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Both Mr. Icahn and Casablanca—run by former Lazard banker Douglas Taylor and by Donald Drapkin , a former official with Lazard and Ronald O. Perelman 's investment firm—also have lambasted the Wilsonville, Ore., company for efforts to move up its annual shareholder meeting and undermine possible efforts to vote on rival board candidates.

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Ruby Tuesday gained six cents, or 0.6%, to 9.73, after the company said Friday that investment firm Becker Drapkin Management LP and hedge-fund firm Carlson Capital LP joined forces to nominate a slate of three for the casual-dining chain's board.

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On Friday, the jury found that Mr. Drapkin had lived up to the terms of the contract.

Former Perelman Associate Wins $16 Million Award Chad Bray 2012

Mr. Drapkin had alleged he received about $9.5 million from MacAndrews & Forbes before the company stop making payments to him in 2009.

Former Perelman Associate Wins $16 Million Award Chad Bray 2012

We believe that the facts unequivocally proved a substantial breach by Mr. Drapkin, said Barry F.

Former Perelman Associate Wins $16 Million Award Chad Bray 2012

Mr. Drapkin declined comment, saying he was prohibited from speaking with the press under the terms of his separation agreement.

Former Perelman Associate Wins $16 Million Award Chad Bray 2012

The trial revolved around millions dollars in remaining payments under severance and stock purchase agreements reached with Donald Drapkin, MacAndrews & Forbes LLC's longtime vice chairman, when he left the company in 2007.

Former Perelman Associate Wins $16 Million Award Chad Bray 2012

Lawyers for the company, which is wholly owned by Mr. Perelman, had argued that Mr. Drapkin failed to live up to his obligations under the agreement, including not turning over thousands of pages of company documents retained on his longtime assistant's laptop computer and trying to lure away a key employee.

Former Perelman Associate Wins $16 Million Award Chad Bray 2012

In 2007, Mr. Drapkin ended his longtime business relationship with Mr. Perelman and went to investment bank Lazard Inc. He signed a separation agreement and a stock purchase agreement with MacAndrews & Forbes in April 2007 shortly before he left.

Former Perelman Associate Wins $16 Million Award Chad Bray 2012

Mr. Drapkin, who used to be a partner at prominent New York law firm Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom, served as MacAndrews & Forbes's vice chairman for 20 years after joining in 1987.

Former Perelman Associate Wins $16 Million Award Chad Bray 2012