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No hourly fees, no leverage, no laterals. And Bartlit Beck's lawyers are always prepared to go to trial. The firm's model is unique--and its results are, too.

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Mexican Standoff: John Keker, Bingham McCutchen to Battle in Univision-Grupo Televisa Drama

The Spanish language television station has turned to star litigator John Keker in a $118 million royalty dispute over the channel's enormously popular telenovelas. Bingham McCutchen's Marshall Grossman represents Grupo Televisa in a trial that began Tuesday in U.S. district court in Los Angeles.


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Changing Stripes: Hollywood's Dreier Stein Ponders Future

The Santa Monica-based entertainment firm that counts Jennifer Love Hewitt and David Duchovny among its clients, is shedding its affiliation with Marc Dreier--good choice--to branch out on its own. But it also has a few big firm suitors, reports The National Law Journal.


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THE CHURN: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

Plaintiffs firm Milberg is moving on, and up, it hopes. Besides the fortunes it expects to reap from Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme-related litigation, Milberg's management also believes there's a future in bankruptcy. It's brought on Gibson Dunn restructuring partner Jonathan Landers to launch a new practice.


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Coleman Sues To Overturn Franken Victory in Minnesota

Lawyers for Republican Norm Coleman, an incumbent Senator from Minnesota, have filed a lawsuit challenging the recount that ended Monday with Democrat Al Franken besting Coleman by 225 votes.


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Weil Advising Icelandic Bank on Action Against British Government

Weil, Gotshal & Manges is representing Kaupthing bank for an expected civil suit against the British government. The Reykjavik-based bank, which was nationalized in October, claims that it collapsed because U.K. authorities forced its British subsidiary into bankruptcy at  the height of the banking crisis.


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Gen Growth Pays for Messing with Cheesecake Factory, Quinn Emanuel

Just a day after shaking up its outside counsel roster for an expected bankruptcy filing, General Growth Properties announced a $48 million settlement in a civil suit stemming from its joint venture in a California mall. The REIT had been on the hook for $89.2 million in damages after a loss at trial in November 2007.


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