• 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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  • March 31, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Panel Rejects Class Action Against Clifford Chance

    In the wake of the scandalous $1.7 billion collapse of Diagnostic Ventures Inc., investors have won the right to pursue class action fraud claims against the firm's auditors at Deloitte & Touch

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    MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JACQUELINE KNOWLES, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOODS, CHATTELS AND CREDITS WHICH WERE OF THE ESTATE OF MAGGIE KNOWLES, Deceased, (4339/09)—The administrator

  • January 14, 2008 | Legal Times

    Subprime Suits Fuel a Boom for Some Firms

    A litigation army is massing at major law firms to fight the wave of investigations, class actions, and bankruptcies that are expected in the coming months — and years — in the

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  • May 25, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Mayer v. Belichick

    Mayer v. Belichick, No. 09-2237; Third Circuit; opinion by Cowen, U.S.C.J.; filed May 19, 2010. Before Judges Fi

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  • June 23, 2008 | National Law Journal

    MAE clauses have their value

    As a result of recent credit market turmoil and general adverse economic conditions, there has lately been a significant increase in buyers attempting to renege on previously annou

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  • September 15, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Regulator Reveals Litigation Costs for Ex-Fannie Mae Execs

    Recent disclosures from the Federal Housing Finance Agency reveal that lawyers representing former Fannie Mae executives Franklin Raines, J. Timothy Howard and Leanne Spencer have received a total

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  • June 23, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Workers' text messages are private

    The boss can't riffle through employees' electronic text messages or e-mails on company accounts without running afoul of federal privacy protections, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of

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  • December 20, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Harmon in the Hot Seat

    Corporate scandal has been front-page fodder throughout 2002, and Houston-based Enron Corp. led the pack of troubled companies by filing for bankruptcy shortly before the beginning of the year

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  • January 24, 2008 | Legal Times

    Subprime suits fuel a boom for some large firms

    A litigation army is massing at major law firms to fight the wave of investigations, class actions and bankruptcies that are expected in the coming months -- and years -- in the wake of t

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