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  • June 2, 2010 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    'Double Derivative' Suit Filed by Shareholders Over BP Oil Spill

    The environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion of the BP oil rig Deepwater Horizon has already led to hundreds of lawsuits, and now one has been filed in the Court o

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  • March 2, 2007 | Bloomberg

    Buyout firms inundated with cash shell it out for companies

    SILLY AS IT sounds, it's all about keeping score. Blackstone Group LP's Stephen Schwarzman last month paid $39 billion to pull off a leveraged buyout of Equity Office Properties Trust

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  • P E Properties Inc. v. United Natural Foods Inc., 08 Civ. 00553

    Publication Date: 2010-05-19
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    Date Filed: 2010-05-12
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Miriam Cedarbaum
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    Case Number: 08 Civ. 00553

    District Judge Miriam Cedarbaum U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Robert W. Sadowski, Esq., Peter M. Sartorius,

  • January 1, 2009 | Focus Europe

    Russia: The Home Court Advantage?

    Since taking office last spring, Russian president Dimitri Medvedev, a former law professor and in-house attorney, has regularly stated his commitment to the rule of law, and his governm

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  • Shames v. California Travel and Tourism Commission

    Publication Date: 2010-06-08
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    Date Filed: 2010-06-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Fellmeth (argued), Center for Public Interest Law, University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California, and Donald G. Rez (briefed), Sullivan, Hill, Lewin, Rez & Engel, San Diego, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
    for defendant: W. Scott Cameron (argued) and Charles L. Post (briefed), Weintraub Genshlea Chediak, Sacramento, California, and Diane Shaw (briefed), Office of the Attorney General of the State of California, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.
    Case Number: 08-56750

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 7108MICHAEL SHAMES and GARY GRAMKOW, on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,p class="casenam

  • September 10, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Excalibur Suit Shows Litigation Funding at Its Riskiest

    [Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect the court's ruling on September 10.] On November 20, 2012, Rex Wempen sat on the witness stand in Lon

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  • Adebowale v. Mukasey

    Publication Date: 2008-10-31
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-24
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Coffey, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-2201

    ARGUED AUGUST 5, 2008Before POSNER, COFFEY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.Adeoye Adebowale, a Nigerian-born citizen of the United Kingdom, was ordered removed after he failed to appear at the sched

  • Wells Fargo Bank v. Ruggiero, 19322/07

    Publication Date: 2013-06-06
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    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx County
    Judge: Justice Yvonne Lewis
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    Case Number: 19322/07

    Cite as: Wells Fargo Bank v. Ruggiero, 19322/07, NYLJ 1202603029586, at *1 (Sup. BX, Decided May 29, 2013)19322/07Justice Yvonne Lewisp class=

  • In the Matter of ARIELLE

    Publication Date: 2002-05-09
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    Court: Appellate Division, 3rd Dept
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    Case Number: 88911

    Decided and Entered: May 9, 2002 88911 In the Matter of ARIELLE "LL"[1] et al., Alleged to be Abused and Neglected Children. CHEMUNG COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERV

  • Currier, McCabe Assoc., Inc. v Maher

    Publication Date: 2010-07-15
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    Court: Appellate Division, 3rd Dept
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    Case Number: 508791

    Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Third Judicial Department Decided and Entered: July 15, 2010 508791 CURRIER, M