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May 25, 2018 | Law.com

Lawyers, Fear Not the Smart Contract

This week's Legal Speak podcast explores the basics of smart contract technology, its limitations and what adoption means for transactional lawyers.

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November 1, 2017 | International

Are Global Law Firms Leaving Hong Kong's Financial District for Cheaper Digs?

With Hong Kong already listed as the world's most expensive market for office space, Freshfields is about to move to a less costly, up-and-coming area. Others in Big Law may follow.

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Black Sky Capital, LLC v. Cobb

Publication Date: 2017-06-14
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Date Filed: 2017-06-13
Court: C.A. 4th
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Ronald Richards & Associates, Ronald N. Richards; Law Offices of Geoffrey Long and Geoffrey S. Long for Plaintiff and Appellant.
for defendant: Levitt Law, Scott L. Levitt; Lex Opus, Eric M. Schiffer; Schiffer ǀ Buus and Eric M. Schiffer for Defendants and Respondents.
Case Number: No. E064482

Rule barring deficiency judgments does not apply to multiple deeds of trust secured by same real property (McKinster, Acting P.J.)

July 27, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

C&J Energy Files for Bankruptcy after Reaching $1.4B Deal with Lenders

Due to an error by reporter Angela Neville, the following story has been corrected to reflect that Barney Given, Lance Jurich, and Curtis Bajak, partners at Loeb & Loeb, are represen

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May 30, 2016 | National Law Journal

SEC In-House Forum Is Constitutionally Uncertain

Although the U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review two separate challenges to the constitutionality of in-house proceedings before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, it ma

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United States ex rel., O'Donnell v. Countrywide Home Loans, 15-496

Publication Date: 2016-05-25
Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Raggi, Wesley, and Droney, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Joseph N. Cordaro, Carina H. Schoenberger, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Pierre G. Armand, Assistant United States Attorney, for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Countrywide Bank, FSB, and Bank of America, N.A.: Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr., Enu A. Mainigi, Craig D. Singer, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC., Richard M. Strassberg, William J. Harrington, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellant Rebecca Mairone: Robert M. Loeb, Kelsi Brown Corkran, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, Marc L. Mukasey, Michael C. Hefter, Ryan M. Philp, Seth M. Cohen, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae The Clearing House Association, L.L.C., American Bankers Association, Financial Services Roundtable, and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Seth P. Waxman, Daniel Aguilar, Sina Kian, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; Noah A. Levine, Alan E. Schoenfeld, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Better Markets, Inc.: Dennis M. Kelleher, Better Markets, Inc., Washington, DC.
Case Number: 15-496

Cite as: O'Donnell v. Countrywide, 15-496, NYLJ 1202758483150, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 23, 2016)CASE NAMEUnited States Ex Rel. Edward O'Donnell, Plaintiff-

May 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Finding No Evidence of Fraud, Circuit Reverses $1.27B Verdict

Because there was no evidence of a "scheme to defraud," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a $1.27 billion jury verdict against Bank of America for mortgage

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