• May 12, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Equal Justice Works Fellowships Serve Appetite for Public Service

    Aa a second-year law student, Coco Culhane, a newly minted Equal Justice Works fellow, was shocked to learn that veterans were committing suicide at the rate of 18 a day nationwide

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  • June 23, 2004 | National Law Journal

    U.S. Law Firms Look to Scale the Great Wall

    As new laws in China make it easier for investors to compete in a market dominated by the likes of Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola, American law firms -- despite recent starts and stumbles -- appear de

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  • May 3, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    In re Merck & Co. Inc.

    U.S. District Court BUSINESS LAW � Limitations of Actions � Securities Fraud In re Merck & Co. Inc. No. 05-1151, 05-2367; U.S. District Court (DNJ); opinion

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  • In Re Vivendi Universal, S.A., Securities Litigation, 02 Civ. 5571 (SAS)

    Publication Date: 2012-07-25
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Arthur N. Abbey, Esq., Richard Barry Margolies, Esq., Stephen Thran Rodd, Esq., Stephanie Dawn Amin-Giwner, Esq., Abbey Spanier Rodd Abrams & Paradis, LLP, New York, NY. For Plaintiffs: Sol Schreiber, Esq., Sylvia Wahba, Esq., Michael Champlin Spencer, Esq., William Beecher Scoville, Jr., Esq., Matthew Gluck, Esq., Milberg LLP (NYC), New York, NY. For Plaintiffs: Brian C. Kerr, Esq., Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants Vivendi Universal, S.A. and Universal Studios, Inc.: Daniel Slifkin, Esq., Paul C. Saunders, Esq., Timothy Gray Cameron, Esq., Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants: Penny Packard Reid, Esq., James W. Quinn, Esq., Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 02 Civ. 5571 (SAS)

    Cite as: In Re Vivendi Universal, S.A., 02 Civ. 5571 (SAS), NYLJ 1202564364707, at *1 (SDNY, Decided July 5, 2012)District Judge Shira A. Scheindlinp

  • July 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Ready to Commit

    Ashurst wants a transatlantic merger. This is nothing new. Many partners at the London-based firm still refer to Latham & Watkins as "the one that got away," after a proposed merg

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  • September 20, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    2nd Circuit Rejects Corporate Liability in Alien Tort Act Cases

    The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected outright Friday the theory that corporations can be held liable in the United States under the Alien Tort Statute for violations of international law

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  • July 1, 2011 | Focus Europe

    Arbitration Scorecard: Contract Disputes

    A listing of contract arbitrations active in 2009-10 in which at least $500 million was at stake. Correction, 6/30/11: Due to a datab

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  • June 14, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    Laid-off associates can't give it away

    Good news: There's some great work available in the public sector for deferred or furloughed associates. The bad--and unfortunate--news: If you are a laid-off associate, you're out of the box

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  • October 21, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Antitrust Defendants Seek to Turn Tables on Anderson News

    A quintet of major magazine publishers and distributors has spent years unsuccessfully trying to dodge claims that they conspired to drive the magazine wholesaler Anderson News out of busine

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  • May 13, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Equal Justice Works Fellowships Serve Appetite for Public Service

    Aa a second-year law student, Coco Culhane, a newly minted Equal Justice Works fellow, was shocked to learn that veterans were committing suicide at the rate of 18 a day nationwide

    1 minute read