"This really was a huge step forward toward survivability and viability, " says Jonathan Pink an intellectual-property lawyer at Bryan Cave LLP.
"In general, the court seems skeptical of litigation that appears to be lawyer driven, " says Eric Rieder, a partner at Bryan Cave.
James Cole has been a partner with Bryan Cave LLP since 1995.
Now, however, the case has been taken up on a no-win, no-fee basis by solicitor Robert Dougans of London practice Bryan Cave, and barrister Jonathan Price.
Greenstein and Wilk had initially argued that the scheme was reviewed and blessed by outside firms, including, reportedly, mega-firms Cravath and Bryan Cave but eventually took responsibility.
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Representative Porter Goss was named the chairman of the investigative subcommittee, and attorney James Cole of the Washington law firm Bryan Cave was hired as special assistant.
"There's going to be litigation, you can bet your bottom dollar, " notes Kevin Healy, an environmental attorney in the New York office of law firm Bryan Cave.
"You don't want to unknowingly grant something you don't have to grant, " says Jay Zweig, an employment attorney and partner in Phoenix for law firm Bryan Cave LLP.
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"You really want to cool off as much of the opposition as you can, " says Julius Hobson, a senior policy analyst and health care policy expert at the law and lobbying firm Bryan Cave.
"It's all about them, and that's been the case all along, " says Julius Hobson, a lobbyist and health care specialist at the law and lobbying firm Bryan Cave in Washington, of the Senate panel.
Mitchell Klein, an attorney with Bryan Cave LLP, predicts the justices will rule that punitive damages can't be collected against a company when a manager is solely at fault in a maritime law case.
Jerome Boros, a communications law specialist and partner with law firm Bryan Cave LLP, said FCC Chairman Martin's decision is both practical and political in motivation, as well as inevitable on an economic basis.
"The SEC and state attorney generals are vigilant about checking company Web sites and local press during the waiting period and will derail an IPO if the company is found to be gun-jumping, " said Heather Badami, a securities attorney at Bryan Cave.
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