• January 1, 2014 |

    Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Inc. v. Chartis Specialty Ins. Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Inc.v.Chartis Specialty Ins. Co. 2012 WL 6593891Only the Westlaw…

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  • January 1, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Rethinking the Law Firm/Law School Relationship

    Tucked into sparsely furnished offices in New York's Financial District, the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project is a remarkable program

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  • Graham-Sult v. Clainos

    Publication Date: 2013-12-27
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    Date Filed: 2013-12-27
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Claudia Wilken, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Brosnahan (argued) and Kevin A. Calia, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, California; Therese Y. Cannata, Carolyn A. Johnston and Rachel L. Kent, Cannata, Ching & O'Toole, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Nancy L. Tompkins (argued), James M. Wagstaffe and Ivo Labar, Kerr & Wagstaffe, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellee Nicholas P. Clainos. Jerome B. Falk, Jr. (argued) and Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter, San Francisco, California; Ronald E. Mallen and Cassidy E. Chivers, Hinshaw & Culbertson, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees Richard L. Greene, Linda McCall, and Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP. Thomas Patrick Lane (argued) and Michael S. Elkin, Winston & Strawn, New York, New York; Erin R. Ranahan and Drew A. Robertson, Winston & Strawn, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees Bill Graham Archives LLC DBA Wolfgang's Vault, Norton LLC, and William Sagan.

    Case Number: No. 11-16779 No. 12-15892

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13973 ALEXANDER GRAHAM-SULT; DAVID GRAHAM, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

  • December 27, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • Shearman & Sterling has elected to its partnership Michael Steinberg in the finance practice. • Jones Day has promoted to partner Patrick O&#

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  • December 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    A Recovery for European M&A?

    Transactional lawyers across Europe are breathing a tentative sigh of relief over increasing signs that the gears of corporate dealmaking may finally be starting to turn. Growing econ

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  • Patel v. City of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2013-12-24
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    Date Filed: 2013-12-24
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, and Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Raymond C. Fisher, Marsha S. Berzon, Richard C. Tallman, Richard R. Clifton, Consuelo M. Callahan, Milan D. Smith, Jr., Mary H. Murguia, Morgan Christen and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank A. Weiser (argued), Law Offices of Frank A. Weiser, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Todd T. Leung (argued), Deputy City Attorney; Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney; Laurie Rittenberg, Assistant City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 08-56567

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13881 NARANJIBHAI PATEL; RAMILABEN PATEL, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

  • December 23, 2013 | Daily Business Review

    Shoppes At Civica Gets $30 Million Construction Loan

    A major retail project in Miami’s Health District has received $30 million in construction loan financing, a broker who helped arranged the deal announced Monday. Aztec Group di

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  • Opinion of Kamala D. Harris (12-606)

    Publication Date: 2013-12-23
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    Date Filed: 2013-12-20
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    Case Number: No. 12-606

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13866 Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General DIANE EISENBERG, Deputy Attorney General p id="c

  • In re: GSC Group, 10-14653

    Publication Date: 2013-12-19
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    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Shelley C. Chapman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for the Debtors by: Aaron Rubinstein, Esq., Jeffrey A. Fuisz, Esq., Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY. By: Tracy Hope Davis, Esq., Andrea B. Schwartz, Esq., Carole Ryczek, Esq., United States Department of Justice Office of the United States Trustee New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Black Diamond Capital Management, LLC and GSC Acquisition Holdings, LLC, By: Daniel J. McGuire, Esq., Gregory M. Gartland, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL. By: Rolf S. Woolner, Esq., Los Angeles, CA. Attorneys for Capstone Advisory Group, LLC by: Andrew M. Leblanc, Esq., Anne Knight, Esq., Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Capstone Advisory Group, LLC by: Steven J. Mandelsberg, Esq., Jonathan M. Proman, Esq., Hahn & Hessen, New York, NY. Attorneys for Thomas Libassi, Philip Raygorodetsky, Seth Katzenstein, and Nicholas Petrusic by: David Daniels, Esq., Keith Sambur, Esq., Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Robert J. Manzo, RJM, LLC, & RJM I, LLC by: Joseph T. Baio, Esq., Paul V. Shalhoub, Esq., Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Chapter 11 Trustee, James L. Garrity, Jr., and GSC Liquidating Trust by: Andrew V. Tenzer, Esq., Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Kaye Scholer LLP by: Scott L. Hazan, Esq., Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen P.C., New York, NY.

    Case Number: 10-14653 (SCC)

    Cite as: GSC Group, Inc., 10-14653 (SCC), NYLJ 1202633834843, at *1 (Bankruptcy., SD, Decided December 12, 2013) 10-14653 (SCC) Bankruptcy Judge S

  • December 19, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Let Sun Set on Pension Protection Act

    The Pension Protection Act was signed in 2006 and provides strict funding rules for multi-employer plans. These rules are due to expire in 2014 and should not be renewed. The solution

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