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  • June 6, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Ruling makes bankruptcy suits harder

    A RECENT DELAWARE SUPREME COURT decision may have undermined cases against directors and officers of companies for actions they take just before they file for bankruptcy, such as increasing t

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  • May 1, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    ALBANY — If there was any question whether the New York Court of Appeals considered itself bound by a federal district court ruling striking down some provisions in the Code of Judicial

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  • August 1, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Judge who graduated from accused law school declines to recuse

    Can a trial judge be impartial when his alma mater is being sued for fraud? Three attorneys behind a spate of fraud class actions targeting law schools don't think so. They argu

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  • Laumann v. NHL, 12 Civ. 1817

    Publication Date: 2012-12-10
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 12 Civ. 1817

    Cite as: Laumann v. NHL, 12 Civ. 1817, NYLJ 1202580698685, at *1 (SDNY, d December 5, 2012)District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin

  • March 15, 2010 | National Law Journal

    More Holder briefs not disclosed

    Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. did not list at least six U.S. Supreme Court briefs that a questionnaire asked him to disclose during his confirmation process in late 2008, the Justice Department

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  • April 25, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Starting at the Top

    In March, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison partner Roberta ­Kaplan made her U.S. Supreme Court debut when she argued on behalf of an octogenarian widow challenging the co

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  • SEC v. Straub, 11 Civ. 9645

    Publication Date: 2013-02-25
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The SEC is represented by Jeffrey Thomas Infelise, Kara Novaco Brockmeyer, and Robert Irving Dodge, Esqs., Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington. Elek Straub is represented by Amanda Grier and Saul M. Pilchen, Esqs., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP, Washington. and Carl S. Rauh, Esq., Hogan Lovells LLP, Washington.
    for defendant: Andras Balogh is represented by John A. McMillan and William Michael Sullivan, Jr., Esqs., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington. Tamas Morvai is represented by Michael Louis Koenig and Victoria Pauline Lane, Esqs., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Albany, NY.
    Case Number: 11 Civ. 9645

    Cite as: SEC v. Straub, 11 Civ. 9645, NYLJ 1202589223488, at *1 (SDNY, Decided February 8, 2013)District Judge Richard SullivanDeci

  • March 1, 2009 |

    TOP 10 Litigation Wins of 2008

    By Pamela Sherrid, Theodora Blanchfield, Susan Hansen, Joe Mullin, Joe Rosenbloom, and Todd Stone In the landscape of civil litigation, where only a tiny fraction of disputes are conc

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  • April 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Defense Wins Key Pharmaceutical Securities Cases

    Pharmaceutical company defense lawyers have scored several recent victories in securities class actions in Boston federal court, but a pending U.S. Supreme Court case about the criteria for com

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  • April 16, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Newly relevant, 'innovator liability' theory still flawed

    Since the creation of strict liability in Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, 59 Cal. 2d 57 (Calif. 1963), if not before, one of the most basic principles of products liability law has be

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