• February 7, 2013 |

    David Kappos joins Cravath

    David Kappos, the celebrated former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), has joined Cravath, Swaine & Moore as partner.

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  • September 13, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    A Landmark Day for Auditor Liability?

    The question seems pretty simple: If executives at a public company commit fraud that later comes back to cost the company, can its shareholders go after the company's auditors for missi

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  • Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP v. Six Flags Over Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Buford, Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, John J. Dalton Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Evan R. Chesler and Keith R. Hummel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, N.Y., for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Butler Jr., George W. Fryhofer III, Joel O. Wooten Jr., Cale H. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daugherty & Sullivan, Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, H. Lamar Mixson, Michael B. Terry, Nancy J. Walsh and Joshua F. Thorpe Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, for appellees. Other party representation: Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth.

    Case Number: A00A0120

    The Court of Appeals overruled Kent v. A. O. White Jr., Consulting Engineers PC, A01A0756 1/29/02, 02 FCDR 374, to the extent that it held that the Georgia Supreme Court adopted the standard set for

  • Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP v. Six Flags Over Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Evan R. Chesler, Keith R. Hummel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George W. Fryhofer III Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daughtery & Sullivan, H. Lamar Mixon, Michael B. Terry, Nancy L. Johnson, Joshua F. Thorpe Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, James E. Butler Jr., Albert M. Pearson III, Joel O. Wooten Jr., Cale H. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daughtery & Sullivan, Columbus, for appellees. Other party representation: Gerald Davidson Jr. Anderson, Davidson & Tate, Lawrenceville.

    Case Number: A00A0120

    Theme park's general partner breached its fiduciary duty by making bad faith decisions as to the amount and type of capital improvements the theme park would re

  • June 27, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Solo, Cravath Continue the Fight in 6-Year Battle to Win New Trial

    Emerging from an unusually hard-fought battle in which Queens prosecutors have accused one of the city's most prominent law firms of unethical conduct, pro bono attorneys have convinced an appellat

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  • June 28, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Solo, Cravath Continue the Fight in 6-Year Battle to Win New Trial

    Emerging from an unusually hard-fought battle in which Queens prosecutors have accused one of the city's most prominent law firms of unethical conduct, pro bono attorneys have convinced an appellat

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  • February 11, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    It's All Just Hot Air: Law Firm Caught in Crossfire of $5.1 Billion Takeover Bid

    Industrial gas producer Airgas filed suit against Cravath, Swaine & Moore on Friday over the firm's role as legal adviser to ri

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  • April 9, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Rejects Bid to Disqualify Cravath in WTC Litigation

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit yesterday rejected an attempt by three parties in the World Trade Center respiratory damage litigation to disqualify court-appointed amicus Cr

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  • August 31, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Queens D.A. Blasts Trial Judge Who Set Aside Murder Conviction

    Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, criticizing a trial judge for accepting "a fraud perpetrated" on the court, has ruled out retrying a Far Rockaway man who was convicted of murde

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  • November 1, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Debevoise, Simpson Thacher Match Cravath Bonuses Two more New York law firms have followed Cravath, Swaine & Moore in announcing year-end and one-time special bonuses for as

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