The National Law Journal this week presents a special report on the legal fight over same-sex marriage. The package includes a profile of lead plaintiffs' lawyer Charles Cooper, an examination of whether the solicitor general will weigh in and a look at how state judges are vulnerable to backlash.
Amanda Bronstad reports on the competition among firms fighting for lead roles in big litigation, including shareholder settlements. Firms such as Milberg and Robbins Geller are battling to retain their storied dominance. The Toyota litigation is the latest high-profile case highlighting the competition among plaintiffs' securities firms.
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission last week unveiled new horizontal merger guidelines that were met with a biting public critique from FTC Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Jenna Greene reports. Rosch called the guidelines "flawed" and of dubious value even as he agreed with their issuance.
Sanofi-Aventis is suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to stop the generic version of one of the company's most top-selling drugs, a blood-thinner made from pig intestines. Jenna Greene reports the closely watched case could have implications for the future of drug competition.
Over in the Inadmissble column, U.S. Supreme Court correspondent Tony Mauro looks at so-called "Garlandistas," the clerks for Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Also on tap: prominent lawyers in Washington are lining up to represent a group of current or former D.C. officials in a long-running civil suit; Roger "Rocket" Clemens is on the mind of his former counsel, Lanny Breuer, the top Criminal Division attorney at Justice; and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has released the latest batch of financial disclosure reports for judicial nominees.
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