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  • August 14, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Libor offers potential for bank litigation

    To plaintiffs firms, there are financial scandals, and then there is Libor. Libor, the London interbank offered rate, is a benchmark interest rate that serves as a foundation for trill

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  • June 27, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    Profits jumped, revenues edged higher and firms slashed head count

    Margins matter. As most Am Law 100 firms faced another year of revenue growth that was weak at best, profit margins ; the measure of how efficiently a firm converts revenues to profits

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  • November 7, 2011 | Alm

    Lawyers navigate social media minefield

    "For Halloween this year, I am going as a sensationalist over-blown media story." The message, sent out via Twitter Monday afternoon by Jill Filipovic, sums up in 79 characters a week

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  • June 27, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Familiar Faces

    What does the A-List really measure? In some ways it's like a decathlon for law firms, a contest that tests their strengths in a variety of exacting ways, although we've yet to a

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  • September 16, 2008 | Legal Times

    Lawyers are key in mortgage giants' rescue

    As Tropical Storm Hanna slammed Washington with heavy winds and 6 inches of rain on Sept. 6, a team of lawyers working for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae was hunkered down behind the closed doors

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  • August 16, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Plaintiffs Firms Eye Accusations Banks Manipulated Rates

    To plaintiffs firms, there are financial scandals, and then there is Libor. Libor, the London interbank offered rate, is a benchmark interest rate that serves as a foundation for

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  • February 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Caterpillar / Bucyrus Caterpillar Inc. is digging into the market for surface and underground mining equipment with its proposed $8.6 billion purchase of Bucyrus Internation

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  • NML Capital, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees v. The Republic of Argentina, Defendant-Appellant, 12-105(L)

    Publication Date: 2012-10-29
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler, B.D. Parker and Raggi, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee NML Capital, Ltd.: THEODORE B. OLSON (Matthew D. McGill, Jason J. Mendro, on the briefs), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Robert A. Cohen, Charles I. Poret, Eric C. Kirsch, Dechert LLP, New York, N.Y. For Plaintiff-Appellee NML Olifant Fund, Ltd: Stephen D. Poss, Robert D. Carroll, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA For Plaintiffs-Appellees Pablo Alberto Varela, et al.: Michael C. Spencer, Milberg LLP, New York, N.Y. For Plaintiffs-Appellees Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd., ACP Master, Ltd., Blue Angel Capital I LLC, and Aurelius Opportunities Master Fund II, LLC.: Edward A. Friedman, Daniel B. Rapport, Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, N.Y.; Jeffrey A. Lamken, MoloLamken LLP, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant The Republic of Argentina: JONATHAN I. BLACKMAN (Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Sara A. Sanchez, Michael M. Brennan, on the brief), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, N.Y. For Amici Curiae Prof. Ronald Mann and EM Ltd., in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: David W. Rivkin, Suzanne M. Grosso, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, N.Y.; Ronald Mann, Esq., pro se, New York, N.Y. For Amici Curiae Montreux Partners, L.P. and Wilton Capital, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Walter Rieman, Andrew W. Amend, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, N.Y. For Amicus Curiae the Washington Legal Foundation, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Prof. Kenneth W. Dam, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Kevin S. Reed, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, N.Y. For Amicus Curiae the United States of America, in support of Defendant-Appellant: John D. Clopper (Jeannette A. Vargas, Sarah S. Norman, on the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys, for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, N.Y.; Stuart F. Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern, Sharon Swingle, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; George W. Madison, General Counsel, Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C.; Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Advisor, Department of State, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae the Clearing House Association L.L.C., in support of Defendant-Appellant: Paul Saltzman, Joseph R. Alexander, H. Rodgin Cohen, Michael Wiseman, The Clearing House Association L.L.C., New York, N.Y.; Sergio J. Galvis, Joseph F. Neuhaus, Michael J. Ushkown, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, N.Y.
    Case Number: 12-105(L)

    Cite as: NML Capital, Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, 12-105(L), NYLJ 1202576641567, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided October 26, 2012)Before: Pooler, B.D. Parker a

  • August 13, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Plaintiffs' bar banks on Libor

    To plaintiffs firms, there are financial scandals, and then there is Libor. Libor, the London interbank offered rate, is a benchmark interest rate that serves as a foundation for trill

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  • August 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    U.S. v. GSK In the largest health care fraud s ettlement in history, U.K. drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline plc agreed to pay a total of $

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