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  • November 13, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Minority Judges Still Few and Far Between on Pa. Appellate Bench

    The election of four women to the Superior and Supreme courts is being celebrated as a milestone for women, but last week's vote also highlighted the continuing challenge minorities have in se

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  • June 5, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    FDA Pre-Emption Halts Lawsuit Over Anti-Depressant

    The widower of a woman who committed suicide after taking a generic version of the anti-depressant drug Paxil may not pursue products liability claims premised on an alleged failure to warn of

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  • November 30, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Making a Nuisance of Lead Paint

    Three decades after lead-based paint was banned as a public health hazard, New Jersey cities and towns want it declared a public nuisance. The state Supreme Court is poised to decide t

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  • Noel M. Wiederhorn, MD, etc., v. J. Ezra Merkin

    Publication Date: 2012-09-20
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Mazzarelli, J.P., Catterson, Moskowitz, Renwick, Abdus-Salaam, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 601265/10

    Dechert LLP, N k (Kristina A. Moon of counsel), for appellants.Brickman & Bamberger, N k (David E. Bamberger of counsel), for respondent.Judgment, Supreme Court, N

  • July 12, 2011 | Daily Business Review

    Late celebrity's saga ends In Supreme Court

    When the U.S. Supreme Court needs to understand a complex point of bankruptcy law, chances are good it will hear from Hartfor

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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

  • May 10, 2004 |

    Defamation Suit Against Philadelphia Newspapers Dismissed

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dismissed libel claims against the Philadelphia Daily News and The Legal Intelligencer brought by a crusader against "gangsta rap" m

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  • June 5, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Sinclair v. Merck & Co., Inc., et al

    N.J. Supreme Court PRODUCTS LIABILITY — MEDICAL SCREENING — VIOXX Sinclair v. /s

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  • July 17, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Lawyers Not Hopeful Hamdan Will Help

    While the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision Hamdan v. Rumsfeld has created word of policy changes from the White House, local attorneys who represent Guant�namo Bay detainees are waiti

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  • December 2, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Justices Are Troubled by Restriction on Bankruptcy Advice

    WASHINGTON - In a constitutional challenge involving a Minnesota law firm, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday seemed troubled by a federal restriction on legal advice to potential bankruptcy clients,

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