• Palisades Collections LLC v. Shorts

    Publication Date: 2008-12-24
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    Date Filed: 2008-12-16
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Williams, Chief Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for appellants: Dan Himmelfarb, Mayer Brown, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: Attorney for appellee: Christopher Regan, Bordas & Bordas, Wheeling, W.Va. Attorney for amicus supporting appellants: Robin Conrad, Amar Sarwal, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; John Beisner, Jessica Davidson Miller, Charles Borden, Richard Rose, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, D.C. Attorney for Palisades Collections, on the merits: William Wilmoth, Karen Kahle, Steptoe & Johnson, Wheeling, W.Va.; Joseph Curia III, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, W.Va.

    Case Number: 08-2188

    PUBLISHEDArgued: October 30, 2008Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges.Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge Williams wrote the opinion, in which Judge King

  • January 27, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible

    ESTRADA, SUTTON ON THE SENATE FIGHT CARDSen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is wasting no time firing up the judicial confirmation machine now that the chairmanship of the Judiciary Co

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  • October 25, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    In Gigantic Win for Samsung (and Millions of Electronic Device Consumers), ITC Judge Nixes Spansion Flash Memory Infringement Claims

    If Spansion and its King & Spalding lawyers had received a different ruling Friday from the U.S. International Trade Commission, Samsung and companies that use Samsung flash memory chips--includin

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  • In Re Bear Stearns Co., Inc., 08 MDL 1963

    Publication Date: 2011-01-26
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Robert W. Sweet
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the Securities Plaintiffs: By: David S. Preminger, Esq., Keller Rohrback LLP, New York, NY By: Lynn L. Sarko, Esq., Derek W. Loeser, Esq., Erin M. Riley, Esq., Gretchen S. Obrist, Esq., Seattle, WA By: Joseph H. Meltzer, Esq., Edward W. Ciolko, Esq., Peter H. LeVan Jr., Esq., Shannon O. Lack, Esq., Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer Check LLP, Radnor, PA Attorneys for Lead Securities Plaintiff State of Michigan Retirement Systems: By: Jeffrey C. Block, Esq., Patrick T. Egan, Esq., Justin Saif, Esq., Berman Devalerio, Boston, MA By: Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr., Esq., Julie J. Bai, Esq., San Francisco, CA By: Thomas A. Dubbs, Esq., James W. Johnson, Esq., Michael W. Stocker, Esq., Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY Co-Lead Counsel for the Derivative Plaintiff: By: David A.P. Brower, Esq., Brower Piven, P.C., New York, NY By: Marc M. Umeda, Esq., George C. Aguilar, Esq., Shane P. Sanders, Esq., Gregory E. Del Gaizo, Esq., Robbins Umeda LLP, San Diego, CA Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the ERISA Plaintiffs: By: Joseph H. Meltzer, Esq., Edward W. Ciolko, Esq., Julie Siebert-Johnson, Esq., Peter H. LeVan Jr., Esq., Shannon O. Lack, Esq., Mark K. Gyandoh, Esq., James A. Maro, Jr., Esq., Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer Check LLP, Radnor, PA By: David S. Preminger, Esq., Keller Rohrback LLP, New York, NY By: Lynn L. Sarko, Esq., Derek W. Loeser, Esq., Erin M. Riley, Esq., Gretchen S. Obrist, Esq., Seattle, WA Interim Liaison Counsel for ERISA Plaintiffs: By: Milo Silberstein, Esq., Dealy & Silberstein, LLP, New York, NY
    for defendant: Interim Liaison Counsel for the Securities Plaintiffs: By: Milo Silberstein, Esq., Dealy & Silberstein, LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendants The Bear Stearns Companies Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Michael Minikes, Kathleen Cavallo, Stephen Lacoff, and Robert Steinberg: By: Eric. S. Goldstein, Esq., Brad S. Karp, Esq., Lewis R. Clayton, Esq., Douglas M. Pravda, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY By: Paul J. Ondrasik, Jr., Esq., F. Michael Kail, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC Attorneys for Defendant James E. Cayne: By: David S. Frankel, Esq., Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Alan D. Schwartz: By: Jay B. Kasner, Esq., Susan Saltzstein, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Samuel L. Molinaro, Jr.: By: Michael Chepiga, Esq., William T. Russell, Jr., Esq., Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Alan C. Greenberg: By: Ronald Richman, Esq., Jill L. Goldberg, Esq., Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Warren J. Spector: By: David B. Anders, Esq., Meredith L. Turner, Esq., Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Jeffrey Mayer: By: Richard A. Edlin, Esq., Ronald D. Lefton, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendants Henry S. Bienen, Carl D. Glickman, Michael Goldstein, Donald J. Harrington, Frank T. Nickell, Paul A. Novelly, Frederic V. Salerno, Vincent Tese and Wesley S. Williams, Jr.: By: Randy M. Mastro, Esq., Robert F. Serio, Esq., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Michael Alix: By: Scott D. Corrigan, Esq., Jeffrey P. Wade, Esq., Wiggin & Dana LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Jeffrey M. Farber: By: Michael R. Young, Esq., Antonio Yanez, Jr., Esq., Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Deloitte & Touche LLP: By: Max R. Shulman, Esq., Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY

    Case Number: 08 MDL 1963

    Cite as: In Re Bear Stearns Co., Inc., 08 MDL 1963, NYLJ 1202479404634, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 9, 2011)District Judge Robert W. Sweetp class="decided

  • May 6, 2002 | Legal Times

    Changing of the Guard at D.C. Legal Aid

    After five years under the stewardship of Joseph Zengerle, the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia has a new leader. Jonathan Smith, currently the executive director of Balt

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  • February 28, 2005 | Alm Media

    MCI-Verizon Plans to Slash Legal Team

    At some point in the coming months, the proverbial blood may be hitting the floor. Verizon Communications Inc.'s $6.7 billion proposed acquisition of MCI Inc. would result in job losse

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  • March 6, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Lawyers on Major TransactionsSkadden, Sullivan & Cromwell, Help Uncork Liquor DealIn a deal valued at about $835 million, London-based Diageo plc, which bills itself a

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  • May 11, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Alstom Securities Class Action Ends with a Whimper; Plaintiffs Settle for $6.95 Million

    It took eight long years, but the multibillion-dollar securities class action facing French infrastructure giant Alstom finally fizzled out this week, with Alstom agreeing Monday to an anemic a

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  • Hypertouch, Inc. v. ValueClick, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-01-19
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-18
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steptoe & Johnson, Richard K. Willard, Lawrence P. Riaff and Lynn R. Levitan, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Daniel M. Kolkey, Kevin Rosen and S. Ashlie Beringer, for Defendants and Respondents ValueClick Inc., E-Babylon, Inc., Hi-Speed Media, Inc., VC E-Commerce Solutions, Inc., Webclients, Inc. and Commission Junction, Inc. Kenoff & Machtinger, and Leonard S. Machtinger, for Defendant and Respondent PrimaryAds, Inc.

    Case Number: No. B218603

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 756HYPERTOUCH, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. VALUECLICK, INC. et al., Defendants and Re

  • April 11, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Inadmissible

    Not So Fast Former Enron Chairman Ken Lay may get his own speedy trial after all. Lay is set to go to trial on fraud charges in January 2006 alongside co-defendants Jeff Skillin

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