• March 26, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    IBM-Sun Talks Could Hinge on NetApp Case

    A two-year-old IP battle over network storage systems between two Silicon Valley mainstays — Sun Microsystems and NetApp — could affect merger talks between Sun and the world's

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  • October 19, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    City Settles With Banks Over WorldCom Investments Citigroup Inc. and several other major banks will pay New York City $78.9 million to settle a lawsuit filed in connectio

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  • December 2, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Many Pa. Firms Ready to Take Advantage of 'Hot' Practice Areas

    Law firms with a focus on banking, health care, energy or intellectual property are in a good spot for the coming year, according to Robert Denney Associates' 23rd annual "What's Hot and What'

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  • June 12, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Nixon Peabody Lateral Defects After Two Months Dechert has recruited a new bankruptcy partner, the same one Nixon Peabody brought on board in April. Shmuel

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  • October 17, 2005 | Legal Times

    Sideways Glances

    Everyone wants to pretend that size doesn't matter. But if that's true, why do so many firms and their partners seem to obsessively track their competition's growth spurts? Publicly part

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  • J.P. Morgan Sec. Inc. v. Vigilant Ins. Co., 600979/09

    Publication Date: 2011-12-15
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Peter Tom, J.P., Richard T. Andrias, David Friedman, Sheila Abdus-Salaam, Nelson S. Román, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Vigilant Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company, appellants: DLA Piper LLP (US), New York (Joseph G. Finnerty III, Megan Shea Harwick, Eric S. Connuck and Miles D. Norton of counsel). For Travelers Indemnity Company, appellant: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, New York (Douglas M. Mangel, Marsha J. Indych, Ericka R. Lenz and David F. Abernathy of counsel). For National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., appellant: D'Amato & Lynch, LLP, New York (Luke D. Lynch, Jr., Richard F. Russell and Liza A. Chafiian of counsel). For Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, appellant: Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, New York (Scott A. Schechter of counsel). For Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, appellant: Clyde & Co. US LLP, New York (Edward J. Kirk and Allison M. Calkins of counsel). For American Alternative Insurance Corporation, appellant: Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford P.C., New York (Michael L. Gioia of counsel).
    for defendant: For Respondents: Proskauer Rose LLP, New York (John H. Gross, Francis D. Landrey, Steven E. Obus and Seth Schafler of counsel).

    Case Number: 600979/09

    Cite as: J.P. Morgan Sec. Inc. v. Vigilant Ins. Co., 600979/09, NYLJ 1202535520311, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided December 13, 2011)Before: Peter Tom, J.

  • October 6, 2008 | National Law Journal

    What price your pet, or peace of mind?

    Sherrie R. Savett has been busy putting price tags on unusual losses, including credit card holders' fear of identity theft and beloved family pets, whose worth can't be measured in doll

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  • May 2, 2005 | The Recorder

    Sidebar

    LAWYER GETS FIRST NOVEL OUT -- THANKS TO FRIENDLY COUNSELAfter six years of writing and eight years' worth of unsuccessful overtures to publishers and literary agents, San Franc

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  • May 11, 2011 | The Recorder

    New Boutiques Flourishing With Help From Patent Trolls

    Karen Boyd thought she'd be handling small pieces of big IP cases when she left Fish & Richardson to start her own firm back in 2008. That didn't happen. Instead, Boyd says she and partn

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  • August 29, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Making their mark in D.C.

    A crop of law firms specializing in trademark filings has popped up in the Washington area during the past few years, and they've quickly become important players in the field. Fueled

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