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Angelina-Pitt Case sees Divorce Queen Wasser Land Another Headline Grabber

LawStars /
Brad

Divorce supremo lawyer Lauren Wasser has landed her biggest client in Angelina Jolie and the media circus will only grow. As the lawyer for such celebrity splitters as Kourtney Kadashian, Halle Berry and others, Wasser is the unquestioned queen of celebrity divorces. Her first major, headline-grabbing case involved Stevie Wonder, who was being sued by his

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OSHA Joins the SEC in Attacking Confidentiality and Other Provisions in Private Settlement Agreements

Briefings /
Labor

Littler – On September 15, 2016, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new policy guidelines for its review of private settlement agreements presented to the agency for approval in whistleblowing actions.1 OSHA issued these guidelines based on its concern that certain confidentiality and other provisions in settlement agreements may unlawfully restrict or

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Davis Polk Act on NVIDIA Corp $1 Billion Notes Issue

Law Firms /
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Davis Polk advised the joint book-running managers on the SEC-registered offering by NVIDIA Corporation of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.20% notes due 2021 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.20% notes due 2026. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, NVIDIA Corporation is a computer technology company that has pioneered GPU-accelerated computing. The Davis

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All in the Family – Sales of “Patent Families”

Briefings /

Davis Polk –  Technology companies routinely conduct patent sales, whether through high-profile auctions like the one recently proposed by Yahoo, or as part of ordinary-course asset divestitures. There are many considerations to address when conducting a patent sale to ensure that both the buyer and seller realize maximum value from the transaction; however, one issue in particular that is sometimes overlooked is the importance of assessing

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Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v MasterCard Incorporated and others

Briefings /
Sainsbury

Reed Smith – This case is very important in that it is one of the first judgments where damages have been awarded for breach of competition rules in UK. It relates to MasterCard’s alleged anticompetitive card fees (credit and debit cards). The award was for £68,582,245 plus interest which is a significant sum, but there

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Snowden – His ‘Betrayal’, His Lawyer, His Movie

Law Firms /
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As Oliver Stone’s latest, biggest remaking of history – “Snowden” – is about to be released the push to pardon the whistleblower/traitor (take your pick) has entered pre-release high gear. But will Edward Snowden, the Snowden, a movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) and Shailene Woodley (The Divergent series) is set for release on Friday and

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The Death of a Legal Trail Blazer

Featured, Lawyers /
Bowman

Richard A. Bowman who died this week was the “father figure” of automotive transport litigation, building the largest automotive product defect defense practice in the US. He is also credited with shaping the product liability landscape for the automotive industry, his firm (Bowman and Brooke) said. The Minnesota Lawyer noted that Bowman, who retired in

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