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...In opening arguments, FTC lawyer James Weingarten said Microsoft would have “the ability and incentive” to harm competition after the deal by withholding some of Activision’s games from competitors or by...
...Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said teachers and students should do their back-to-school shopping elsewhere if it did not....
...Regency and Weingarten declined to comment. Edens did not immediately respond to request for comment....
...“Many activists believe that the popularity of the strategy will lead to lower returns,” says Marc Weingarten, partner at the law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel....
...Reid Weingarten, a lawyer for Mr Chiasson, said the analysts acted like they were in Fight Club, referencing the Brad Pitt movie about an underground fighting group....
...The statement indicated that Mr Blankfein had hired Mr Weingarten months ago, when federal prosecutors began their review of the PSI report....
...According to the newspaper Blankfein has hired Reid Weingarten, a top criminal defense attorney at Steptoe & Johnson who has represented WorldCom Inc.’s former chief executive Bernard Ebbers, former Enron...
...Goldman Sachs lost 4.7 per cent in late trading to close at $106.51, after Reuters reported chief executive Lloyd Blankfein had hired high profile corporate defence lawyer Reid Weingarten, as the Justice...
...Other landlords include Inland Western Real Estate Retail Trust, Simon Property Group Inc SPG.N, Vornado Realty Trust VNO.N, Weingarten Realty Investors WRI.N, First Capital Realty Inc (FCR.TO), Kite Realty...
...Reid Weingarten, of Steptoe & Johnson, the law firm representing Mr Ebbers, said he would appeal against the sentence. “It was not a happy day for Bernie Ebbers…....
...In court yesterday, Reid Weingarten, Mr Ebbers' chief counsel, bemoaned the fact that the trial was not heard in Mississippi, where WorldCom was based....
...Mr Weingarten, however, focused primarily on the accounting fraud, which began in late 2000....
...On redirect, prosecutors sought to counter Mr Weingarten's portrayal of Mr Sullivan as a self-promoting executive....
...But Reid Weingarten, defending Mr Ebbers, derided the government's case as akin to a television docu-drama and insisted that his client was unaware of the fraud....
...His lawyer, Reid Weingarten, said: ?We continue to believe there's not one chance in the world that he participated in any fraud or cooking of the books at WorldCom.?...
...Last week, Reid Weingarten, one of the most accomplished US defence lawyers, could be overheard in the corridors of the federal court in Manhattan fretting to an associate that he had a ?big decision?...
...Mr Weingarten said, as if those characteristics were synonymous with greed and deception....
...Mr Weingarten has already signaled his intention to zero in on Mr Sullivan?s personal life....
...The trial will enter a crucial phase on Wednesday when Mr Sullivan, the government's star witness, is set to be cross-examined by Mr Ebbers' lead defence lawyer, Reid Weingarten....
...Mr Roberts said under questioning by Mr Weingarten....
...On Monday Mr Ebbers was asked by his attorney, Reid Weingarten, whether he ever overruled any of Mr Sullivan’s accounting decisions. “I don’t believe so,” Mr Ebbers said....
...His lawyer, Reid Weingarten, said in his opening argument on Tuesday that the fraudulent schemes were carried out by Scott Sullivan, WorldCom's former chief financial officer, and that Mr Ebbers was unaware...
...Mr Ebbers' lawyer, Reid Weingarten, is likely to argue that such testimony supports Mr Ebbers' defence - that Mr Sullivan was the one who led the fraud, and that the chief executive was unaware....
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