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  • November 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Express Scripts Medco Express Scripts, Inc., announced an agreement to buy Medco Health Solutions, Inc., for $29.1 billion on July 21 in a deal that would create the largest pharmac

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  • December 5, 2005 | Alm

    Patch-User Suits Abound as FDA Orders Warning

    A federal caution about potentially life-threatening effects of Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra contraceptive patch has fanned the flames of what could become nationwide litigation.

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  • January 23, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Lead Paint Manufacturers Chalk Up Another Win

    The manufacturers and promoters of lead pigments used in paints have proven to be a more difficult target for personal injury-mass tort litigation than the asbestos, tobacco, drug, chemical an

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  • NML Capital, Ltd. v. Banco Central de la República Argentina, 10-1487-cv(L)

    Publication Date: 2011-07-07
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Miner, Cabranes, and Straub, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC (Matthew D. McGill, Jason J. Mendro, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC; Robert A. Cohen, Dennis H. Hranitzky, Dechert LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee NML Capital, Ltd. David W. Rivkin (John B. Missing and Suzanne M. Grosso, on the brief), Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee EM Ltd. Michele Kalstein, Counsel and Vice President (Thomas C. Baxter, Jr., General Counsel, on the brief), The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY, for amicus curiae The Federal Reserve Bank of New York in support of Appellants. John D. Clopper, Assistant United States Attorney (Preet Bharara, United States Attorney, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY; Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Douglas N. Letter, Sharon Swingle, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC; George W. Madison, General Counsel, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC; Harold Hongju Koh, The Legal Adviser, Department of State, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amicus curiae United States of America in support of Appellants. Hal S. Scott, Program on International Financial Systems, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, amicus curiae in support of Appellees.
    for defendant: Jonathan I. Blackman (Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Christopher P. Moore, Rahul Mukhi, on the brief), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant The Republic of Argentina. Joseph E. Neuhaus (Laurent S. Wiesel, Michael J. Ushkow, Taly Dvorkis, on the brief), Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, for Interested Non-Party-Appellant Banco Central de la República Argentina.
    Case Number: 10-1487-cv(L)

    Cite as: NML Capital, Ltd. v. Banco Central de la República Argentina, 10-1487-cv(L), NYLJ 1202499451081, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 5, 2011)Before: Min

  • December 6, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    N.J. Judge Eases Case Deadlines for Vioxx Plaintiffs' Outside Settlement

    The judge in charge of Vioxx litigation in New Jersey has agreed to relax the discovery process for 2,700 state court cases that fall outside the $4.85 billion settlement deal struck last mont

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  • August 13, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    Briefs Sought on Appeal Of Counsel Effectiveness The Court of Appeals is soliciting

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  • October 24, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Circuit Rules on Internal Investigations Tool: The Employee Interview

    If a company suspects that its employees may have been involved in illegal activity, the company may investigate to determine whether such activity occurred and, if so, whether the company has

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  • May 8, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Accolades

    The New York State Bar Association has announced the winners of its 2009 President's Pro Bono Service Awards. The following were recognized for their de

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  • December 5, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Patch-User Suits Abound as FDA Orders Warning

    A federal caution about potentially life-threatening effects of Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra contraceptive patch has fanned the flames of what could become nationwide litigation.

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  • August 1, 2004 |

    'Claim Splitting' in Class Actions: Should Defense Counsel Care?

    Imagine that you represent a manufacturer who is being sued in a putative class action alleging that one of your client's products is defective. Although some consumers who used the product were in

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