Thursday, November 28, 2013

Asia Deal Digest: November 28, 2013

Asia Deal Digest: November 28, 2013

*Skadden acts on U.S. IPO for Chinese classified advertising site 58.com
*WongPartnership advises real estate developer Ascendas on new Indian property fund
*Rahmat Lim & Partners and Allen & Gledhill represent Sime Darby Motors on Vietnamese acquisition Read More »


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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Q&A: What Makes the D.C. Circuit So Special?

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON

• Q&A: What Makes the D.C. Circuit So Special?

• Bankruptcy Court Approves Airline Merger

• Sinclair Hires FCC Adviser to Lead New D.C. Office

• Under Fire, Two BP Objectors' Lawyers Withdraw Appeal

• First Circuit Overturns New Trial in Fraud Case

• Fee Request Struck in Barbri Class Action Settlement

Q&A: What Makes the D.C. Circuit So Special?

Political debate raged in Washington this month about nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. But both sides agreed on one thing: the court's importance. President Obama and senators repeatedly called it a key federal appeals... Read More »

Bankruptcy Court Approves Airline Merger

The $11 billion merger between American Airlines and US Airways was cleared for takeoff by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, which today approved the airlines' antitrust settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, six... Read More »

Sinclair Hires FCC Adviser to Lead New D.C. Office

Broadcasting behemoth Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. has snagged a Federal Communications Commission aide to serve as its chief lobbyist in Washington. Rebecca Hanson, who focused on broadcast spectrum issues at the FCC Media Bureau, will join Sinclair on Jan. 2... Read More »

Under Fire, Two BP Objectors' Lawyers Withdraw Appeal

Attorneys Ted Frank and Darrell Palmer have withdrawn their appeals of two settlements with BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill after several of their former clients accused them of misconduct. Read More »

First Circuit Overturns New Trial in Fraud Case

A federal appeals court this week, rejecting a judge's ruling about alleged prosecution errors, has blocked a new trial for a businessman on mail and wire fraud charges. Read More »

Fee Request Struck in Barbri Class Action Settlement

A federal judge has struck down an attorney's request for legal fees in a $9.5 million class action settlement resolving antitrust claims against the publisher of the Barbri bar exam review course. Read More »

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Justices to Review Contraception Coverage in Health Care Law

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• Justices to Review Contraception Coverage in Health Care Law

• Fee Request Struck in Barbri Class Action Settlement

• Penn State Law to Cut Tuition for In-State Residents

• Grilling Begins in Ecuador Case

• Lateral's Book of Business Isn't the Whole Story

• The Wages of Sin: Lawyers in Trouble

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Justices to Review Contraception Coverage in Health Care Law

The U.S. Supreme Court set the stage for its second major look at the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, agreeing to review the requirement that most employers provide health insurance coverage for contraception, including so-called "morning after" methods. Read More »

Fee Request Struck in Barbri Class Action Settlement

A federal judge has struck down an attorney's request for legal fees in a $9.5 million class action settlement resolving antitrust claims against the publisher of the Barbri bar exam review course. Read More »

Penn State Law to Cut Tuition for In-State Residents

The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law has announced a new program—the Commonwealth Scholars—that will cut annual tuition by $20,000 for Pennsylvanians, reducing the total cost of a juris doctor by $60,000. Read More »

Grilling Begins in Ecuador Case

John Keker of Keker & Van Nest once predicted that Steven Donziger would be "tethered to a stick like a goat" when he finally took the stand to face claims that he orchestrated a multibillion-dollar fraud against Chevron Corporation in Ecuador. In a New York federal courtroom last week, Chevron began its grilling. Read More »

Lateral's Book of Business Isn't the Whole Story

Clients that a new partner might bring along are critical, but firms need to dig deeper to get the right fit. Read More »

The Wages of Sin: Lawyers in Trouble

Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards emerged from a very public sex scandal with his reputation tarnished, but his law license intact. Other lawyers embroiled in some of the biggest scandals to hit the legal world over the past decade haven't fared as well. Some went to jail, some were disbarred and all had to face the court of public opinion. Read More »

VOIR DIRE: Slip and Fall

Developments came fast and furious in the Rick Springfield injury suit, ending in a mistrial — for now. Plus: lizard monitors, overstressed, and a rose for JFK in this week's column. Read More »

Why Young People Are Rejecting Law School

A sluggish job market is just one of the reasons for the decrease in the number of applicants. Read More »

Former Virginia U.S. Attorney Joins Davis Polk

Neil MacBride, the former U.S. attorney for Eastern District of Virginia, is joining Davis Polk & Wardwell's Washington office as a partner, the firm said today. After four years overseeing high-profile investigations and prosecutions of government leakers, terrorists and corrupt... Read More »

Cigar Industry Fires Up DC Lobbying Effort

More than a dozen small businesses in the cigar industry have come together to stub out proposed tobacco regulations and taxes in Washington, D.C. The Small Business Cigar Coalition, an informal association of 15 makers of cigars and related products,... Read More »



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Milbank Scores for Apple in Smartphone Patent Trial

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• Trial Exposed 'Worst' of the U.S. Bar, Mastro Says as Chevron v. Donziger Winds Down

• Newegg Vows to Fight On After Spangenberg IP Win

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Dentons, McKenna Deal Officially Dead

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• Dentons, McKenna Deal Officially Dead

• Jones Day, Vinson Help Secure North Dakota Pipeline Deal

• Suitor Switch: Men's Wearhouse Offers to Buy Jos. A. Bank

• Three Am Law Firms Lead on Bain's Applied Systems Sale

• Duane Morris Colleague Grabbed Credit, Fee for Client, Suit Says

• Latham, Paul Weiss Help Keep Elvis, Ali Together



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