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  • August 12, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Victory in Complex Case Was Years in the Making

    A defunct California insurer with a pesky junk-bond problem; Salma Hayek's French-speaking billionaire husband; a 13-year lawsuit filed by a state insurance commissioner: These all w

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  • August 14, 2008 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Suit Charges N.J. Title Companies' Rate Setting Violates Antitrust Law

    A class-action suit in New Jersey's federal court alleges that title insurance companies in the state are all charging the same premiums, set by a central industry bureau, in violation of antitrust la

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  • November 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Who Got the Work?

    For big-firm lawyers, there's gold in the privateequity boom. Leveraged buyouts totaling $209 billion were announced in the first eight months of 2006, according to the research service M

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  • August 19, 2011 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCO Whit Bissell has joined VLP Law Group as a partner in its corporate and securities practice.

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  • February 12, 2007 | The Recorder

    L.A. Revenue: Palm Trees & Profits

    LOS ANGELES � A boost in M&A deals and intellectual property work propelled revenue and profits ever higher at major L.A.-based law firms in 2006. But most firms saw more measured growth i

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  • March 19, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Beefing Up the Employment Practice

    The spike in employment class actions for wage-and-hour and other claims is prompting some corporate firms to expand their employment litigation ranks to combat the cases.Bingham McCut

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  • SEC v. Obus, 10-4749-cv

    Publication Date: 2012-09-10
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Walker, Raggi and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: David Lisitza (Mark D. Cahn, Michael A. Conley, Mark Pennington, on the brief), Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Nelson Obus: Mary Kay Dunning, Christopher Muller, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, David Debold, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief, Joel M. Cohen, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Peter F. Black: Mark S. Cohen, Sandra C. McCallion, Jonathan S. Abernethy, Cohen & Gresser LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Thomas Bradley Strickland: Roland G. Riopelle, Sercarz & Riopelle, LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 10-4749-cv

    Cite as: SEC v. Obus, 10-4749-cv, NYLJ 1202570517779, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 6, 2012)Before: Walker, Raggi and Carney, C

  • May 10, 2004 | Alm

    Liquor Control Cases Come Before Court

    The U.S. Supreme Court may decide soon whether the battle over interstate shipment of wine to consumers is ready to uncork and add to its docket.The court will consider at its private

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  • March 17, 2003 | Legal Times

    Inadmissible

    DISORDER IN D.C. COURTS' BUILDING PROJECTThe D.C. judiciary's $145 million plan to renovate the H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse and adjacent buildings to make space for its

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  • February 5, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Med-Mal Case Spurs Constitutional Fight

    Constitutional litigators are joining the battle in an Illinois medical malpractice case that could end up overturning a 2005 state law that caps damages awards for pain and suffering. Gibso

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