• July 7, 2003 | The Recorder

    Side Bar

    The Super Chief of High Speed RailThe six-hour drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles could soon become a pleasant, 2�-hour train ride.For San Francisco attorney Joseph

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  • May 27, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    NY Judge on Mafia Trial Wants Ethics Inquiry for Lawyers Whose Talk of Prosecutor's Habits Reached Mobsters

    Eastern District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis said yesterday that he is referring to the First Department disciplinary committee the testimony of two witnesses in the trial of Vincen

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  • March 1, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    A New Tack

    Duane Wall was just getting comfortable in March 1981 when his phone rang. Wall, the new partner in charge of White & Case's London office, and his wife had just finished redecorating the firm

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  • March 2, 2001 | National Law Journal

    Pro Bono Work Is Good for Business

    In making the case for why lawyers and legal institutions should undertake pro bono work, supporters of pro bono service typically focus on the compelling need for such assistance. But researc

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  • November 30, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Lawyer Count Drops in Some Top New York City Firms

    A combination of rising attrition and reduced hiring has led to sharp drops in the number of attorneys at many of New York City's leading law firms. Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the

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  • In re: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., 12-12171

    Publication Date: 2012-06-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Gerber
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: By: Andrea B. Schwartz, Esq. (argued), Susan D. Golden, Esq., Tracy Hope Davis Office of the United States Trustee, New York, NY. By: Alan W. Kornberg, Esq., Jeffrey D. Saferstein, Esq. (argued), Philip A. Weintraub, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Counsel for the Debtors, New York, NY. By: Ira Dizengoff, Esq., Philip C. Dublin, Esq. (argued), Rachel Ehrlich Albanese, Esq., Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Counsel for the Informal Creditor Group, New York, NY. By: Fredric Sosnick, Esq., Edmund M. Emrich, Esq. (argued), Shearman & Sterling LLP Counsel for Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent under the DIP Credit Facility, New York, NY.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 12-12171

    Cite as: In re: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., 12-12171, NYLJ 1202560833969, at *1 (SDNY, Decided June 22, 2012)Bankruptcy Judge Robert E.

  • December 21, 2001 | The Recorder

    Boulevard of Broken Dreams

    This week, Citicorp and two architects took their bitter battle over a failed 1980s Old Oakland development deal and an ensuing $42 million jury verdict before the 1st District Cour

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  • Stewardship Credit Arbitrage Fund LLC, Plaintiffs v. Charles Zucker Culture Pearl Corp. d/b/a Precious Stones Co., Defendants, 600634/2010

    Publication Date: 2011-05-27
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Part 60
    Judge: Justice Bernard J. Fried
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: William T. Reid, IV, Esq., Rachel S. Fleishman, Esq., Reid Collins Tsai, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Steven R. Schindler, Esq., Emily A. Poler, Esq., Schindler, Cohen & Hochman, LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 600634/2010

    Cite as: Stewardship Credit Arbitrage Fund LLC v. Charles Zucker Culture Pearl Corp., 600634/2010, NYLJ 1202495319057, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided May 4, 2011)Just

  • June 28, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    In the just-completed year-2001 survey by Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) of New York City law firms taking the VOLS Pro Bono Pledge, 35 of 36 firms reported that they had met, or exceeded, the

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  • December 13, 2001 | The Recorder

    Agilent Technologies

    Agilent Technologies Inc. was born in Silicon Valley but it turned to a New York firm for its recent $1.2 billion convertible debt deal. Instead of sticking with Wilson Sonsini G

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