• August 20, 2002 | Daily Report Online

    Asleep at the Trial: When Jurors Snooze and You Lose

    Gary Young [email protected] NEW YORK-Imagine you're the defendant in a trial. Millions of dollars, or your freedom or your life, is at stake. Yet you look around and

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  • November 10, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associates Class of 2011

    Hiring by New Jersey law firms is on a steady swing back nearly to prerecession levels, judging by the anecdotal evidence assembled in this, our annual new-associates magazine. This year's

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  • September 18, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Securities Case Before Supreme Court Has Law Firms on Edge

    The hundreds of pages of arguments in the more than 30 briefs filed in what many call the most important securities case in a generation boil down to one question: Who, besides the chief actor

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  • April 11, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Tobacco Companies Win Upset of Damages Award

    In a major victory for tobacco companies, a Manhattan appellate court yesterday reversed a 73-year-old lung cancer victim's $3.4 million compensatory damage award against two industry giants a

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  • November 4, 2002 | Legal Times

    The Naked Truth: Book Reveals Hip Side of Tough Judge Negotiating With Nudists

    Tony Mauro [email protected] WASHINGTON-It is rare enough for a federal judge to write a riveting and funny, footnote-free book on how he handled a single cas

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  • Ligon v. NYC, 12 Civ. 2274

    Publication Date: 2013-01-24
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Ligon Plaintiffs: Christopher Dunn, Esq., Alexis Karteron, Esq., Taylor Pendergrass, Esq., Daniel Mullkoff, Esq., New York Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY. J. McGregor Smyth, Jr., Esq., Mariana Kovel, Esq., The Bronx Defenders, Bronx, NY. Juan Cartagena, Esq., Foster Maer, Esq., Roberto Concepcion, Jr., Esq., LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, NY. John A. Nathanson, Esq., Tiana Peterson, Esq., Mayer Grashin, Esq., Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY. For Floyd Plaintiffs: Darius Charney, Esq., Chauniqua Young, Esq., Sunita Patel, Esq., Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY. Philip A. Irwin, Esq., Eric Hellerman, Esq., Gretchen Hoff Varner, Esq., Kasey L. Martini, Esq., Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY. Jonathan C. Moore, Esq., Jennifer Borchetta, Esq., Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Ligon and Floyd Defendants: Brenda Cooke, Linda Donahue, Heidi Grossman, Morgan Kunz, Joseph Marutollo, Suzanna Publicker, Lisa Richardson, Cecelia Silver, Judson Vickers, Richard Weingarten, Mark Zuckerman, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 12 Civ. 2274

    Cite as: Ligon v. NYC, 12 Civ. 2274, NYLJ 1202585421036, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 22, 2013)District Judge Shira ScheindlinDecid

  • October 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    AB INBEVMODELOAnheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV agreed on June 29 to pay $20.1 billion in cash for the 50 percent of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo S.A.B. de

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  • August 13, 2012 | Litigation Daily

    Fait Helps Cahill, Skadden Wipe Out Deutsche Bank Securities Class Action

    If there were lingering doubts that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit threw up a big obstacle for securities plaintiffs lawyers one year ago a href="?germane=120256722611

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  • In Re: Barney, 05 Civ. 7583

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge William H. Pauley III
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    Case Number: 05 Civ. 7583

    Cite as: In Re: Barney, 05 Civ. 7583, NYLJ 1202571403267, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 15, 2012)District Judge William H. Pauley III

  • September 4, 2001 | National Law Journal

    The Recording Industry's Anti-Pirate

    NAME: Matthew J. OppenheimTITLE: Senior vice president, business and legal affairsAGE: 34ORGANIZATION: The Recording Industry Association of

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