Both sides claimed victory in the much-publicised case brought by Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones and the publishers of OK! magazine against Hello! magazine (and various associated parties) relating to the publication by Hello! of paparazzi photographs of the couple’s New York wedding. Was this simply a case of both parties seeking to gain […]

A team of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood attorneys has successfully overturned a murder conviction for a death row inmate tied to a string of serial killings in northern Indiana in 1990. Alan Sharp, a federal judge for the Northern District in Indiana, ruled that the rights of Obadayah Ben-Yisrayl, an Indiana man convicted of

Federal jury awards $520.6 million in damages Microsoft Corporation improperly put patented Web browser technology into its Internet Explorer, helping the computer giant to win critical market share from rival Netscape Navigator, according to a verdict handed down today by a federal jury in Chicago. In the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of

Covington & Burling recently assisted JLG Industries in its acquisition of OmniQuip, a division of Textron. JLG purchased the assets of OmniQuip, which include all operations relating to the Sky Trak® and Lull® brand telehandler products for the price of $100 million. The acquisition and subsequent integration of the Sky Trak and Lull products will

The boom in federal securities class action litigation continued in the first quarter of 2003 with 65 unique actions and 364 total cases filed. Over 100 different law firms throughout the United States filed at least one case during the period, according to the latest issue of Securities Class Action: Plaintiffs’ Counsel Watch. The report

Simmons & Simmons is to open an office in Doha, Qatar in September 2003. Simmons & Simmons has been active in Qatar for some time and, in particular, has built close relations with the Qatari government in recent years. In addition to work for other clients, the firm has advised on significant corporate, financial markets,

Cleary Gottlieb is representing its longtime client The Interpublic Group of Companies in the $435 million cash and stock sale of its global marketing research powerhouse, NFO WorldGroup, to Taylor Nelson Sofres. The transaction, which is subject to worldwide regulatory clearances and the approval of a special meeting of Taylor Nelson’s shareholders, was announced today

London – Jones Day Gouldens advised GenCorp Inc. in the $133 million acquisition by its Aerojet-General subsidiary of the Atlantic Research Propulsion Corp. subsidiary of Sequa Corporation. GenCorp Inc. is a technology-based manufacturer with operations in the aerospace and defense, pharmaceutical fine chemicals and automotive industries. The deal team included Amanda Long, M&A (London), Nick

Forensic accounting and dirty money will be some of the themes of the ICAEWs Litigation Support Groups Annual Conference, which takes place at The Regents Park Marriott Hotel on 20th May in London. It will be repeated on 22nd May at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Leeds. The conference will update those who work in

The music industry has taken numerous steps to avoid music sharing online. Events have taken a turn for the worst in the last couple of weeks with a number of attacks on the medium by the record industry and artists including Madonna resulting in an online attack on the singer’s official site. In one development