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  • March 7, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Two Conferences: Same Time, Different Coasts

    LAWFIRM managing partners who enjoy schmoozing at power confabs will face a choice worthy of Solomon this week, as two of the year's most-anticipated law firm management conferences are both s

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  • April 6, 2000 | Texas Lawyer

    Money Talks

    Editor’s note: The single most important firm story since the beginning of 2000 is the spectacular increase in associate compensation, a trend that has rocketed through the nation ever since

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  • November 14, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Deutsche Bank, Citi Settle MBS Claims with Credit Union Regulator for a Combined $165.5 Million

    The National Credit Union Administration may still be a rookie when it comes to mortgage-backed securities litigation, but the agency shot into the big leagues last summer when a href="http://www.law

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  • July 15, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    In Opening Arguments at $4.65 Billion Trial, Gibbs & Bruns Tells Texas Jury that Banks Betrayed Huntsman

    It's always a pleasure to see great lawyers at the top of their games, and that's just what we got in Monday's opening arguments at Huntsman's $4.65 billion Texas state court showdown with Deutsche Ba

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  • Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-02-07
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Leval and Cabranes, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Carey R. D'Avino, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs- Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross- Appellants.
    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202480401014, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 4, 2011)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Leval and Cabranes, C.

  • Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

  • CSX Corporation v. The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, 08-2899-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2011-07-20
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Newman, Winter, and Calabresi, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee: Rory O. Millson (Francis P. Barron & David R. Marriott, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Christopher Landau, P.C. (Patrick F. Philbin & Theodore W. Ullyot, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.; Peter D. Doyle & Andrew M. Genser, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, New York; Howard O. Godnick & Michael E. Swartz, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, New York, on the brief), Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Coalition of Private Investment Companies: Adam H. Offenhartz, Aric H. Wu & J. Ross Wallin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Former SEC Commissioners and Officials and Professors: Richard M. Lorenzo, James G. Szymanski & M. Alexander Bowie II, Day Pitney LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association: Katherine Tew Darras & Rosario Chiarenza, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., New York, New York; Ira D. Hammerman & Kevin M. Carroll, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Washington, D.C.; David M. Becker, Edward J. Rosen, Michael D. Dayan, Joon H. Kim & Shiwon Choe, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, New York & Washington, D.C. For Amicus Curiae Managed Funds Association: Roger D. Blanc, Martin Klotz & Richard D. Bernstein, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Washington Legal Foundation, National Association of Manufacturers & Business Roundtable: Daniel J. Popeo & Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C. *1
    Case Number: 08-2899-cv (L)

    Cite as: CSX Corporation v. The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, 08-2899-cv (L), NYLJ 1202503282709, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 18, 2011)

  • September 30, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection List of Ineligible Attorneys

    The Supreme Court has entered an Order declaring in le to practice law in New Jersey those attorneys not in compliance with the 2002 annual assessment. That Order and the list of in

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  • October 23, 2003 | Alm

    The Counsel You Keep

    When William Lytton arrived at scandal-ridden Tyco International Ltd., in September 2002, he faced a ton of work. As the new general counsel, Lytton inherited an internal investigation of the

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  • Pharma Consult, Inc. v Nutrition Technologies LLC

    Publication Date: 2006-01-12
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    By Mazzarelli, J.P., Andrias, Marlow, Gonzalez, Sweeny, JJ. 7562. Pharma Consult, Inc., formerly known as J.W.S. Delavau Co., et al., plf-ap, v. Nutrition Technologi