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  • The Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-09-07
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    U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Cote The plaintiffs are current and former residents of southern Sudan who allege, pursuant to the Alien Tort S

  • June 15, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Accolades

    Tonight at its 10th anniversary program, The Burton Foundation, a nonprofit academic organization, will present its 2009 Awards for Legal Achievement in

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  • October 7, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    MBIA, Cadwalader Strike Out in Suit Against FDIC over IndyMac Losses

    MBIA, the big monoline insurer that issued policies on billions of dollars in mortgage securitizations and all-but collapsed when the subprime bubble burst, can point to one advantage in its a h

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  • February 24, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    No. 1 Task for Shearman Leader: Keeping the Firm in the Top Tier

    With its illustrious history and posh name, Shearman & Sterling strikes many as the epitome of the patrician, white-shoe New York law firm.It is a perception the 1,013-lawyer firm's top

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  • January 6, 2003 | Legal Times

    Civil Actions

    The following selected cases were recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Eastern District of Virginia, and in Greenbelt, Md. This information was provid

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  • February 19, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Partial Victory for Highland Capital in UBS Collateralized Debt Dispute

    Forgive us for double dipping today in the arcane world of collateralized debt obligations, but we're paying special attention to litigation involving the financial instruments that almost destroyed W

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  • February 2, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Lateral Partner Moves Spiked in 2009, New Report Shows

    By most measures, 2009 was a dismal year for the legal industry. One notable exception to the drumbeat of record layoffs and bankruptcy actions: By our count, there were also a record number of lat

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  • Tanner v. McCarthy

    Publication Date: 2008-10-31
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-30
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Tim Taft Justice
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    Case Number: Nos. 01-07-00079-CV & 01-08-00829-CV

    OPINIONAppellant, Stephen E. Tanner, appeals from a domesticated judgment enforced against him under the Texas Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act ("UEFJA")*f

  • July 24, 2000 | Legal Times

    Tossing History Aside

    They must be spinning in their graves. Not just any graves, but some of the most hallowed and aristocratic family vaults in terra firma -- from Virginia and the District to New York and San Fr

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  • United States of America v. Jason W. Pleau

    Publication Date: 2012-05-14
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    Date Filed: 2012-05-07
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Boudin, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 11-1775, No. 11-1782

    BeforeLynch, Chief Judge,Torruella, Boudin, Howard and Thompson, CircuitJudges.OPINION EN BANCA federal grand jury indicted Jason Pleau on December 14, 2010, for crimes related to