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  • January 18, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    J. Crew Settles Shareholder Challenge to TPG Buyout; Are Investors Any Better Off?

    The Wall Street Journal created quite a stir last week when Ashby Jones and Dionne Searcey noted the drama

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  • May 14, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    Use of Anti-Compete Clauses Restricted

    ALBANY -- The Court of Appeals imposed important restrictions on anti-competitive agreements among professionals yesterday, ruling that the only justification for imposing a non-competition agreeme

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  • December 5, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Appointment Issues Raised in Fee Dispute

    A rare contest over legal fees in a guardianship case raises issues likely to be explored by Office of Court Administration Special Inspector General Sherrill R. Spatz as she examines the cour

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  • August 2, 1999 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Guide Gaining Influence

    A year ago, as the editors and writers at VaultReports.com were collecting inside information for their first guidebook on the nation's top law firms, they had trouble getting hiring partners and r

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  • CSX Corporation v. The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, 08-2899-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2011-07-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Newman, Winter, and Calabresi, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee: Rory O. Millson (Francis P. Barron & David R. Marriott, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Christopher Landau, P.C. (Patrick F. Philbin & Theodore W. Ullyot, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.; Peter D. Doyle & Andrew M. Genser, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, New York; Howard O. Godnick & Michael E. Swartz, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, New York, on the brief), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Coalition of Private Investment Companies: Adam H. Offenhartz, Aric H. Wu & J. Ross Wallin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Former SEC Commissioners and Officials and Professors: Richard M. Lorenzo, James G. Szymanski & M. Alexander Bowie II, Day Pitney LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association: Katherine Tew Darras & Rosario Chiarenza, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., New York, New York; Ira D. Hammerman & Kevin M. Carroll, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Washington, D.C.; David M. Becker, Edward J. Rosen, Michael D. Dayan, Joon H. Kim & Shiwon Choe, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, New York & Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Managed Funds Association: Roger D. Blanc, Martin Klotz & Richard D. Bernstein, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Washington Legal Foundation, National Association of Manufacturers & Business Roundtable: Daniel J. Popeo & Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C. *1
    Case Number: 08-2899-cv (L)

    Cite as: CSX Corporation v. The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, 08-2899-cv (L), NYLJ 1202503282709, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 18, 2011)

  • March 31, 2010 |

    Weil Wins Dismissal of AIG Derivative Suit

    During last fall's Litigation Department of the Year contest, when we talked to Joseph Allerhand of Weil, Gotshal & Manges about

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  • November 12, 2012 | Litigation Daily

    Duane Morris Scores Trial Win for Reserve Primary Fund Managers

    A federal jury in Manhattan absolved investing pioneer Bruce Bent and his son Bruce Bent II of securities fraud on Monday. The verdict, which came after a month-long trial, is a win for Duane

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  • July 13, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Freshfields Hires Former BoA Deputy GC

    Magic Circle firms know that building--and holding onto--an American style litigation practice in New York ain't easy. See the experience

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  • October 28, 2002 | Legal Times

    Chart: The Legal Times 100

    1 Hogan & Hartson � Washington Washington, D.C. 455/205 450/201 1.1% 51 2 Arnold & Porter � Washington Washington, D.C. 433/159 400/157 8.3% 55 3 Covington & Burlin

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  • February 3, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Presence of Camera Alone Held Not to Merit Reversal

    ALBANY � An appeals court in Albany ruled yesterday that the allowance of cameras in a criminal trial without the consent of the defendant does not automatically require reversal. The

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