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Teleconference/hearing reminder and Cravath adds to the team
Wednesday, January 17 2007 @ 03:38 PM EST

Just a reminder that SCO's 4th quarter/year-end fiscal 2006 conference call is today at 5 PM, and you can follow along here if you wish.

Also, don't forget that tomorrow is set as the hearing date on two SCO motions, the Motion for Protective Order Regarding Dr. Jeffrey Leitzinger's Personal Financial Information and the Motion for Relief for IBM's Spoliation of Evidence . The festivities are set to begin at 9:30 AM in Room 102 before Magistrate Judge Brooke C. Wells. As always, if you can attend, please remember to call the court before you trudge out into the snow or whatever. Sometimes hearings get rescheduled at the last minute, and that way you won't waste time and effort for nothing. In this case, that means calling today, I would think, since it begins first thing in the morning. I hope someone can make it, because it should be quite interesting.

Also, Pacer reveals that IBM has added another lawyer to the team in SCO v. IBM. SCO has done that repeatedly, but not IBM. Michael P. Burke of Cravath, Swaine & Moore's litigation department is now admitted by the court.

Cravath's website tells us that he's an associate in the litigation department, and he's a graduate of the Univerity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Law. David Marriott remains in charge, obviously. He's a partner. So, this, to my eyes, looks like an indication of confidence on IBM's part that someone other than Marriott can be trusted to do some of the work.

Here are the Pacer listings, and you'll see the court has also permitted both parties to talk as long as they need to:

01/16/2007 931 - ORDER granting 918 Stipulated Motion for Extension of Time regarding deadlines. Signed by Judge Dale A. Kimball on 1/16/07. (blk) (Entered: 01/16/2007)

01/16/2007 932 - ORDER granting 923 Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages. Signed by Judge Dale A. Kimball on 1/16/07. (blk) (Entered: 01/16/2007)

01/16/2007 933 - ORDER granting 927 Motion for Leave to File overlength reply memo. Signed by Judge Dale A. Kimball on 1/16/07. (blk) (Entered: 01/16/2007)

01/16/2007 934 - ORDER granting 929 Motion for Leave to File overlength reply memo. Signed by Judge Dale A. Kimball on 1/16/07. (blk) (Entered: 01/16/2007)

01/16/2007 935 - ORDER granting 928 Motion for Leave to File overlength reply memo. Signed by Judge Dale A. Kimball on 1/16/07. (blk) (Entered: 01/16/2007)

01/16/2007 936 - MOTION for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Michael P. Burke, Registration fee $ 15, receipt number 4681015650, Fee Status: paid. filed by Defendant International Business Machines Corporation, Counter Claimant International Business Machines Corporation. (blk) (Entered: 01/16/2007)

01/16/2007 937 - ORDER granting 936 Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Michael P. Burke for International Business Machines Corporation. Attorneys admitted Pro Hac Vice may download a copy of the District of Utahs local rules from the courts web site at http://www.utd.uscourts.gov . Signed by Judge Dale A. Kimball on 1/16/07. (blk) (Entered: 01/16/2007)

There's a blurb on Cravath's site, if you go to the Lawyers page, that mentions that 33 of its lawyers are listed in Chambers' 2006 edition of America's Leading Lawyers for Business. And when I went to verify, I find this page about Cravath and its litigation practice on Chambers' site:

Litigation: Few firms can match the breadth or depth of Cravath's litigation experience or record of successes in such diverse areas of the law as antitrust, securities, contracts and commercial disputes, business torts, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and tax. Cravath's litigators are called upon for work involving contested merger and acquisition transactions, while boards of directors and special committees depend on the firm's lawyers to guide them through the intricacies of shareholder litigation and government investigations. Cravath's antitrust experience encompasses a broad range of industries, from mining to Telecommunications. Although much of the firm's litigation work focuses on US law, many cases have an international component and draw upon Cravath's experience in international courts and tribunals. In the area of inTellectual property, the firm handles a broad range of complex and challenging matters across all industries. A significant portion of the firm's litigation work relates to contracts and commercial disputes, often in the form of business torts as well as other areas of general business litigation. In the area of securities litigation, Cravath is widely recognized for its success in handling complex and often precedent-setting cases.

Interestingly, Evan Chesler is listed as Deputy Presiding Partner at the firm. Would you like to see Boies Schiller's page? Here you go:

FIRM OVERVIEW: Less than a decade after its founding, Boies, Schiller & Flexner has grown to 233 lawyers in 11 offices located across the United States. The firm's partners, who have tried more than 300 cases before juries and judges in federal and state courts throughout the United States, include the former lead trial attorney for the United States in United States v Microsoft, a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division, a former lead attorney for the United States in United States v AT&T, and the former US Attorney who created the securities fraud branch of that office in San Francisco. The Wall Street Journal describes the firm as a 'litigation powerhouse,' (April 6, 2000), and the National Law Journal as 'unafraid to venture into controversial' and 'high risk' matters. (February 12, 2001)....

CLIENTS: In 2005, the firm's partners have been involved in (i) significant antitrust matters, including the prosecution of American Express' claims against Visa, MasterCard and several banks concerning rules that unlawfully prevented banks from issuing American Express cards, and representing an agency of the State of Alaska in a lawsuit alleging that BP and ExxonMobil are conspiring to withhold natural gas from US markets to artificially inflate natural gas prices and to control Alaskan gas fields; (ii) securities defenses of Qwest Communications International and Tyco International; (iii) representing the Board of Directors of RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. in connection with ongoing federal and state governmental investigations of securities law matters in the insurance industry; and (iv) most recently, the defense of Maurice R ('Hank') Greenberg, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American International Group Inc. and the C.V. Starr companies, in connection with criminal, civil and regulatory proceedings concerning the insurance industry. The firm's clients include some of the largest and most sophisticated companies in the world: Aetna, American Express, AT&T, CBS, Columbia University, DuPont, Ernst & Young, FPL Group, Goldman Sachs,Guardsmark,Monsanto, Northwest Airlines, Philip Morris, Public Broadcasting System, Qwest Communications, Siemens, The New York Yankees, The Republic of France, Tyco International, Unisys,Viacom, Inc., Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network and Zurich Capital Markets Inc.

I don't see SCO listed as a client. Aren't they proud of this case?


  


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Corrections, if any
Authored by: TonyW on Wednesday, January 17 2007 @ 03:42 PM EST
Should be added to this thread

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  • inTellectual - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 17 2007 @ 04:15 PM EST
Off topic thread
Authored by: TonyW on Wednesday, January 17 2007 @ 03:44 PM EST
Off topic discussions should be added to this thread.

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Aren't they proud of this case?
Authored by: kawabago on Wednesday, January 17 2007 @ 04:09 PM EST
Me thinks they are scraping the bottoms of their shoes on the curb trying to get
the stink off.

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Transcripts?
Authored by: Wardo on Wednesday, January 17 2007 @ 04:18 PM EST
What does it take to get a transcript of the hearing?

I like seeing how the lawyers present the arguments to the judge on the spot, as
opposed to the (presumably) polished briefs.

Wardo

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Produ of this case
Authored by: pooky on Wednesday, January 17 2007 @ 04:24 PM EST
I'm not surpised TSCOG isn't listed on the website. Website's are marketing
tools for Law Firms and you only put satisifed customers up because someone
might actually call them. BSF hasn't accomplished anything for TSCOG yet, and
besides, at a minimum they don't need to give Darl McBride more opportunities to
damage the case with unfounded public statements.

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Many Bothans died to bring us this information.

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BSF
Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Thursday, January 18 2007 @ 12:15 AM EST
I checked BSF's website a couple of weeks ago and they claimed 195 lawyers, not
233. I just checked it's still 195.

I wonder about the discrepancy.

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Rsteinmetz - IANAL therefore my opinions are illegal.

"I could be wrong now, but I don't think so."
Randy Newman - The Title Theme from Monk

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  • BSF - Authored by: darkonc on Thursday, January 18 2007 @ 01:07 AM EST
  • BSF - Authored by: jmc on Thursday, January 18 2007 @ 06:49 AM EST
Teleconference/hearing reminder and Cravath adds to the team
Authored by: jmc on Thursday, January 18 2007 @ 07:16 AM EST

I don't see SCO listed as a client. Aren't they proud of this case?

The only SCO lawyers who list them as a client as far as I can see are Mark Heise (see BSF's site - NB flash) and Frederick Frei link but we haven't seen either of them recently.

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Teleconference/hearing reminder and Cravath adds to the team
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 18 2007 @ 08:27 AM EST
What I find most interesting is the fact that two of the four cases listed are
representing companies and people most decent folk consider slime and
swindlers... I don't understand why they don't list SCO, this case fits right in
with that.

Also interesting, Cravath doesn't feel the need to name drop, because they know
their work speaks for itself. If you're good, word will get out and name
dropping becomes unnecessary. Confidence and competence wins out most of the
time.

akempo, not logged in
IANAL

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Truth in advertising
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 18 2007 @ 09:57 AM EST
Perhaps they are just trying to be as 'truthful' as they can be. The stated
that: "The firm's clients include some of the largest and most
sophisticated companies in the world" .. seeing how they are neither one
"of the largest" nor "most sophisticated companies in the
world"

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Different attitudes are made obvious in those quotes
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 18 2007 @ 10:35 AM EST
The differences in attitudes between the two firms are made apparent.


Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP comes across to me as very Old World and
stately, in sort of a butlerish "we can manage your entire household"
manner - also, no name dropping, perhaps as if confidentiality is important (or
name-dropping is uncouth).

Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP comes across to me as very modern
marketingish, in a "Hey, look at the shiny!" manner - and tacky, to
boot. It harps on very specific instances of their work... not on their work as
a whole. This case, or that case... but not all their cases.

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Cravath's new Lawyer
Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Thursday, January 18 2007 @ 02:49 PM EST
I'd guess they were preparing for the hearings on Summary Judgment. That is
going to be a pretty long and complicated series of hearings over a short period
of time. You wouldn't expect Marriott to argue every single one. As good as he
is he'd need some help.

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"I could be wrong now, but I don't think so."
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Hearing: Rumor has it that Spoliation loses but protective order wins
Authored by: jdg on Thursday, January 18 2007 @ 02:50 PM EST
Hearing: Rumor has it that Spoliation loses but protective order wins.

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SCO is trying to appropriate the "commons"; don't let them [IANAL]

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