• April 4, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Get the Big Picture

    Law firms fail and falter. This can be easy to deny since only insiders know their firm's peccadillos. When the firm and the falter are big enough, mainstream media will report on it for all the wo

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  • Bilal v. New York City Department of Corrections, 08 Civ. 6664

    Publication Date: 2010-05-19
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    Date Filed: 2010-05-10
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08 Civ. 6664

    District Judge Denise Cote U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: For Plaintiff: Theodore Edelman, Maura Miller, C. Megan Bradley, New York,

  • December 14, 2005 | Legal Times

    30 Days to Thinner Workloads

    What activity consumes the largest amount of law department time? Contract review and preparation. Contracts -- a term I am using here to cover agreements and all other forms of legal commitme

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  • August 10, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Securities Class Action Trials on Rise

    In South Carolina, juries think investing in stock is like gambling and it's sinful, while in New York City, jurors are disappointed if lawyers don't rip up witnesses during questioning, but i

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  • Ameron International Corporation v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania

    Publication Date: 2010-11-18
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-18
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanzler Funderburk & Castellon and Jordan S. Stanzler for Plaintiff and Appellant. Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish and Richard Giller for The California Cast Metals Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: McCurdy & Fuller, Kevin G. McGurdy and Rosemary J. Springer for Defendant and Respondent Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania. Hinshaw & Culbertson, Robert J. Romero, Paul E. Vallone and Joseph J. De Hope, Jr., for Defendants and Respondents Century Indemnity Company, Insurance Company of North America, Pacific Employers Insurance Company, St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Harbor Insurance Company and Transcontinental Insurance Company.. Charlston, Revich & Chamberlin, Charlston, Revich & Wollitz, Ira Revich and Nicholas R. Andrea for Defendants and Respondents International Insurance Company and Puritan Insurance Company. Burnham Brown, Thomas M. Downey, Tyler G. Olpin and James Y. Higa for Defendants and Respondents Transcontinental Insurance Company and Harbor Insurance Company. Ericksen, Arbuthnot, Kilduff, Day & Lindstrom and Andrew P. Sclar for Defendant and Respondent Old Republic Insurance Company. Hogan & Hartson, David R. Singer, Jonathan S. Franklin, William J. Bowman and Catherine E. Stetson for Defendant and Respondent Twin City Fire Insurance Company. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Michael A. Barnes, Sonia Martin and Lee L. Kaster for Defendant and Respondent Great American Surplus Lines Insurance Company. O?Melveny & Myers, Richard B. Goetz and A. Patricia Klemic for Defendants and Respondents Insurance Company of North America and Pacific Employers Insurance Company. Foley & Lardner, Eileen R. Ridley and Patrick T. Wong for Lloyd?s and The Reinsurance Association of America as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents. Wiley Rein, Laura A. Foggan; Sinnott, Dito, Moura & Puebla, Randolph P. Sinnott and John J. Moura for Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents. Sinnott, Dito, Moura & Puebla, Blaise S. Curet and Stephen R. Wong for Zurich American Insurance Company as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. S153852

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 14403AMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE

  • February 21, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Tea Party Ideology Likely To Be Around For a Long Time

    The failure of the Tea Party movement to rally around a single presidential candidate has convinced many pundits that its time as a major force in mainstream politics may be coming to an

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  • February 4, 2003 | The Recorder

    Morgan, Lewis Extends Hand to Brobeck Lawyers

    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius may have spurned a merger with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, but the Philadelphia-based giant is still interested in hooking up with some of the soon-to-be-defun

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  • September 15, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Middle District Court Upholds Bulk of Pa. 'Puppy Mills' Law

    A federal court in Pennsylvania has upheld a 2008 law aimed at increasing the standards of care for breeders under the state's Dog Law, which is directed, in part, to discourage the development of

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  • King County v. IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, 09 Civ. 8387

    Publication Date: 2013-01-09
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs King County, Washington and Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation: Daniel S. Drosman, Esq., Jessica T. Shinnefield, Esq., Darryl J. Alvarado, Esq., Anne L. Box, Esq., James A. Caputo, Esq., Patrick J. Coughlin, Esq., Nathan R. Lindell, Esq., David C. Walton, Esq., X Jay Alvarez, Esq., Christina A. Royce, Esq., Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, California. Luke O. Brooks, Esq., Jason C. Davis, Esq., Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Francisco, California. Samuel H. Rudman, Esq., Jarrett S. Charo, Esq., David A. Rosenfeld, Esq., Robert M. Rothman, Esq., Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited: James P. Rouhandeh, Esq., Antonio J. Perez-Marques, Esq., William R. Miller, Jr. Esq., Christopher J. Roche, Esq., Andrew D. Schlichter, Esq., Jessica L. Freese, Esq., Davis Polk & Wardwell L.L.P., New York, NY. For Defendant The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. d/b/a Standard & Poor's Rating Services: Dean I. Ringel, Esq., Andrea R. Butler, Esq., Floyd Abrams, Esq., Jason M. Hall, Esq., Brian T. Markley, Esq., Tammy L. Roy, Esq., Adam N. Zurofsky, Esq., Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant Fitch, Inc.: Andrew J. Ehrlich, Esq., Martin Flumenbaum, Esq., Donna M. Ioffredo, Esq., Roberta A. Kaplan, Esq., Mark S. Silver, Esq., Tobias J. Stern, Esq., Julia Tarver-Mason Wood, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants Moody's Investors Service Limited and Moody's Investors Service, Inc.: Mario Aieta, Esq., James J. Coster, Esq., Dai Wai Chin Fenman, Esq., Joshua M. Rubins, Esq., Justin E. Klein, Esq., James J. Regan, Esq., Joshua M. Rubins, Esq., Aaron M. Zeisler, Esq., Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 09 Civ. 8387

    Cite as: King County v. IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, 09 Civ. 8387, NYLJ 1202583703731, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 3, 2013)District Judge Shira A. Sche

  • In Re Ski Train Fire in Kaprun, Austria

    Publication Date: 2003-04-14
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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    Judge Scheindlin IN RE SKI TRAIN FIRE IN KAPRUN AUSTRIA ON NOVEMBER 1 0 — Plaintiffs, the parents and grandparents of six Americans who died in a ski train fire on November 1