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A New York Supreme Court jury has found that Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.’s former lawyers, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, committed malpractice in the Firm’s mishandling of the 1999 Woodley Road Case (2660 Woodley Road Joint Venture et al. v. ITT Sheraton Corporation, et al (“Woodley Road”)). Starwood has long argued that LeBoeuf’s

WHAT: Closing arguments in the Arwa Farraj $8 Million California Quick Pick Super Lotto fraud trial will be given tomorrow at 9:30 AM in Courtroom “O,” Pomona Superior Court, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA. before the Hon. Peter J. Meek Plaintiff Arwa Farraj filed suit in February 2000 against Circle K Stores (NYSE: COP)

White & Case Represents AGCO in $600 Million Acquisition of Valtra Helsinki, September 22, 2003 …White & Case is representing agricultural equipment company AGCO Corporation in its $600 million acquisition of Valtra Corporation from KONE Corporation ・one of the largest acquisitions in the Nordic region this year. The acquisition provides an opportunity for AGCO to

Flextronics International Ltd. announced that it is appalled that a jury in Orange County, California, today returned a verdict against Flextronics, in favor of Beckman Coulter, that totals $934 million, including $931 million in punitive damages, in a case that began as a $2.2 million contract dispute relating to a manufacturing relationship between the companies.

The international law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced that Ed Magarian has been named co-chair of its White Collar Crime and Civil Fraud group along with Zachary Carter in New York. Foreign and domestic clients rely on the group, which includes 35 lawyers across 9 of the firm’s offices, to assist them in a

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, represented Lorillard Tobacco Co. (“Lorillard”) in the Eleventh Circuit Court’s decision on September 22, 2003, affirming a July 2002 summary judgment decision in favor of all defendants, including Lorillard, in a price-fixing action brought on behalf of major wholesalers. In affirming summary judgment the Hon. Stanley Marcus, writing for a

The national law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) is pleased to announce the establishment of a bankruptcy and maritime law practice in its Miami office with the addition of new partners Beatrice (Betty) Butchko and Jeffrey T. Kucera, and associate William (Bill) Simonitsch. The new attorneys come to K&L from the firm of

Gregory B. Jordan, managing partner of Reed Smith since 2001, today was elected by the firm’s partners to remain at the helm of the 125-year-old firm for the next three years. During Jordan’s first term, he and the Reed Smith Senior Management Team charted a course of action that resulted in significant economic returns and

Fulbright & Jaworski welcomes John “Rocky” Rawls and Sarah Silbert to its Los Angeles office as partner and senior associate, respectively. John “Rocky” Rawls joins Fulbright as partner in its Intellectual Property Department. He primarily focuses on trademark enforcement and brand protection, false advertising and unfair competition and misappropriation of name and likeness claims. Prior

The Board of Trustees of the New Jersey State Bar Association selected Geoffrey M. Connor to receive its Legislative Recognition Award. Mr. Connor, a partner in the Financial Services and Bank Regulatory Groups of Reed Smith, received the award at a luncheon. The award honors Mr. Connor’s efforts over the past several years with regard