Legal News Brief – March 29, 2013
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NYC appeals ruling striking down soda ban, cites ‘critical’ errors
In their brief, the city’s lawyers said Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on large sugary drinks is a “measured response to a serious health crisis.”
Latham & Watkins faces conflict charge in antitrust class action
Former client Oxbow Carbon & Minerals is seeking to have the firm disqualified from one of the biggest pending such cases, involving the Union Pacific railroad.
A123 name change gets points for creativity
What’s in a name? Quite a bit, if you’re buying a bankrupt company.
SAC Capital portfolio manager arrested in NY
Michael Steinberg was arrested at his home in connection with a long-running insider trading investigation of the hedge fund, a FBI spokesman said.
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