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  • October 5, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    On Y Va: Extremely Rare F-Cubed Securities Class Action Trial Starts This Week Against Vivendi

    The litigation equivalent of Halley's comet is about to streak into view in Manhattan federal district court. Yes, folks, when trial in the shareholder suit against Vivendi and two of its former execu

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  • June 21, 1999 | National Law Journal

    A Lawyer Scorecard as Microsoft Trial Ends

    Hard to believe as it seems, the Microsoft Corp. antitrust trial is winding down. Week 20 was something of a classic: The judge got fed up when Microsoft's defense counsel didn't seem to know when

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  • January 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Class Acts

    We've never granted Honorable Mention kudos to as many Litigation Department of the Year contenders as we have this year--but that's because we've never before seen such stellar resul

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  • December 14, 2012 | Litigation Daily

    Merck Shareholders Can See Documents Company Gave to Government

    Merck & Co. Inc. has already paid nearly $1 billion to the federal government to resolve claims that it misbranded its painkiller Vioxx. To make matters worse, the drug giant has now lo

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  • May 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Jury Convicts Immigrant of Subway Bomb Plot A federal jury in Brooklyn yesterday convicted a Pakistani immigrant accused of plotting to blow up the Herald Square subway station,

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  • In re Digex, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2000-12-13
    Court: Del. Ch. Ct.
    Judge: CHANDLER, Chancellor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: Civil Action No.

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. CHANDLER, Chancellor This is my decision on plaintiffs' motion to preliminarily enjoin the proposed merger between

  • November 14, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Digest

    As part of a board-approved restructuring of the Legal Aid Society, pro bono is being given a high priority. The plan is to involve the private bar in the full range of society projects.

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

    Publication Date: 2011-02-07
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    Industry:
    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.

  • 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)Before

  • April 5, 2012 | Law.com Corporate

    Wayland Takes Top Antitrust Post Pending Baer Confirmation

    After Joseph Wayland led the Justice Department antitrust team that scuttled H&R Block's proposed $287.5 million TaxAct acquisition last October, we named him a href="http://www.law.com/

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