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  • November 24, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Securities Fraud Suits Against Public Companies Resurface

    Plaintiffs lawyers are slapping public companies with securities class actions months or years after the date the alleged fraud came to light as they turn their attention from cases related to the

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  • November 30, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Securities Fraud Suits Resurface

    Plaintiffs lawyers are slapping public companies with securities class actions months or years after the date the alleged fraud came to light as they turn their attention from cases related to the

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  • November 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    The Tragic Circle

    Britain's $18 billion legal market might seem miniscule compared to the $180 billion U.S. market. But numbers can be deceiving. Take a look at any global survey of law firms. Four British firm

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  • December 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits, December 2012

    Morgan StanleyCitigroupMorgan Stanley struck a deal with Citigroup Inc. on September 11 to take full control of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney by June

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  • May 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    THE GERMAN LAWYER �ber-Rainmaker

    It was hardly the most promising start. When Shearman & Sterling launched its first German office in Düsseldorf in 1991, the local lawyers association took the firm to court over using th

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  • June 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    New Business

    New work landed by major firms, including high-profile deals, ­lawsuits, and bankruptcies announced in April 2009 p rel="body" class="[No Paragr

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  • February 9, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    U.K.'s Allen & Overy Opens in Australia

    With its Monday announcement that it is opening offices in Sydney and Perth with 17 locally recruited partners, British legal giant Allen & Overy is clearly making a major push into Australia.

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  • January 10, 2003 | Legal Times

    Trial by Fire

    Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff grows impatient when he feels his time is being wasted. And one might expect Chertoff to surround himself with advisers who share his precise way of

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  • July 27, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Bank Only 'Aider and Abettor'; Claim Dismissed

    A Houston federal court has dismissed Barclays Bank from a class action suit stemming from the Enron Corporation bankruptcy. Judge Melinda Harmon, in Mark Newby v. Enron Corporation

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  • Swiger v. Allegheny Energy, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-09-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2008-08-25
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Tashima, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 07-1706

    PRECEDENTIALArgued March 25, 2008BEFORE: MCKEE, RENDELL and TASHIMA*fn1, Circuit Judges.OPINIONWe must decide whether a federal district court has diversi