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  • February 15, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Opponents of $8.5 Billion BofA Deal Face Tough Questions at Second Circuit

    It's always foolish to read too much into the questions that judges pose during appellate oral arguments. But if we were among the lawyers challenging Bank of America's a href="http://www.la

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  • November 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Coming Attractions

    Barry Brucker, president of a $5 million company in California that makes specialty inks, knew he was getting into deep water when he sued Illinois Tool Works, Inc., an $11 billion business, f

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  • March 27, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Divided Supreme Court Voids Class Cert in Comcast Antitrust Suit

    Mike Scarcella writes for The National Law Journal, an American Lawyer affiliate. A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled for Comcast Corp. in a dispute over the all

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  • In Re American International Group, Inc.v. General Reinsurance Corp., 10-4401-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-08-15
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Katzmann, and Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Louis Gottlieb, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, New York; Alan S. Kopit, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief, Thomas A. Dubbs, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee General Reinsurance Corporation: Peter L. Zimroth, Kerry A. Dziubek, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, New York, George M. Garvey, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA. For Defendant-Appellee Richard Napier: Frank J. Silvestri, Jr., Levett Rockwood P.C., Westport, Connecticut. For Defendant-Appellee Ronald E. Ferguson: Douglas Koff, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 10-4401-cv

    Cite as: In Re American International Group, Inc.v. General Reinsurance Corp., 10-4401-cv, NYLJ 1202567346824, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 13, 2012)Bef

  • Youkers v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-15
    Court: Tx. App. Dist. 5
    Judge: Mary Murphy Justice
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    Case Number: 05-11-01407-CR

    MODIFY, REFORM, and AFFIRM; and Opinion Filed May 15, 2013.OPINIONBefore Justices Bridges, O'Neill, and Murphy Opinion by Justice MurphyWilliam Scott Youkers appeals the

  • January 4, 2010 | Focus Europe

    The Credit Crunch After-Party

    In 2002 a German bank in the backwater of Kiel, on the shores of the Baltic Sea, sought to boost its returns by investing in a synthetic credit default obligation (CDO) issued by the Swiss megabank

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  • Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey

    Publication Date: 2013-09-18
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    Date Filed: 2013-09-18
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Lawrence J. O'Neill, District Judge, Presiding Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, Ronald M. Gould,* and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Keisler (argued), Roger R. Martella, Jr., Paul Zidlicky, Eric D. McArthur, and Ryan C. Morris, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kurt E. Blase, Holland & Knight, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellees American Fuels & Petrochemical Manufacturers Association (formerly known as National Petrochemical and Refiners Association), American Trucking Associations, the Center for North American Energy Security, and the Consumer Energy Alliance.
    for defendant: M. Elaine Meckenstock (argued), Deputy Attorney General, Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Mark W. Poole, Gavin G. McCabe, David A. Zonana, Deputy Attorneys General, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 12-15131 No. 12-15135

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 10463 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FARMERS UNION; REDWOOD COUNTY MINNESOTA CORN AND SOYBEAN GROWERS; PENNY NEWMAN GRAIN, INC.; REX NEDEREND; FRE

  • June 30, 2000 | Alm

    Supreme Court Wrap-Up

    Ruling in the smallest number of cases in years, the Supreme Court managed to pack a tremendous punch in its 74-case docket this term. What follows is an analysis of the justices' decisions on

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  • MLSMK Investment Company v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., 10-3040-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Mclaughlin, Pooler, and Sack, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: HOWARD KLEINHENDLER, Wachtel & Masyr, LLP (Julian D. Schreibman, Sara G. Spiegelman, of counsel), New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: PATRICIA M. HYNES, Allen & Overy LLP (Andrew Rhys Davies, Laura R. Hall, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: 10-3040-cv

    Cite as: MLSMK Investment Company v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., Index 10-3040-cv, NYLJ 1202499634383, at *1 (Court, Decided July 7, 2011)Before: Mclaughli

  • June 2, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    New Calculus for a High Court Nomination

    With the possible exception of the 14 senators who signed it, last week's deal avoiding a vote on the nuclear option left no one very happy: The GOP gave up the one thing it was looking for --

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