• SEC v. Straub, 11 Civ. 9645

    Publication Date: 2013-02-25
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    Industry:
    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

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  • April 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

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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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  • March 14, 2003 | The Recorder

    Gideon's Gift

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  • June 6, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Supreme Court Pens Plaintiff-friendly Opinion in 'Halliburton'

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  • April 3, 2006 | National Law Journal

    New Legal Landscape for Small Investor

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

    Publication Date: 2012-10-09
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    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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