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  • New York County First Department SUPREME COURT,

    Publication Date: 2012-11-14
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    Justice Lucy BillingsMerenstein v. Board of Education (111208/11)—Motion Disposed As IndicatedDefelice v. Geico General Ins. Co. (10

  • September 25, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Birmingham-based Balch & Bingham is expanding into Florida through a merger with six-attorney banking and transactional firm a href="http://w

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  • In re: China Valves Technology Securities Litigation, 11 Civ. 0796 (LAK)

    Publication Date: 2012-09-21
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    Court: U. S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd.: William Bernard Federman, Federman & Sherwood Byron T. Ball The Ball Law Firm, LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant China Valves Technology, Inc. and Individual Defendants: Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Joel M. Mitnick, Thomas Andrew Paskowitz, Daniel Allan McLaughlin, Sidley Austin LLP Attorneys for Defendant Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP: Lawrence Allen Steckman, John Sandercock, Lester, Schwab, Katz and Dwyer LLP.
    Case Number: 11 Civ. 0796 (LAK)

    Cite as: In re: China Valves Technology Securities Litigation, 11 Civ. 0796 (LAK), NYLJ 1202572273720, at *1 (SDNY, Decided September 12, 2012)District Ju

  • February 11, 2011 | National Law Journal

    Lawyers in the dark about new consumer protection bureau

    Slated to open July 21, the regulatory entity created by the Dodd-Frank Act seems sure to generate enough rulemakings and enforcement actions to sustain entire practice groups. If only

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  • September 5, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr announced that a high-ranking official at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) will join the firm's ranks next month. STEPH

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  • February 7, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    A six-lawyer real estate group has taken its practice from DLA Piper in Los Angeles to Seyfarth Shaw. The new hires include partners RICHARD MENDELSON, ANDREW SHINER, and STACY PAEK, along wi

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  • January 31, 2011 | National Law Journal

    MOVERS

    NEW FIRM BAER HIGGINS FRUCHTMAN (Chicago): Janet Baer, Roger Higgins and Rebecca Fruchtman launch a new firm in Chicago that will fo

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  • May 3, 2012 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: May 3, 2012

    China/Hong Kong Davis Polk & Wardwell and Beijing-based Commerce & Finance Law Offices are advising China National Offshore Oil Corp. Ltd. on a $2

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  • In the Matter of New York State Chapter, Inc., Associated General Contractors of America, et al., Appellants v. New York State Thruway Authority et al., Respondents, 88 N.Y.2d 56

    Publication Date: 2013-01-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals, New York
    Judge: Before: J.J. Titone, Bellacosa, Levine and Ciparick concur with Ch.J. Kaye; Smith, J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryant, O'Dell & Basso, LLP, Syracuse, Robert H. Basso, Vic J. Kopnitsky, Jr., and Linda E. Alario of counsel, for appellants in the first above-entitled proceeding.
    for defendant: Bond, Schoeneck & King, Syracuse, Robert W. Kopp and John Gaal of counsel, and Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City (Peter H. Schiff, Daniel F. De Vita and M. Patricia Smith of counsel), for respondents in the first aboveentitled proceeding. Colleran, O'Hara & Mills, Garden City, Edward J. Groarke and John F. Mills of counsel, for Local 40, International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, intervenor-respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding. Plunkett & Jaffe, P. C., Albany, Patrick E. Brown and John S. Harris of counsel, for New York State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, intervenor-respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding. Murphy Smith & Polk, Charles E. Murphy and Robert P. Casey, of the Illinois Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., amicus curiae in the first above-entitled proceeding. Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, Laurence J. Cohen and Victoria L. Bor, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, amicus curiae in the first and second above-entitled proceedings. Gates & Adams, Rochester, Anthony J. Adams, Jr., of counsel, for appellants in the second above-entitled proceeding. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York City, Bradford W. Coupe and James P. Philbin III of counsel, and Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City, Victoria A. Graffeo, Peter H. Schiff, Daniel F. De Vita and M. Patricia Smith of counsel, for respondents in the second above-entitled proceeding. Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP, Maurice Baskin, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., amicus curiae in the second above-entitled proceeding.
    Case Number: 88 N.Y.2d 56

    Cite as: Matter of NYS Chapter, Inc. v. NYS Thruway Authority, 88 N.Y.2d 56, NYLJ 1202584997534, at *1 (Ct. of Ap., NY, Decided March 28, 1996)Before: J.J

  • September 4, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Gibbons has recruited four environmental lawyers to its Newark office from Day Pitney, including two associates. WILLIAM HATFIELD and CAMILLE OTERO will serv

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