LawFuel – US Law Firm News – Davis Polk partner Ronan Harty and associate Jesse Solomon have been awarded a 2013 Antitrust Writing Award by The Institute of Competition Law and The George Washington University Law School. The awards recognize the best articles published in the antitrust law and law and economics fields in the […]
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Lawfuel.com – Law News Daily – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York State Attorney General, announced that PHILLIP SMITH was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 10 years in prison for running a large-scale identity theft scheme in which he
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Barry Ostrager of New York’s Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and co-head of the firm’s litigation department is reputed not to have lost a trial in over 20 years. Already a LawFuel nominee in 2005, Ostrager handles the difficult cases, favoring the hard cases that are reputed to make good law. Take the arbitration involving his
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He’s used to honors and awards, the lawyer who was described by Wall Street Journal as “the zelig of the white collar bar: He’s everywhere.” For some 30 years, Gary Naftalis has represented individuals and corporations in all phases of complex civil, criminal, and regulatory matters, including those involving allegations of insider trading, market manipulation,
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The massive growth in intellectual property issues has lead to a corresponding growth in IP litigation, but for California lawyer Joseph Re he’s the man who has stood up for the little guy, securing over $400 million in damages for patent infringement cases this year. A partner in the Orange County IP firm Knobbe Martens
Undoubtedly one of the top Supreme Court and appellate advocates in the US, former US solicitor General (1997 – 2001) Seth Waxman has nearly 50 oral arguments before the high court under his belt. Currently leading Wilmer Cutler’s appellate practice, he revels in complex cases involving government and public policy issues. Among the cases, the
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Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend Kanye West has followed in his reality star squeeze’s footsteps by making his very own sex tape, only to have it “stolen” from his computer and shopped around to media. The 35-year-old rapper’s lawyers have confirmed that it’s definitely Kanye in the 20-minute video filmed in a hotel room, with an unidentified
What has Lady Gaga got against the big-eyed Bratz dolls that she is trying to prevent the production of? A lawsuit claims the over-the-top singer has breached her contract by preventing the making of the dolls and the suit, for $10 million, filed by MGA Entertainment claims the contract was signed and sealed with agreement
Well, who wouldn’t be a star lawyer who employs sartorial tactics to make a very sharp point about the male-dominated judiciary – and at the same time successfully take on government adversaries with well-made legal points? What other lawyer would dress as a woman to convey his ‘feminine side’, yet outwardly display all the mustachioed,
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Any lawyer who has been profiled under the headline ‘Is this the most influencial man in Britain?’ (‘Sunday Telegraph’, 12 March 2000) has to have at least some influence in the UK legal landscape and Michael Beloff has. As a sports, public law and commercial law advocate and lecturer, Beloff has held significant judicial, tribunal
