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500Laura Wasser Wasser Cooperman & Carter (Los Angeles) She’s TMZ’s dreamlawyer, representing Maria Shriver, Kim Kardashian, Heidi Klum, Vanessa Bryant,Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie and Stevie Wonder.Seth Waxman WilmerHale (Washing<strong>to</strong>n, dc) The wisdom of Waxman continues<strong>to</strong> prevail: his Supreme Court team won a ruling for ABC and o<strong>the</strong>r broadcastersthat <strong>the</strong> FCC’s rule regime on fleeting nudity and profanity was impermissibly vague,while also winning a complete reversal for former Network Associates CFO PrabhatGoyal’s securities fraud convictions.Joseph Wayland U.S. Department of Justice (Washing<strong>to</strong>n, dc) The formerSimpson Thacher partner won <strong>the</strong> first merger injunction in eight years, blockingH&R Block’s acquisition of TaxAct, before killing AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile.Yep, antitrust is back.B. Trent Webb Shook Hardy (Kansas City, Mo.) Keep an eye on Webb, who’shandled more than 100 IP cases for clients including Microsoft, Nike and Sprint, forwhich he won <strong>the</strong> largest jury verdict in Kansas his<strong>to</strong>ry, $69.5M, involving voiceover packet patents against Vonage.Dan Webb Wins<strong>to</strong>n & Strawn (Chicago) The iconic former prosecu<strong>to</strong>r andfirm chairman has been tapped <strong>to</strong> defend Archer Daniels Midland and <strong>the</strong> CornRefiners Association in escalating legal battles over false advertising claims related<strong>to</strong> corn syrup.Perrie Weiner DLA (Los Angeles) This securities litigation at<strong>to</strong>rney handlesDeath Spiral/Pipes, Naked Shorting cases and represents reverse-merger companiesin regula<strong>to</strong>ry disputes, generally foreign companies trying <strong>to</strong> gain entry <strong>to</strong> U.S.s<strong>to</strong>ck exchanges.Reid Weingarten Step<strong>to</strong>e & Johnson (Washing<strong>to</strong>n, dc) The white-collarlawyer of choice if you’re in deep s--t, he represented Bernard Ebbers and RomanPolanski and is reportedly counsel <strong>to</strong> Goldman chief Lloyd Blankfein; recently, hewon acquittal for former GlaxoSmithKlein Associate GC Lauren Stevens, chargedwith lying <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> government on off-label promotion of Wellbutrin.Perry Weitz Weitz & Luxenberg (New York) Weitz is a leader of <strong>the</strong> pack insecuring awards and settlements for meso<strong>the</strong>lioma and medical malpractice cases.Edward Welch Skadden (Wilming<strong>to</strong>n) His team secured a vic<strong>to</strong>ry on behalfof Human Genome Sciences and its board, thwarting a shareholder attempt <strong>to</strong> blockGSK’s $3.6B acquisition of <strong>the</strong> company.L A W D R A G O N 186 I s s u e 13 Pho<strong>to</strong> by: Josh Ritchie
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