesday that they intend to merge, creating a 900-lawyer giant with national reach and global ambitions. The merger would catapult the newly-formed firm into the top quarter of The Am Law 100 list, long a stated goal of Pillsbury chairwoman Mary Cranston. However, many details remain -- including how many attorneys will exit because of client conflicts and how changes in compensation will shake out.
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April 24, 2009 |

Flash training 2010 Test: Part 2a

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March 11, 2013 |

Technology Makes Courtroom Presentations More Interactive

Movement around the courtroom by the attorneys or witnesses as they interact with exhibits and demonstratives helps keep jurors focused on the case. An interactive presentation also encourages the jurors and judge to follow along.
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January 17, 2007 |

Duane Morris Enters Singapore Market

Duane Morris Chairman Sheldon Bonovitz is making good on his plan to grow the 600-attorney firm to more than 1,000 lawyers with offices across the globe. The latest move gives the firm a six-attorney outpost in Singapore and plans for two Vietnam offices by the spring of 2007. According to Bonovitz, Duane Morris will be one of the top five U.S. firms in Singapore, and when its offices open in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Duane Morris will be one of only two U.S.-based firms in Vietnam.
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Rakoff Gets Amicus Support from Occupy Wall Street in Citi Appeal
Publication Date: 2012-05-23
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The group filed what appears to be its first amicus brief, urging the Second Circuit to uphold U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff's controversial rejection of the SEC's $285 million settlement with Citigroup. If you expected the brief to be stuffed with inflammatory rhetoric, you'd be wrong.

October 12, 1999 |

Anastasia D. Kelly, Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Anastasia D. Kelly is corporate counsel for Sears, Roebuck and Co., the nation's second-largest retailer with approximately 850 mall-based and 1,400 specialty stores.
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February 07, 2013 |

How to Make Courtroom Presentations Interactive

Consultant John Cleaves explains how to move around the courtroom and interact with exhibits and demonstratives to distract jurors from their own predicament and keep them focused on the trial.
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August 23, 1999 |

In-house counsel: Robert A. Boardman, Navistar International Corp.

Robert A. Boardman is general counsel of Chicago's Navistar International Corp., which manufactures a wide range of medium and heavy trucks, school buses, service vehicles and diesel engines in North America, Latin America and other regions worldwide.
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