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Lira and Amy Fisch Solomon. www.girardikeese.com XXX lawdragon | { CONTENTS } 16 CONVERSATIONS WITH... Jonathan Schiller has broken up a Vitamin cartel and scored some of the biggest settlements in history. 22 WINDS OF CHANGE Texas lawyers have been making wind-farm deals for years, and 16 much can be learned from their experiences. 30 NEW CLAIMS, SAME BURDENS With the economy in tatters, securities litigation is booming again. But plaintiffs’ lawyers still face some uphill battles. 38 LAWDRAGON FEATURE: The Delaware Court of Chancery Leo Strine sits on what may be the best court in America: The Delaware Court of Chancery. Lawdragon’s publisher spent two years following 22 Delaware judges and lawyers from the courtrooms of Wilmington – Corporate America’s Main Street – to bar conferences and lectures. Among the practitioners she found fans who view the court’s judges like rock ‘n roll icons. Story by Katrina Dewey. Photos by Hugh Williams. 50 MIXED MESSAGES Like email, text messaging has fast become an important business tool. But employers face unique challenges when attempting to monitor cell-phone texts. 57 TIME TO SAVE Playing tough isn’t always a good idea.