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  • March 23, 2009 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible: Finnegan Cleared of $20M Mistake, plus more...

    • Finnegan Cleared of $20M Mistake Even lawyers make mistakes, which is

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  • January 13, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Mayer Brown Convinces Ninth Circuit to Decertify Class in False Advertising Suit Against Honda

    Donald Falk is becoming California's class action killer. He was part of the Mayer Brown team that litigated AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, which culminated last year in a bombshel

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  • June 2, 2000 | Alm

    Federal Circuitry: Inside the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

    Editor's note: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is at the center of a revolution. At a time when intellectual property law is ascendant, it's this court that hears patent case

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  • May 5, 2008 | Legal Times

    Conference Call: In Asylum Case, a Question of Marriage

    Conference Call summarizes the roughly 15 percent of all nonpauper petitions that are the most likely candidates for certiorari. It is prepared by the law firms Akin Gump Strauss Haue

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  • October 4, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Docketwatch: Cases up for argument at the Supreme Court

    The following cases are on the docket during the next two weeks at the U.S. Supreme Court. MONDAY, OCT. 4 Jason M. Ransom v. MBNA, America B

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  • Blackrock Financial Management Inc. v. The Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance Corp., 11-5309-cv(L)

    Publication Date: 2012-02-29
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before Jacobs, Ch.J., Hall and Lohier, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioners-Appellants BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., et al.: ROBERT MADDEN, Gibbs & Bruns, LLP, Houston, TX (Kathy Patrick, Gibbs & Bruns, LLP, Houston, TX, Kenneth E. Warner, Warner Partners, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief). For Petitioner-Appellant The Bank of New York Mellon: ANDREW L. FREY, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY (Matthew D. Ingber, Christopher J. Houpt, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, Charles A. Rothfeld, Brian J. Wong, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, Hector Gonzalez, James M. McGuire, Dechert LLP, New York, NY, on the brief).
    for defendant: For Respondents-Appellees Walnut Place LLC, et al: OWEN L. CYRULNIK, Grais & Ellsworth LLP, New York, NY (David J. Grais, Kathryn E. Matthews, Leanne M. Wilson, on the brief). For Respondents-Appellees The Segregated Account of Ambac Asssurance Coorporation & AMBAC Assurance Corporation: Rachel Allison Gupta, DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY. For Respondents-Appellees Triaxx Prime CDO 2007-1, Ltd., et al: John G. Moon, Miller & Wrubel P.C., New York, NY. For Respondent-Appellee Commonwealth Investors: Justin M. Sher, Sher LLP, New York,NY. For Respondents-Appellees American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company & Knights of Columbus: Peter N. Tsapatsaris, Peter N. Tsapatsaris, LLC, New York, NY. For Respondents-Appellees Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, et al.: David J. Grais, Grais & Ellsworth LLP, New York, NY. For Respondents-Appellees Policemens Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago, et al.: Beth A. Kaswan, Scott+Scott LLP, New York, NY. For Respondents-Appellees Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, et al.: Derek W. Loeser, Amy Christine Williams-Derry, Keller Rohrback, L.L.P., Seattle, WA, Gary A. Gotto, Ron Kilgard, Keller Rohrback, PLC, Phoenix, AZ. For Respondent-Appellee Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh: Heather Yue-Ling Fong, Robbins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP, New York, NY. For Respondents-Appellees Columbus Life Insurance Company, et al.: Daniel M. Reilly, Reilly Pozner, L.L.P., Denver, CO. For Amicus Curiae Bank of America Corporation: THEODORE N. MIRVIS, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY (George T. Conway III, Elaine P. Golin, Won S. Shin, on the brief).
    Case Number: 11-5309-cv(L)

    Cite as: Blackrock Financial Management Inc. v. The Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance Corp., 11-5309-cv(L), NYLJ 1202543755452, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 27, 2012) p

  • November 3, 2000 | Alm

    Federal Circuitry: Clerks in a League of Their Own

    David Walker had been a weapons officer on a nuclear submarine for about two years when he decided to go to law school. In search of a new line of work that would allow him to spend more time

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  • September 4, 2006 | Legal Times

    Boom!

    For all the Democrats wondering what to do the next time Republican senators threaten to launch the "nuclear opt

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  • June 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Focus Europe: The Arbitration Scorecard

    OAO NK Yukos (Russia) v. Kravin Investments Ltd., White Pearl Investments Ltd., Marthacello Co. Ltd., N.P. Gemini Holdings Ltd., Heflinham Holdings Ltd., and Kindselia Holdings Ltd.

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  • April 18, 2011 | Law.com Corporate

    2011 APPELLATE HOT LIST

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD Akin Gump's 21-member team is led by Patricia Millett, a former assistant solicitor general, former appeals judges William Norris and Murr

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