• March 14, 2003 | The Recorder

    Gideon's Gift

    On March 18, America will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision in Gideon v. Wainwright. While most attorneys know the case of the man who

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  • June 6, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Supreme Court Pens Plaintiff-friendly Opinion in 'Halliburton'

    WASHINGTON — Removing a significant hurdle for plaintiffs in securities class actions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that investors need not prove at the class certification stage th

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  • April 3, 2006 | National Law Journal

    New Legal Landscape for Small Investor

    WASHINGTON � In the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision two weeks ago on state court securities class actions, plaintiffs' lawyers are unlikely to rally around brokers like Shadi Dabit or sm

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  • Koch v. Christie's International PLC, 11-1522-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-10-09
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    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack and Raggi, C.JJ., and Koeltl, D.J.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant William I. Koch: Edward M. Spiro, Barbara L. Trencher, Adam L. Pollock, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, NY, and Irell & Manella LLP, Newport Beach, CA.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Christie's International PLC, Christie, Mason & Woods, Ltd., and Christie's Inc.: Jonathan J. Lerner, Maura Barry Grinalds, Robert A. Fumerton, Patrick G. Rideout, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 11-1522-cv

    Cite as: Koch v. Christie's International PLC, 11-1522-cv, NYLJ 1202573873398, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided October 4, 2012)Before: Sack and Raggi, C.JJ., and

  • January 31, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Getting Fired: Don't Deal With the In-House Counsel and Deal With It Publicly?

    This is the kind of bad review that in-house counsel never want to hear. Although, hey, it's impossible to please everybody right? Waaaaaay back in May 2008, Paul Hastings fired senio

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  • September 26, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    2005 Ineligible List

    Foreign Countries ADCOCK, HENRY ALAN, 1999, ROUSE & CO, ROOM 2927 2938, SHANGHAI CENTRAL PLAZA 29TH FLOOR, 381 HUAIHAI ZHONG LU, SHANGHAI ANISE, OLABOMI T O, 1999, 6

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  • April 30, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    A Brooklyn Murder to Test New York's 1995 Death Penalty Statute

    On May 6, the New York Court of Appeals will hear the first broad-based constitutional challenge to New York's 1995 death penalty statute.The challenge comes in the appeal of Dar

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  • June 6, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Labor Relations

    This is the first of two columns discussing significant decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in labor and employment law during the 2001-02 term. Today's column addresses decisions focused on:

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  • December 17, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    Practice by Practice: 2012's Substantive Law Developments

    ARBITRATION: Pondering Disclosure by HARPER ESTES The biggest development in arbitration in 2012 may be what failed to develop in the continuing debate over

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  • USA v. Sanjay Kumar, 06-5482-cr(L)

    Publication Date: 2010-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Walker, Sack, Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric R. Komitee, Assistant United States Attorney (David C. James, Jason A. Jones, of counsel), for Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y., for Appellee.
    for defendant: Paul Shechtman (Nathaniel Z. Marmur and Kathryn Moore Martin, on the brief), Stillman, Friedman & Shechtman, P.C., New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant Sanjay Kumar. Christopher J. Gunther (David M. Zornow, on the brief), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant Stephen Richards.

    Case Number: 06-5482-cr(L)

    Cite as: USA v. Sanjay Kumar, 06-5482-cr(L), 06-5654-cr(CON), NYLJ 1202470010686, at *1 2d Cir, Decided August 12, 201006-5654-cr(CON)Before: Walker, Sac