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Behind the big story of departing employee Greg Smith’s public kiss-off to Goldman Sachs is the tale of how Goldman’s ineffective public relations response to the diatribe allowed the crisis to grow — and some lessons for other companies on how to avoid making the same mistakes.

Legal research giant LexisNexis has acquired business news provider Portfolio Media and its Law360 service, the companies announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Law360 will operate independently, but the months ahead will bring content integration, and Lexis may also share technology

With a lot of help from a key Supreme Court pre-emption ruling, generic drug makers have scored a ruling that could wipe out hundreds of claims that the companies wrongfully marketed generic versions of Darvon. A federal judge has dismissed nearly three dozen suits in multidistrict litigation over the painkillers.

A feud that dated back to 2002, when a team of executives and engineers left Motorola to start Lemko, ended Tuesday with the companies’ announcement that they have settled all pending litigation. Before its resolution, the IP dispute had grown to include allegations of racial profiling and corporate espionage.