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  • May 13, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    La R�ponse: Shareholders Answer Vivendi's Bid to Toss out Securities Fraud Verdict

    It's been a while since we checked in on the shareholder class action against Vivendi, which, as you'll recall, was a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/digestTAL.jsp?id=1202439673907&Vivendi_Shock

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  • May 12, 2000 | Corporate Counsel

    Transformed

    When Brian Cray graduated from St. John's University School of Law in New York City in 1984, he went straight into the legal department at the local utility. Working at Consolidated Edison Com

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  • October 2, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    How Linklaters increased its profits

    A RELENTLESS FOCUS on globalization and tight management has made London-based Linklaters one of the world's biggest and richest firms. Can it keep up the momentum as the architect of its suc

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  • June 3, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Pharma Price Fixing Case Peters Out at High Court

    It's been a tough slog through the courts for a group of pharmacy plaintiffs with antitrust claims against some of the biggest drug companies in the land. Plaintiffs lawyer Joseph Alioto of t

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  • In Re Bear Stearns Co., Inc., 08 MDL 1963

    Publication Date: 2011-01-26
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Robert W. Sweet
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the Securities Plaintiffs: By: David S. Preminger, Esq., Keller Rohrback LLP, New York, NY By: Lynn L. Sarko, Esq., Derek W. Loeser, Esq., Erin M. Riley, Esq., Gretchen S. Obrist, Esq., Seattle, WA By: Joseph H. Meltzer, Esq., Edward W. Ciolko, Esq., Peter H. LeVan Jr., Esq., Shannon O. Lack, Esq., Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer Check LLP, Radnor, PA Attorneys for Lead Securities Plaintiff State of Michigan Retirement Systems: By: Jeffrey C. Block, Esq., Patrick T. Egan, Esq., Justin Saif, Esq., Berman Devalerio, Boston, MA By: Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr., Esq., Julie J. Bai, Esq., San Francisco, CA By: Thomas A. Dubbs, Esq., James W. Johnson, Esq., Michael W. Stocker, Esq., Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY Co-Lead Counsel for the Derivative Plaintiff: By: David A.P. Brower, Esq., Brower Piven, P.C., New York, NY By: Marc M. Umeda, Esq., George C. Aguilar, Esq., Shane P. Sanders, Esq., Gregory E. Del Gaizo, Esq., Robbins Umeda LLP, San Diego, CA Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the ERISA Plaintiffs: By: Joseph H. Meltzer, Esq., Edward W. Ciolko, Esq., Julie Siebert-Johnson, Esq., Peter H. LeVan Jr., Esq., Shannon O. Lack, Esq., Mark K. Gyandoh, Esq., James A. Maro, Jr., Esq., Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer Check LLP, Radnor, PA By: David S. Preminger, Esq., Keller Rohrback LLP, New York, NY By: Lynn L. Sarko, Esq., Derek W. Loeser, Esq., Erin M. Riley, Esq., Gretchen S. Obrist, Esq., Seattle, WA Interim Liaison Counsel for ERISA Plaintiffs: By: Milo Silberstein, Esq., Dealy & Silberstein, LLP, New York, NY
    for defendant: Interim Liaison Counsel for the Securities Plaintiffs: By: Milo Silberstein, Esq., Dealy & Silberstein, LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendants The Bear Stearns Companies Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Michael Minikes, Kathleen Cavallo, Stephen Lacoff, and Robert Steinberg: By: Eric. S. Goldstein, Esq., Brad S. Karp, Esq., Lewis R. Clayton, Esq., Douglas M. Pravda, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY By: Paul J. Ondrasik, Jr., Esq., F. Michael Kail, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC Attorneys for Defendant James E. Cayne: By: David S. Frankel, Esq., Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Alan D. Schwartz: By: Jay B. Kasner, Esq., Susan Saltzstein, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Samuel L. Molinaro, Jr.: By: Michael Chepiga, Esq., William T. Russell, Jr., Esq., Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Alan C. Greenberg: By: Ronald Richman, Esq., Jill L. Goldberg, Esq., Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Warren J. Spector: By: David B. Anders, Esq., Meredith L. Turner, Esq., Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Jeffrey Mayer: By: Richard A. Edlin, Esq., Ronald D. Lefton, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendants Henry S. Bienen, Carl D. Glickman, Michael Goldstein, Donald J. Harrington, Frank T. Nickell, Paul A. Novelly, Frederic V. Salerno, Vincent Tese and Wesley S. Williams, Jr.: By: Randy M. Mastro, Esq., Robert F. Serio, Esq., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Michael Alix: By: Scott D. Corrigan, Esq., Jeffrey P. Wade, Esq., Wiggin & Dana LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Jeffrey M. Farber: By: Michael R. Young, Esq., Antonio Yanez, Jr., Esq., Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY Attorneys for Defendant Deloitte & Touche LLP: By: Max R. Shulman, Esq., Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY
    Case Number: 08 MDL 1963

    Cite as: In Re Bear Stearns Co., Inc., 08 MDL 1963, NYLJ 1202479404634, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 9, 2011)District Judge Robert W. Sweetp class="decided

  • June 23, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Delaware Judge Rules for Defendants In Transkaryotic-Shire Merger Case

    The three-year old merger of biopharmaceutical companies Transkaryotic and Shire has been excavated by Delaware plaintiffs lawyers with the care of archaeologists mining ancient ruins. But according t

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  • October 9, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    H-K

    Rafael C. Haciski Firm: Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen Born: April 12, 1976, Atlanta, Ga. Date Joined Firm: March 20, 2006

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  • September 19, 2002 | Legal Times

    From Partner to General Counsel to Defendant

    The Securities and Exchange Commission claims he conspired to loot his own company. Former Sen. Warren Rudman calls him brilliant, decent and a model of integrity. Robert Morgenthau, the Manha

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  • April 23, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Gay Student Housing Tops New York Court of Appeals Agenda

    The New York Court of Appeals opens its April-May session today in Albany with a case that has attracted national attention and a plethora of amicus curiae. At issue in Levin v. Yeshiva

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  • December 6, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Where Will the Troubles End for Sonsini and HP?

    Larry Sonsini was about to have a bad day. It was the morning of Sept. 28, and Sonsini was preparing to testify before Congress about his role in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom spying scanda

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