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  • June 2, 2003 | National Law Journal

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  • January 20, 2009 | Legal Times

    SG pick has glaring gap on rsum

    Top-drawer legal practices have been built, enviable careers have been charted, and much ink has been spilt, based on a proposition that is rarely disputed: arguing before the Supreme Court a

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  • June 21, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Justices Hand Wal-Mart Big Win in Women's Class Action Battle

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  • Viking Global Equities, LP v. Porsche Automobil Holding SE, 650435/11

    Publication Date: 2012-12-31
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Friedman, J.P., Acosta, Renwick, Richter, Roman, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. of Counsel.
    for defendant: Respondents: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, Marc L. Greenwald of counsel and Dowd Bennett LLP, St. Louis, MO, James F. Bennett of the bar of the State of Missouri, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Viking Global Equities, LP, Viking Global Equities II LP, and VGE III Portfolio Ltd. Respondents: Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York, David Parker of counsel, and Bartlit Beck Herman Plaenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL (James B. Heaton, III of the bar of the State of Illinois, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for Glenhill Capital LP; Glenhill Capital Overseas Masters Fund LP; Glenhill Concentrated Fund LP; Glenview Capital Partners, L.P.; Glenview Institutional Partners, L.P.; Glenview Capital Master Fund, Ltd.; GCM Little Arbor Partners, L.P.; GCM Little Arbor Institutional Partners, L.P.; GCM Little Arbor Master Fund, Ltd.; GCM Opportunity Fund, L.P.; Glenview Capital Opportunity Fund, L.P.; Glenview Offshore Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.; Greenlight Capital, L.P.; Greenlight Capital Qualified, L.P.; Greenlight Capital Offshore Partners; Greenlight Reinsurance, Ltd.; Royal Capital Value Fund, LP; Royal Capital Value Fund (QP), LP; RoyalCap Value Fund, Ltd.; RoyalCap Value Fund II, Ltd.; Tiger Global, L.P.; Tiger Global II, L.P.; and Tiger Global, Ltd. Mayer Brown LLP, New York, Andrew J. Pincus of counsel, The Federation of German Industries, German Issuers, The Association of German Banks, The Swiss Bankers Association and The European Banking Federation, Economiesuisse, Mouvement Des Entreprises De France, for amici curiae. Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Costa Mesa, CA (Mary-Christine Sungaila of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), for German and American Law Professors, amici curiae.

    Case Number: 650435/11

    Cite as: Viking Global Equities, LP v. Porsche Automobil Holding SE, 650435/11, NYLJ 1202582751301, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided December 27, 2012)Befor

  • July 8, 2011 | Legal Times

    Speculation Starts About Next DOJ Antitrust Chief

    Antitrust lawyers say they expect more of the same from the next head of the U.S. Justice Department's Antitrust Division, as an election year overshadows the selection of an official with enormous

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  • January 10, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

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  • May 13, 2013 | National Law Journal

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  • May 12, 2008 | The American Lawyer

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  • November 7, 2005 | Daily Report Online

    Pfizer Litigators Endure a Beast of a Beauty Contest

    Eriq Gardner [email protected] NEW YORK-It was a cold day for a beauty contest. On a blustery morning in December, a small army of product liability lawyers tried not to slip on

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