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Court Denies N.Y. State a Separate Arbitration Over Huge Tobacco Settlement
New York state is not entitled to a separate arbitration to determine whether it must contribute to a $1.1 billion adjustment the tobacco industry has won for payments it must make under a nationwide tobacco settlement, an appeals court has ruled, reversing a Manhattan judge. At issue is a determination that could affect some, and possibly all, of the approximately $800 million a year New York gets from the settlement. The payments compensate states for the costs of treating smoking-related ailments.
CNN Loses Battle Over Release of Video
CNN has not only lost its battle to keep from releasing unaired video footage subpoenaed by lawyers in a personal injury suit, but the news network's counsel also have been rapped for not requesting in camera review of the footage until after the judge ruled against them. U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash wrote in his order denying the network's motion for reconsideration that "nearly all" of CNN's arguments could have been presented prior to his ruling from the bench and his ensuing written order.
Yahoo Seeks to Conceal Parts of Shareholder Suit, Says Lawyer
A lawyer for Yahoo shareholders says Yahoo is seeking to conceal large portions of a suit alleging the company's board improperly thwarted Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover offer. In a letter sent Friday to the judge overseeing the case, the lawyer argued that Yahoo is trying "to whitewash embarrassing documents" because the company thinks the information will damage the board's efforts to repel a challenge by activist investor Carl Icahn.
Super-Powered Web Sites Hit the Jackpot
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Something Fishy Is in Your Gourmet Basket, but It May Not Be Caviar
With a worldwide shortage of premium caviar due to a shrinking sturgeon population, some black market importers have turned to an American cousin: a prehistoric-looking river creature, the paddlefish. A Florida man is the latest to be accused of mislabeling the paddlefish and shipping it abroad, where it was allegedly repackaged as American caviar for shipment to other countries. A conviction in the case could bring a sentence of five years in federal prison.
FBI: Man Wrote Threats to Justice Thomas and Others Because Ex Left Him for Black Man
A man who wrote hundreds of hateful letters to black and mixed-race men seen with white women apparently was motivated by a girlfriend who left him for a black man, the FBI said Friday. David Tuason admitted his motive when he was captured, said Frank Figliuzzi, the head of the FBI in Cleveland. Hundreds of letters were sent over 20 years' time to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, among others. Tuason will be sentenced July 24.
Pa. Justices Hear Arguments Over 'Control' of Images in Child Porn Case
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court considered last week whether a person looking at a book in a library is analogous to a person downloading files from the Internet and whether the person is in "control" of the material. The comparison came in the case of a man who is challenging his sexual abuse conviction by possession and control of child pornography. The man admitted viewing some 30 images but argued that since he didn't knowingly save them to his hard drive, he wasn't in control or possession of them.
Dorsey Eyes Sydney Launch to Buoy Asia Push
Dorsey & Whitney plans to open an office in Sydney this year, with London-based capital markets partner John Chrisman set to transfer to Australia to head up the new branch. The office will be staffed by a handful of U.S. capital markets lawyers and will provide an additional base for serving clients in Asian markets, including India and the Greater China region. Chrisman, an American whose practice covers a range of cross-border securities and M&A work, heads up Dorsey's India and Australia practices.
Immigration Expert Named Dean of University of California Law School
Immigration and civil rights law expert Kevin R. Johnson has been named dean of the University of California, Davis School of Law, making him the first Latino to head a law school in the University of California system. Johnson, who currently serves as associate dean for academic affairs, co-manages and contributes to the popular immigration law and policy blog ImmigrationProf Blog. "We must do all within our power to remain a top public law school in times of tight budgets and increasing fees," he says.
DLA Piper Names New Prague Chief
Commercial partner Peter Valert has taken over as managing partner of DLA Piper's Prague office. Valert -- who also heads up the 12-lawyer Sofia, Bulgaria, office and leads the Central and Eastern European technology, media and commercial practice -- replaces Joerg Nuernberger in the management role. Valert, a former legal adviser to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will continue to lead the Sofia branch, while Nuernberger will concentrate on his role as head of the Prague corporate practice.
'Vaccine Bar' May Be a Shot in the Arm for Small Firm
Five-lawyer Boston law firm Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan has transformed itself from the products liability firm that housed Jan Schlichtmann's toxic tort case immortalized in the movie "A Civil Action" into a prominent plaintiffs firm in the vaccine bar. But it hasn't been an easy ride. Partner Kevin Conway and other lawyers specializing in vaccine cases filed as part of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program say the program's fee rules make it hard for vaccine lawyers to stay solvent.
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