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  • July 21, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    Will Majority Rule Prevail in Electing Corporate Boards?

    Peer pressure can be tough. Just ask Motorola Inc. At the end of 2005 Motorola was ready to adopt a new policy that it hoped would put a troublesome shareholder issue to rest. Like many U.S

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  • October 21, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    It's Fierce: Another (Legal) Star Join Project Runway Dispute

    You don't hear a lot of calls for heavyweights in the fashion world. But the fight over which network owns the right to air Project Runway is full of legal heavies. The suit, underway in New York stat

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  • Amnesty International USA v. Clapper, 09-4112-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-03-23
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Calabresi, Sack, and Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jameel Jaffer, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York (Melissa Goodman and Laurence M. Schwartztol, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Christopher T. Dunn and Arthur N. Eisenburg, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Charles S. Sims, Theodore K. Cheng, Matthew J. Morris, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant. Barbara Moses, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, NY; Emily Berman and Elizabeth Goitein, The Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY; Sharon Bradford Franklin, The Constitution Project, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae The Brennan Center for Justice, The Center for Democracy & Technology, The Constitution Project, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, and The Rutherford Institute in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Lucy A. Dalglish and Gregg P. Leslie, Counsel for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Duane L. Loft, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Peter T. Barbur, The New York City Bar Association, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae The New York City Bar Association in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Robert A. Atkins and William J. Taylor, Jr., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Law Professors Michelle Adams, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University; Baher Azmy, Seton Hall University School of Law; Fletcher N. Baldwin, Jr., Levin College of Law, University of Florida; Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Irvine, School of Law; Norman Dorsen, New York University; David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law; Eric M. Freedman, Hofstra Law School; Lynne Henderson, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Seth F. Kreimer, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Alexander A. Reinert, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University; David Rudovsky, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Daniel J. Solove, George Washington University Law School in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Douglas N. Letter, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Daniel J. Lenerz, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: 09-4112-cv

    Cite as: Amnesty International USA v. Clapper, 09-4112-cv, NYLJ 1202487354917, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 21, 2011)Before: Calabresi, Sack, and Lynch, C.JJ.

  • Mastafa v. Australian Wheat Board Limited, 07 Civ. 7955

    Publication Date: 2008-10-02
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-25
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Gerard Lynch
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    Case Number: 07 Civ. 7955

    District Judge Gerard E. Lynch U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Dennis E. Murray Sr., John T. Murray, Leslie O. Murray, and Mary S. Birkett, Murra

  • January 24, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Private Dining Rooms Take Many Forms

    Private Dining Rooms VaryPrivate Areas For DiningLANNING A DINNER party for a newly announced partner is like buying a gift for the kid who has everything: By

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  • April 5, 2000 | National Law Journal

    Back to Miranda

    When he emerged from the appellate court arguments on the suppression of his client's statements in connection with a bank robbery, James W. Hundley felt his stomach churn.A seemingly unrema

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  • January 21, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Losing It All

    Mark Belnick traded a seven-figure income and excitiing work for an eight-figure deal and constant humiliation at Tyco. Then things really headed downhill.When the Securities and Exchange Co

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  • April 26, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    Judge Rules AIG Didn't Knowingly Make Misstatements in Offerings

    Thanks to an influential 2011 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, American Insurance Group Inc. has trimmed down a class action alleging that the company misled in

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  • February 2, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Bingham Still Seeks Growth Binge

    A dog in a turtleneck sweater. An elephant hang gliding on a beach. What in the world is Bingham McCutchen thinking with these crazy print advertisements? Do animals in costumes have anything

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  • April 19, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The AM LAW 50

    The American Lawyer debuted its firm finance reporting25 years ago, examining the nation's 51 highest-grossing firms in its July/August 1985 issue. (It was billed as The Am Law 50, but there was a

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