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  • December 21, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Lax Oversight Of Finances Led to Crisis

    The Legal Aid Society's announcement yesterday that it has avoided bankruptcy and is heading toward a more stable future by restructuring its finances, eliminating its debt, and overhauling it

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  • January 2, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Strong Showings

    Our Honorable Mention awards go to 14 litigation departments that showed an impressive array of accomplishments. From handling the fallout from the financial crisis, to containin

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  • Fairfield Sentry Ltd, 10-13164 (BRL)

    Publication Date: 2011-05-27
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    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Burton R. Lifland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for the Foreign Representatives: David J. Molton, May Orenstein, Daniel Saval, Kerry L. Quinn, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA, HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) SA, HSBC Bank USA NA (sued here as HSBC Bank USA), HSBC Private Bank (C.I.) Limited (sued here as HSBC Private Bank (Guernsey) Ltd), HSBC Private Banking Nominee 1 (Jersey) Limited (sued here as FS/HSBC Private Banking Nom), Robinson & Co., Caceis Bank Luxembourg, CDC IXIS, Citibank NA London, Citibank (Switzerland) AG, Citigroup, Citivic Nominees Limited, BNP Paribas Securities Services Luxembourg, BGL BNP Paribas (sued here as BNP Paribas Luxembourg SA), BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA, BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA Ex Fortis, & BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA Private: By: Thomas J. Moloney, CLEARY Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant Safra National Bank of New York and BanqueSafraLuxembourg: By: Robinson B. Lacy, Jeffrey T. Scott, Joshua Fritsch, Yavar Bathaee, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 10-13164 (BRL)

    Cite as: Fairfield Sentry Ltd, 10-13164 (BRL), NYLJ 1202495309817, at *1 (Bankruptcy Court, NY, Decided May 23, 2011)Bankruptcy Judge Burton R. Lifla

  • October 17, 2005 | Legal Times

    From A to Z, the D.C. Metro Area's Largest Law Offices

    From A to Z, the D.C. Metro Area's Largest Law Offices The Legal Times 150 ranks the largest law offices in the region in 2005. Here they are, one last time

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  • Wyly v. Weiss, 10-4785-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-10-11
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Cabranes, and Sack, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondents-Appellants: William A. Brewer (Alexander D. Widell, on the brief), Bickel & Brewer, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Movants-Appellees: Gregory P. Joseph (Douglas J. Pepe and Jeffrey H. Zaiger, on the brief), Gregory P. Joseph Law Offices LLC, New York, NY; (Philip R. Forlenza and Benjamin S. Litman, on the brief), Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY; (Eric R. Levine, on the brief), Eiseman Levine Lehrhaupt & Kakoyiannis, P.C., New York, NY; (Robert J. Pariser, on the brief), Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 10-4785-cv

    Cite as: Wyly v. Weiss, 10-4785-cv, NYLJ 1202574549991, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided October 10, 2012)Before: Kearse, Cabranes, and Sack, C.JJ.p class="de

  • October 24, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Third Avenue Halts Litigation with MBIA over 2009 Restructuring

    The frenzied litigation over MBIA Inc.'s controversial 2009 restructuring got a tiny bit more manageable on Friday, when lawyers for Third Avenue Management at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

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  • November 20, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Kelly Named Acting U.S. AttorneyPresident George W. Bush yesterday named David Kelly as acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Kelly, a veteran prosecut

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  • June 13, 2013 | International

    Legal Recruiter Sues Davis Polk For $1.4M

    A New York legal recruiter who claims Davis Polk & Wardwell owes him a commission for placing litigator Martin Rogers in the Hong Kong office is suing the firm for $1.4 million.In

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  • June 5, 2013 | The Recorder

    New Patent Exchange Hopes to Be Nasdaq for IP

    SAN FRANCISCO — Are companies ready to buy and sell patent rights the way investors buy shares of stock?That's the idea behind a new financial exchange, Intellectual Property

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  • October 5, 2012 | National Law Journal

    'Hosting Incident' Impacts Dozens of Law Firm Websites

    Websites from more than three dozen top law firms stopped functioning yesterday morning, apparently for at least several hours. Gone were links for attorneys and offices, among other firm det

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