Recent Updates
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The Law Office of James C. Kelly Announces Investigation
Daily Legal News 01/10/2012The Law Office of James C. Kelly announces that it is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of Inhibitex, Inc. concerning possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law related to the Company's entry into an a...
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Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit
Lawyer News 11/07/2011The law firm of Izard Nobel LLP, which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northe...
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MF Global faces class-action suits after bankruptcy
Lawyer News 11/07/2011Two class-action lawsuits have been filed against bankrupt brokerage MF Global as customers struggle to recover funds from the first major US casualty of the European debt crisis. On Saturday, Seattle-based Hagens Berman said it was "investigating wh...
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Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit
Daily Legal News 11/07/2011The law firm of Izard Nobel LLP, which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northe...
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Greenberg Traurig Receives 2 International M&A Advisor Awards
Lawyer News 10/17/2011The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP won two awards in the Major Transaction category for Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year and for Financing Deal of the Year at The M&A Advisor 3rd Annual International M&A Awards. The ...
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US House group files motion in gay marriage suit
Daily Legal News 10/17/2011Gays and lesbians are not entitled to the same heightened legal protection and scrutiny against discrimination as racial minorities and women in part because they are far from politically powerless and have ample ability to influence lawmakers, lawye...
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Monster iPhone location lawsuit filed against Apple
Practice Legal News 08/18/2011More than 20,000 South Korean iPhone users have filed a class action lawsuit against US technology giant Apple for alleged privacy violations over the collection of location data, a law firm said.The suit came after lawyer Kim Hyung-Suk was awarded o...
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Court says Microsoft must pay in patent case
Daily Legal News 06/11/2011The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Microsoft Corp. must pay a $290 million judgment awarded to a small Toronto software company for infringing on one of its patents inside its popular Microsoft Word program.The high court unanimously refused to th...
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Corps halts levee break prep as states argue
Lawyer News 05/02/2011A federal judge hearing arguments over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' plan to intentionally break a Mississippi River levee left the bench Thursday without making a ruling but indicated he was reluctant to get in the agency's way.U.S. District Jud...
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Supreme Court to hear another arbitration argument
Daily Legal News 05/02/2011The Supreme Court will consider a plea from companies that cater to people with bad credit to keep disputes with their customers out of court and in the more business-friendly forum of arbitration.Days after handing businesses a huge victory by limit...
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Firm hired by GOP ends work on gay marriage ban
Daily Legal News 05/02/2011A prominent law firm hired by Republican lawmakers to defend the federal ban on gay marriage said Monday it was withdrawing from the case amid criticism by advocacy groups, prompting the partner leading the work to quit.The move by Atlanta-based King...
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Bachmann uses Holocaust to illustrate tax point
Lawyer News 05/02/2011Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday described the loss of "economic liberty" that young Americans face today as a "flash point of history" in which the younger generation will ask what their elders did to stop it.In a speech to New Hampshire ...