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  • April 27, 2011 | National Law Journal

    A business win in 'AT&T'

    Class action arbitrations may soon be confined to the ash heap of history because of a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruling on April 27. A 5-4 majority, led by Justice Antonin Scalia, hel

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  • May 15, 2006 | Alm

    Criminal Defense Bar: Advocacy Needs Upgrading

    One by one, different segments of the bar have gotten the message in recent years: The U.S. Supreme Court is a scary place to be - a place where novices, more often than not, should fear to tr

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  • October 22, 2007 | Legal Times

    Study Suggests Veteran Advocates Sway Supreme Court

    For the elite of the Supreme Court Bar, this is the Gilded Age. Or call it the Age of the Guild.The Court's docket continues to shrink. Yet a href="http://p ssrn.com/sol3/p

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  • November 24, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Insurers Directed to Provide Benefits for Gay Married Couples Insurers in New York must treat same-sex couples who have been legally married out of state as

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  • December 8, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Roberts' First Opinion Concerns Attorney's Fees

    WASHINGTON � Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. yesterday announced his first signed opinion since joining the U.S. Supreme Court, and it fit the Court's traditional formula for maiden efforts: br

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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
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    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

  • April 6, 2009 | National Law Journal

    THE APPELLATE HOT LIST

    We asked our readers to nominate firms with stellar records in appellate advocacy, and the response was overwhelming. We received dozens of nominations for firms that really have been

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  • June 20, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Rights Victims Lose Bid to Tap Philippine Fund in New York

    Victims of human rights abuses under the rule of late Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos have been blocked from seeking at least $35 million once held in a New York-based Merrill Lynch accoun

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  • September 20, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Mayer Brown, Weil Gotshal Beat Back Class Certification Once Again in Merrill Lynch Discrimination Case

    After twice failing to convince a federal judge to certify a nationwide class of African-American financial advisors suing Merrill Lynch for alleged discrimination, plaintiffs lawyers at Stowell &

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  • In Re: Dvi, Inc. Securities Litigation

    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2011-03-29
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Scirica, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: Nos. 08-8033,, 08-8045.

    PRECEDENTIALArgued April 20, 2010Before: SCIRICA and AMBRO, Circuit Judges, and JONES*fn1 , District Judge.OPINION OF THE COURTInvestors in Diagnost