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    Energy Cos. Say Rival Can't Get 'Mulligan' On Atty Fees

    A group of energy companies has asked the Texas Supreme Court not to allow a former business partner to get another shot at winning attorneys’ fees in a dispute over alleged breaches of two separate joint operating agreements, arguing that the former...

    Energy Cos. Say Rival Can't Get 'Mulligan' On Atty Fees

    A group of energy companies has asked the Texas Supreme Court not to allow a former business partner to get another shot at winning attorneys’ fees in a dispute over alleged breaches of two separate joint operating agreements, arguing that the former...

    Fight For Daily Fantasy Sports In NY Has Only Just Begun

    After a tumultuous day for the daily fantasy sports industry, DraftKings and FanDuel will be allowed to continue operating in New York for the time being after an appellate court froze an order to shutter the companies, but the rulings are still only...

    Fight For Daily Fantasy Sports In NY Has Only Just Begun

    After a tumultuous day for the daily fantasy sports industry, DraftKings and FanDuel will be allowed to continue operating in New York for the time being after an appellate court froze an order to shutter the companies, but the rulings are still only...

    Fight For Daily Fantasy Sports In NY Has Only Just Begun

    After a tumultuous day for the daily fantasy sports industry, DraftKings and FanDuel will be allowed to continue operating in New York for the time being after an appellate court froze an order to shutter the companies, but the rulings are still only...

    Jaw Disease Patient's Novartis Suit Timely, Judge Hears

    A California federal court erred in ruling that a lawsuit brought by a former physical education teacher who developed a jaw disease was time-barred, as the teacher didn't have sufficient information about a possible link to a Novartis bone drug to...

    Kenyon & Kenyon Faces Financial Woes As Attys Leave

    Rocked by an ongoing stream of attorney departures, intellectual property boutique Kenyon & Kenyon LLP is showing signs of financial strain and may be on the lookout for a merger partner, sources told Law360. ...read more

    Payday Lenders Want Broad Discovery In ‘Choke Point’ Fight

    A payday lending industry group battling federal banking regulators over the allegedly unlawful pressuring of banks to stop doing business with the group’s members as part of “Operation Choke Point” on Thursday said the agencies were...

    Payday Lenders Want Broad Discovery In ‘Choke Point’ Fight

    A payday lending industry group battling federal banking regulators over the allegedly unlawful pressuring of banks to stop doing business with the group’s members as part of “Operation Choke Point” on Thursday said the agencies were...

    SEC Guards Fund Industry Turf With New Derivatives Rules

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday took another big step to keeping the Financial Stability Oversight Council out of the asset management sector when it voted to propose long-awaited new rules on fund companies' use of derivatives...

    SEC Guards Fund Industry Turf With New Derivatives Rules

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday took another big step to keeping the Financial Stability Oversight Council out of the asset management sector when it voted to propose long-awaited new rules on fund companies' use of derivatives...

    Del. Justices Uphold No-Damages Ruling On 'Unfair' Deal

    The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday upheld a 2014 Chancery Court decision that awarded no damages to the shareholders who that challenged the recapitalization of the company that became Nine Systems Corp., which the trial court said was “beyond...

    Del. Justices Uphold No-Damages Ruling On 'Unfair' Deal

    The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday upheld a 2014 Chancery Court decision that awarded no damages to the shareholders who that challenged the recapitalization of the company that became Nine Systems Corp., which the trial court said was “beyond...

    The Firms Behind The Creation Of A $130B Chemical Giant

    Chemical giants DuPont and Dow tapped two law firms that have been at the helm of several of the year’s largest deals to help steer their all-stock merger of equals, which stands to create a $130 billion company that will be split into three separate...

    Judge Wants Tougher Sentence For Latvian Hacker

    The Latvian hacker who pled guilty to helping create a computer virus that infected more than 1 million computers worldwide, including some belonging to NASA, may face a longer sentence than suggested by prosecutors, a New York federal judge said Friday...

    Judge Wants Tougher Sentence For Latvian Hacker

    The Latvian hacker who pled guilty to helping create a computer virus that infected more than 1 million computers worldwide, including some belonging to NASA, may face a longer sentence than suggested by prosecutors, a New York federal judge said Friday...

    Judge Wants Tougher Sentence For Latvian Hacker

    The Latvian hacker who pled guilty to helping create a computer virus that infected more than 1 million computers worldwide, including some belonging to NASA, may face a longer sentence than suggested by prosecutors, a New York federal judge said Friday...

    Stalled Navajo Mine Expansion Can't Be Appealed: Enviros

    A Navajo Nation environmental group told the Tenth Circuit on Friday to scrap an appeal by a tribe-owned energy company seeking to overturn a Colorado federal court ruling vacating federal approval of a coal mine expansion, arguing that the appellate...

    Stalled Navajo Mine Expansion Can't Be Appealed: Enviros

    A Navajo Nation environmental group told the Tenth Circuit on Friday to scrap an appeal by a tribe-owned energy company seeking to overturn a Colorado federal court ruling vacating federal approval of a coal mine expansion, arguing that the appellate...

    CIT Says Commerce Had Right Not To Review Subsidy Claims

    The U.S. Court of International Trade affirmed the U.S Department of Commerce’s determination of tariffs on solar cells from China, ruling Friday that the department was well within its rights to not entertain certain allegations of government subsidies...

    CIT Says Commerce Had Right Not To Review Subsidy Claims

    The U.S. Court of International Trade affirmed the U.S Department of Commerce’s determination of tariffs on solar cells from China, ruling Friday that the department was well within its rights to not entertain certain allegations of government subsidies...

    JPMorgan Says Claims Over $2B Fine Should Stay Dismissed

    JPMorgan Chase & Co. took a swing at a shareholder's bid to revive its derivative suit accusing the bank's leadership of fiduciary duty breaches that led to $2 billion in fines, saying that the allegations had been rightfully knocked out because...

    5 International Privacy Regulators You Should Know

    As companies' ambitions become increasingly global and foreign countries move to strengthen their privacy laws, corporate attorneys who practice in data security should expand their Rolodexes to include vital regulators outside of the U.S. Here, attorneys...

    5 International Privacy Regulators You Should Know

    As companies' ambitions become increasingly global and foreign countries move to strengthen their privacy laws, corporate attorneys who practice in data security should expand their Rolodexes to include vital regulators outside of the U.S. Here, attorneys...

    Novartis Jaw Injury Suit Years Too Late, Judge Says

    A New York federal judge on Friday tossed a suit brought by the adult children of a woman who said that Novartis Corp.’s bone drug Aredia caused her jaw to break down, saying their claims had been filed years too late. ...read more