Filter This View

  • April 3, 2001 |

    Current Trends in California Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Law

    The following discussion thread excerpt is from an ongoing law.com online seminar "Current Issues Facing California Employment Attorneys," moderated by Jeffrey Tanenbaum of Littler Mendelso

    1 minute read

  • Waln v Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Smith, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-06-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, 2nd Dept
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number:

    CRANE, J.P., KRAUSMAN, FISHER and LIFSON, JJ. Shelley Waln, appellant, v Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., respondent, et al., defendants. (Index No.

  • January 5, 2001 | Alm

    Dispute Over Prozac Patent Leads to Rare Attack on Amici

    As in other courts, amicus briefs at the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rarely draw much attention.But in the high-stakes patent dispute over Prozac, a fight has

    1 minute read

  • In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Publication Date: 2011-04-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Equity Plaintiffs are represented by Ira M. Press, Andrew Martin McNeela, and Roger W. Kirby of Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY. The Stichting Plaintiffs are represented by Geoffrey Coyle, Jarvis, Jay W. Eisenhofer, and Michele S. Carino of Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., New York, NY; and James Richard Banko of Grant & Eisenhofer, P A, Chase Manhattan Centre, Wilmington, DE. The FC Holdings Plaintiffs are represented by Daniel Arthur Cohen, Daniel Joseph Kornstein, and Amy Christine Gross of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY; JefIrey H. Squire of Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, Washington, DC; and Paul D. Wexler of Bragar, Wexler & Eagel, P.C., New York, NY. The Bond/Notes Plaintiffs represented by John J. Gross, Christopher L. Nelson, David Kessler, John Anthony Kehoe, and Benjamin J. Sweet of Barrowav Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, P A; Nichole Browning and Eric Donald Peterson of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Ramzi Abadou, Maureen Elizabeth Mueller, Lucas F. Olts, and John J. Rice of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; David Avi Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY; John Patrick Coffey, William Curtis Fredericks, Kurt Michael Hinciker, Christopher Chad Johnson, John James Rizio-Hamilton, and Jeroen Van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jack Gerald Fruchter of Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP, New York, NY; Lionel Z. Glancy of Glancy & Binkow, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Max Goldberg of the Law Offices of Michael Goldberg, New York, NY; Marc Ian Gross and Fei-Lu Qian of Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: The Wachovia Defendants are represented by Douglas H. Flaum, Eric A. Hirsch, Israel David, and John W. Brewer of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY. The Underwriter Defendants are represented by Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Patrick Michael McGuirk, Owen Harris Smith, and Saima S. Ahmed of Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. Defendant KPMG is represented by Emmet Thomas Flood of Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC and Marshall Beil of McGuireWoods LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Cite as: In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS), NYLJ 1202489220302, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Richard J. Sull

  • July 21, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Former DOJ FCPA Chief Mendelsohn: Expect Size and Scope of FCPA Cases to Increase

    For any Flat Earth Society members who still aren't convinced that Foreign Corrupt Practices Act defense is a smoking hot practice area, here's yet more proof. On Tuesday the FCPA Blog posted a list o

    1 minute read

  • November 3, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Latham Is the 'In' Spot for High Court Clerks

    Latham & Watkins is the "in" spot this year for recent U.S. Supreme Court clerks leaving the rarified atmosphere of the highest court in the land for the hands-on practice of law. The fi

    1 minute read

  • June 30, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Where Hopwood Failed, Grutter Succeeds

    In a surprising opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court embraced the concept of affirmative action in university admissions, unshackling state law schools in Texas from the Hopwood decision tha

    1 minute read

  • U.S. Philips Corp. v EMI Music, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-08-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, 2nd Dept
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2008-01521

    Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P. JOSEPH COVELLO THOMAS A. DICKERSON CHERYL

  • June 26, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    J&J, Wyeth Fail to Revive Cardiac Stent Patent Claims

    Another chapter in the war over cardiac stent patents came to a close on Wednesday, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a summary judgment that dismissed an infring

    1 minute read

  • March 26, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Banks Will Be Banks: Kirkland, Holland & Hart Win Ruling in Colorado That Will Have Major Effect in New York

    On Tuesday, Denver federal district court judge Robert Blackburn granted UBS's motion for summary judgment in a case involving

    1 minute read